Great retreat with my group over two days. Very productive exchange about ecological research, career perspectives, funding and group life. Thanks to @jhthoppenreijs.bsky.social and @simonmoesch.bsky.social for making this possible! 😀😀😀

On the wet side of research?

Very happy to announce registration is open for our WATER RESEARCH HORIZON CONFERENCE 2025 here in Bochum, Germany.

This year focus is on Urban Water Systems.

www.watersciencealliance.org/wrhc-abstracts.html

Super Blühwiesen-Projekt auf Friedhof!

Herzlichen Dank an die BUND Ortsgruppe Essen, die uns im Master-Kurs Ihre urbanen Wiesen vorgestellt hat! 😀@bundnrw.bsky.social

Schönes Bespiel für eine geglückte Wiesenanlage. Mehr davon!

@ruhr-uni-bochum.de ‪@simonmoesch.bsky.social

Super happy to welcome two new group members and two guest scientists this week:
@jhthoppenreijs.bsky.social
@simonmoesch.bsky.social
@ellendevrieze.bsky.social

A nice sociocultural evening in Bochums art museum on top! 😁

Looking forward!

We are happy to announce a new Urban Ecology Special Issue in "Basic and Applied Ecology" 🏢🦋🏭

Title: "Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature"

Submission deadline: 01 May 2025

Find all details here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

About food systems:

Everyone knows extensive production delivers less food than intensive. Same for organic vs conventional farming.

But did you know, that extensive and organic are usually placed in less suitable locations (poor soil, steep slope etc.)?

New paper out:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Three inaugural lectures in one day at the Institute of Geography @ruhr-uni-bochum.de - and a very nice social gathering afterwards! 🥳

Thanks to Hannes Schmalor, Valerie Graw, the student repräsentatives, and all busy helpers for making this possible.

What a great start for the three of us! 🤩

My all-new research group at Ruhr Uni Bochum is growing! Today we welcomed an important new team member that will make us happy every morning...

Green tramway in Lyon. Looks like a nice idea but a missed opportunity to create a biodiverse ecosystem.

We need a more ambitious approach to urban green spaces to support biodiversity also in urban environments.