Research UnitSustainability and Climate Risks

Prof. Jana Sillmann and Dr. Benjamin Blanz travelled to Split, Croatia, to teach at the Summer Institute in Systemic Risks, Cascades and Tipping Points (CASCADE), a flagship initiative of European/Canadian institutions, focusing on meta-crisis such as climate change, pandemics, geopolitical risks, and disruptions in global...

The Climate Extremes Group of FNK organized an international conference and a workshop from September 22nd to 24th 2025 in Hamburg on the topic of Systemic Risks and Climate Extremes. 

Jana Sillmann emphasized in her introduction speech of the Systemic Risks Conference that climate change amplifies many of today’s crises...

Christiane Lawrenz just started her position as a PhD student at GERICS and the University of Hamburg. She is 25 years old and did her Master’s degree in Geography with a focus on Environment and Society at the University of Cologne.

In the interview she talks about her research area and how she became interested in it.

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