Division 4 - Natural and Built Environment
KIT Division 4 'Natural and Built Environment' generates, teaches and applies knowledge about the changing Earth. This includes natural processes and developments as well as man-made changes and their impacts. To achieve this, research, teaching and innovation are bundled in strategic fields joining over 30 Institutes from architecture, civil engineering, geo- and environmental sciences, as well as meteorology and climate sciences. The scientists of Division 4 explore, develop and teach local, regional and global solutions for a sustainable future. Teaching and acadamic affairs of Division 4 are organized in the KIT departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, while the mission-based large-scale research tasks are managed in frame of the Helmholtz program "Changing Earth-Sustaining our Future".
Science and knowledge for society and the environment
Christoph Kirchlechner, Lars Heinke, and Inge Hinterwaldner will receive up to two million euros for their research projects.
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Based on artificial intelligence, KIT and BGR develop forecast models on the future development of groundwater levels in Germany.
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KIT coordinates nationwide project group testing a wastewater-based COVID-19 early warning system.
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A study with KIT participation sheds light on the trade-off between biodiversity and food security in land use.
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Research project collects data as a basis for improving municipal bicycle infrastructure - partners from science, industry and cities.
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Study on mobility in the pandemic: public transport use declines, people increasingly ride bicycles or walk.
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In a meta-study, KIT researchers are investigating how plant growth reacts to the anthropogenic greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere.
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KIT ecosystem researcher receives the highest research prize in Germany - the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is endowed with EUR 2.5 Million.
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KIT - Member of the Consortium Schneefernerhaus
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Contributions to sustainable urban development
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Interdisciplinary research at KIT on disasters, risks and security
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Technologies for Risk Reduction: From Rigid Constructions to Smart Solutions
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For an Environment Worth Living in
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KIT works for the sustainability of our resources - in research, teaching and innovation
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