Externally funded research projects (on-going):

• 'ClimSF-Trees: Climate Smart Forest Trees', Sub-project 1: "Increasing forest carbon storage and minimising greenhouse gas emissions from reforestation areas of fresh, clayey sites with the help of tree species-specific nutrient use efficiencies."
  Site: Germany
  Funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, BMEL (2024-2027)
  Sandesh KC (PhD candidate)
  
  
• 'RTG 2300: Enrichment of European beech forests with conifers: impacts of functional traits on ecosystem functioning (EnriCo)'
  Site: Germany
  Funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG (2023-2026)
  Maliha Jerin Propa (PhD candidate)
  [read more about RTG 2300 - EnriCo]


• 'Chances and hurdles for the establishment and performance of different agroforestry systems in Lower Saxony - ELAN'
  Site: Germany
  Funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (2022-2025)
  Peter Hahn (PhD candidate)
  ELAN-Project Summary


• 'Establishment of attractive teaching modules in agroforestry for students of forestry and agricultural sciences'
  Site: Germany
  Funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation (2023-2026)
  Dr. Franziska Gaede (Post-doctoral fellow)
  Press release: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html?id=6908


• 'SIGNAL - 'Sustainable intensification of agriculture through agroforestry''
  Site: Germany
  Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF (2021-2025)
  Sarah Choe (PhD candidate), Dr. Raphael Manu (Post-doctoral fellow)