Current Projects

PIK scientists contribute to numerous research projects commissioned by external funders.
 

In the past 10 years, PIK has conduced over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Union. This list of current projects is generated from our database (newest first). Separate lists of completed  and all projects from 2007 on are available.

Current projects at PIK:

WaldSpektrum-RD1

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Boris Sakschewski

SWAPNO

Safe Water - Advances in Purification Options
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Funded by: German Alliance for Global Health Research BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Amanda Wendt

Nu-Tree

Integrating nutrition and health into agroforestry projects of GIZ and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa: a feasibility study
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Funded by: DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Contact: Amanda Wendt

LOKONET

Netzwerk Lokale Konflikte und Emotionen in Urbanen Räumen: Transdisziplinäre Konfliktforschung in Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

WaldSpektrum-RD2

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Martin Gutsch

DFG_prenatal

How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments
Mar 14, 2022 - Mar 13, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

FSEC urban

Role of urban agriculture in providing healthy diets and for sustainable food systems transformation
Jan 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
Funded by: EAT
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen

GermanHealthCFP

Evidenzbasis Treibhausgasemissionen des deutschen Gesundheitswesens
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Contact: Peter Paul Pichler

Earth4all

Earth4 - Accelerating the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within Planetary Boundaries (PB) with a next generation global system model
Dec 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: Club of Rome
Contact: Dieter Gerten / Jonathan Donges

PrAda

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in Madagascar
Dec 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken

DIFENs

Waldentwicklung als Folge von Veränderung der Holznachfrage, Klimaveränderung, natürlichen Störungen und Politikanforderungen - Eine Analyse der Reaktionsmöglichkeiten von Forst- und Holzwirtschaft.
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Martin Gutsch

RECOVERY

Recent Changes in Northern Vegetation Carbon Cycling
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 20, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

LOCALISED

LOCALISED decarbonisation pathways for citizens, local administrations and businesses to inform and support mitigation and adaptation action
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

Upon

Urban Percolations
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Diego Rybski

STEPSEC

Überprüfung der Machbarkeit von terrestrischen CDR-Potenzialen unter sozio-ökologischen Randbedingungen
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Dieter Gerten

Agrica_21

Support of the AGRICA-project in Sub-Saharan Africa by implementing additional measures
Oct 01, 2021 - Feb 28, 2023
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken

TransformAr

Accelerating and upscaling transformational adaptation in Europe: demonstration of water-related innovation packages
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Fred Hattermann

SCIARA

Promoting sustainability awareness through participatory, interactive climate experiments
Sep 01, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
Funded by: DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Contact: Jobst Heitzig

VAST

Vulnerability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a changing thermocline
Sep 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

EUCityCalc

European City Calculator tool to support cities in planning towards climate neutrality with prospective modelling
Sep 01, 2021 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Luis Costa

EU ETS

Preisentwicklung und Auswirkungen auf die Sektoren Strom, Wärme und Industrie bei Reformen des Europäischen Emissionshandelssystems
Aug 01, 2021 - May 31, 2023
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft (BMWi)
Contact: Michael Pahle

CoCoHype 2

Consistent control design for the coordination of distributed actors in a multilayered integrated grid system
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Frank Hellmann

EC-WG5-2.Phase

Earth Commission WG5 - Phase 2
Aug 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
Funded by: Rockefeller Philantrophy Advisors
Contact: Dieter Gerten

DBU Stipendium Hemmen

Auswirkungen einer verbesserten Abbildung von Hitzestressfolgen auf simulierte Ernteerträge und Bewertung von landwirtschaftlichen Anpassungspotentialen durch Weiterentwicklung und Anwendung des prozessbasierten Landwirtschaftsmodells LPJmL
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Contact: Marie Hemmen

RETAKE-F

Quantifizierung der Potenziale, Machbarkeit und Nebenwirkungen atmosphärischer CO2-Entnahme durch Alkalinitätserhöhung
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Jessica Strefler

FloodDrivers

Decomposition of flood losses by environmental and economic drivers
Jul 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Dominik Paprotny

CLEANUP

The Public Economics of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Jul 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kai Lessmann

CapTain Rain

Capture and Retain Heavy Rains in Jordan CLIENT II
Jun 01, 2021 - May 30, 2024
Funded by: BMBF, PTJ
Contact: Peter Hoffmann

ESM2025-RD2

ESM2025 - Earth system models for the future
Jun 01, 2021 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Christoph Müller

ESM2025-RD3

Earth System Models for the Future
Jun 01, 2021 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

UNHCR

Anticipatory planning for the development pillar
May 07, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: UNHCR
Contact: Sophie von Loeben

DIALOGUES

Inclusive DIALOGUES towards an operational concept of energy citizenship to support the Energy Union
May 01, 2021 - Apr 30, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

ECEMF

European Climate and Energy Modelling Forum
May 01, 2021 - Apr 30, 2025
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Gunnar Luderer

CAMPAIGNERS

Citizens Acting on Mitigation Pathways through Active Implementation of a Goal-setting Network
May 01, 2021 - Apr 30, 2024
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Gunnar Luderer

Leibniz Biodiv

Zentrale Koordination des Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerks Biodiversität
Apr 15, 2021 - Apr 14, 2024
Funded by: 18 Mitgliedsinstitute des Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerks
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke, Eva Rahner

FirEUrisk

Developing a holistic, risk-wise strategy for European wildfire management
Apr 01, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

CashEval

Early Action Cash Transfers: Randomisierte Wirkungsevaluierung eines neuen Instruments der Humanitären Hilfe
Feb 10, 2021 - Apr 30, 2023
Funded by: Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Kati Krähnert

Atmo-POEM

Postdoc and PhD student in Atmospheric Dynamics to advance the development of POEM
Feb 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2023
Funded by: H&M Foundation
Contact: Stefan Rahmstorf

Pakistan

Climate Risk Profile and Adaptation Assessment for Pakistan
Feb 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: Christoph Gornott

ClimateMigration 2050

Modelling climate change-related international migration
Feb 01, 2021 - Jan 31, 2023
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen / Robert Beyer

GreenPlantFood

Green technology for plant-based food
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

GEOLQUEA

Der Beitrag von Vergletscherung und Erosion zur Spätquartären Hebung der Europäischen Alpen
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

POEM-PBSim

POEM-PBSim – A Simulator for Earth’s Planetary Boundaries (Pilotphase)
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: VW-Stiftung
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

NaWu_PH

Nachwuchsförderfonds Dr. Pritzsche Stiftung
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Dr. Pritzsche-Stiftung
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

Agrica_Sahel

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

CCH PI3

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen/Christoph Gornott

FSEC-RD2

Food System Economics Commission
Nov 01, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
Funded by: EAT
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen

PROCLIAS

Process-based models for climate impact attribution across sectors
Nov 01, 2020 - Oct 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Christopher Reyer

PIK Change

Förderung von drei explorativen Investitionsbereichen im Kontext der strategischen Neuausrichtung des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung
Nov 01, 2020 - Oct 31, 2023
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer / Johan Rockström

Bolivia

National climate risk analysis to identify and weight adaptation strategies for the water sector in Bolivia
Oct 15, 2020 - Jun 30, 2022
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Fred Hattermann