Agroecology and Soil Research
This site provides information about our research activities in the field of agroecology and soil research.
In addition to geoecological projects in high mountains and polar regions, the ecology of agricultural ecosystems is the focus of scientific work within this area.
Both, grassland and arable land use are examined holistically, particularly with regard to land use changes such as fallow or the cultivation of energy crops. The aim is to develop relevant indicators, such as the humus and nutrient balance, soil structure, biological activity and topsoil condition, and to incorporate them into concepts for sustainable land use and soil protection in an application-oriented manner.
Soil Biodiversity of Humid Forest Ecosystems. Humus Forms as Indicators for the Decomposer Community in Times of Climate Change (BioFeuchtHumus)
Project Duration: November 2021 - December 2024
Funding: FNR, Waldklimafonds
Directed by: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll
Collaborators: Dr. Tina Frank, Dr. Hans-Jörg Brauckmann
Extensive Grassland of the Baden-Württemberg Open-Grassland Trials
Project Duration: Start 1974 (University of Münster), since 2010 Osnabrück University
Funding: State Institute for Agriculture, Food and Rural Areas (LEL) Baden-Württemberg
Directed by: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll
Collaborators: Dr. Hans-Jörg Brauckmann, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll
Transformative Landscape Management to Improve Water Quality and Safeguard Ecosystem Services in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (T-LaMa)
Project Duration: January 2020 - August 2023
Funding: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Directed by: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll, Prof. Dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Collaborators (from this working group): Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll, Birte Frerichmann
Resource Conservation Through Logistics Plus - Logist.Plus
Project Duration: February 2020 - January 2023
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Directed by: Prof. Dr. Martin Franz
Collaborators (from this working group): Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll, Dr. Hans-Jörg Brauckmann, Verena Schurat
Further Training in Soil Science Construction Supervision
Project Duration: Since 2017 - ongoing
Funding: None
Directed by: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll
Employees: Maike Bosold, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll, Dr. Hans-Jörg Brauckmann
Women's Power in Soil Science
Together with graduates of the Master's degree course "Soil, Water & Contaminated Sites" the members of the institute's working group on soil have once again demonstrated the high quality of soil science in Osnabrück.
This success was highlighted bylectures and posters at the conference of the German Soil Science Society (DBG) in Halle/Saale in 2023.
We congratulate Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll on being awarded Honorary Membership of the DBG in recognition of her service, as announced at the general meeting.