Support making RiG more international!
Take part in our online survey at the end of your visit and share your valuable experiences and opinions. Duration: 7-10 min.
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, is a leading research university in Thuringia, Germany. Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a dynamic and innovation-driven university centrally located in Germany. With a broad range of disciplines, it shapes the future through excellent research and teaching. Its scientific excellence is reflected in its profile "Light. Life. Liberty.", which provides pioneering insights and sustainable solutions for the society of tomorrow. With around 17,000 students and approximately 10,000 employees, it defines Jena as a vibrant, internationally connected city of science and innovation
Researchers develop AI models on the consequences of climate extremes
Scientists are increasingly using artificial intelligence to observe our earth system. This makes it possible, for example, to predict the weather more accurately or warn of natural events such as flooding. However, our planet and the processes taking place on it are too complex for most AI models—especially when they are changing as rapidly as they are due to climate change.
The research project »AI Generalizability in Non-stationary Environmental Regimes: The Case of Hydro-climatic Extremes (GENAI-X)« is going to develop new AI models that could be used for complex and changing environmental systems. These models will be tested in practical environmental research—particularly in the context of extreme hydro-climatic events such as floods, droughts or landslides.
Find out more here.
Research Centre investigates the fundamental structural change of property - University of Jena
Due to the processes of increased concentration and deregulation, private property has gained importance worldwide since 1989. The resulting property system has proved to be both crisis-prone and highly controversial in the face of new challenges. These challenges include global financial and economic crises, but also by political conflicts over the appropriation, distribution and containment of private property.
These conflicts are the main research area of the Collaborative Research Centre "Structural Change of Property". It contains a total of 23 subprojects at eight locations in Germany (with the University of Jena as the coordinating institution). The centre’s website features a lovely stop-motion explanatory video (see picture), podcasts and a blog.
Watch the video here.