Publications
360 Publications
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Advancing Brain Health (including Mental Health) for Global Societal Resilience (2026) ▸
Healthy brains are essential to well-being, societal stability, and economic prosperity. Yet brain disorders, which now affect one in three people, are leading causes of disability and death worldwide and cost the global economy more than $5 trillion annually. Their burden rises rapidly with populat
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The global Arctic: unprecedented change, global stakes (2026) ▸
The Arctic is undergoing some of the fastest and most wide-ranging environmental transformations on the planet. Over the past decades, this region has become a hotspot of global change, where warming has occurred nearly four times faster than the global average over the last 40 years. These rapid ch
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Large Satellite Constellations: Perspectives and Challenges (2026) ▸
The rapid expansion of large satellite constellations, particularly in low Earth orbits (LEO), marks a turning point in humanity’s relationship with near-Earth space. Propelled by the NewSpace era, characterised by private innovation, reusable launchers, and digital integration, tens of thousands of
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Geological Hydrogen – An Overlooked Energy Source? (2026) ▸
Geological hydrogen (molecular hydrogen formed in the Earth’s subsurface), may become a new energy source. The discussion paper by the initiative "Energy Systems of the Future (ESYS)" provides researchers, energy experts and policy-makers with a scientifically grounded assessment of this potential r
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Data-driven Dementia Prevention (2026) ▸
Dementia is already presenting us as a society with major challenges: the burdens on those affected and their families are heavy, expenditure on the healthcare system and on care is high and the direct and indirect costs for the economy are enormous. There is as yet no causal treatment or cure for d
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Trends and Challenges of the Global Energy Transition: Insights of the Freiburg Energy Talks 2025 (2025) ▸
The energy transition has made significant progress: for every dollar spent on fossil fuels globally today, two dollars are invested into renewable energy. Yet, fossil fuels remain to be the dominant energy source in the G20 energy mix. Furthermore, climate action is facing growing headwinds due to
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Sociological Cycles: The Role of Expectation-Reality Gaps, Version 1.1 (2025) ▸
The contribution deals with periodic phenomena that are often met in sociology. After shortly reviewing such phenomena in various disciplines ranging from physics to economy, it is shown that many of the sociological processes can be simply understood in terms of expectation-reality gaps, with memor
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A Scientific Call for COP30 – Science Academies United for Climate Action (2025) ▸
Rainforests cover over 18 million km² of land worldwide, mainly in Central and South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. As intact ecosystems, they store enormous amounts of the greenhouse gas CO₂, provide a habitat for numerous plants and animals, and are also the basis of life for millions of peop
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Wie kann der internationale Agrarhandel zu Biodiversitätsschutz, Klimaschutz und Ernährungssicherung beitragen? Für eine kohärente Governance von Konsum, Produktion und Handel (2025) ▸
Die Art und Weise, wie Menschen die Flächen der Erde nutzen, hat einen großen Einfluss auf die Ernährungssicherheit, die Biodiversität und das Klima. Die hohe Nachfrage beispielsweise nach Soja als Futtermittel oder Palmöl als günstiges, vielseitiges Pflanzenöl bewirkt, dass Flächen intensiv bewirts
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Focus on childhood blindness – Rethinking prevention and treatment (2025) ▸
International health policy and German development cooperation focus primarily on preventive measures. This is evident, for example, in diseases such as childhood blindness, which can be prevented through vaccinations or vitamin A supplements. However, eye diseases such as cataracts and glaucoma can
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