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Group photo with 25 people on a staircase at Berlin Central Station.

4/28/25

By train to the EGU in Vienna

These days, over 180 GFZ researchers are travelling to Europe's largest geoscience conference, with 19,000 participants from all over the world.

Prof. Yuri Shprits in front of a green background.

4/22/25

“We need a European heliophysics community”

Prof. Yuri Shprits argues in “Nature Physics” for a stronger coordination within the research field of physics of our solar system.

Five people are standing at a trade fair stand with a white table and screen, chatting.

4/10/25

The GFZ at the Hannover Messe 2025

At the world's leading industrial trade fair, the GFZ presented innovations in areas such as deep geothermal energy and geological hydrogen storage – visited by Brandenburg's Economy Minister.

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Integrating Transition and Policy Studies for a Deeper Understanding of Energy Transitions

Accelerating the energy transition is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Yet, due to its complexity and the influence of diverse intellectual traditions, research has struggled to fully capture the dynamics of this transformative process. Jörg Radtke, a scientist at the Research…

3/26/25

Positions

Professorship for Prof. Claudio Faccenna in Mainz

The head of GFZ section ‘Dynamics of the Lithosphere’ has been appointed as adjunct professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is already professor at Università Roma TRE.