19.04.2024 – New participatory project in the Muringato catchment area: MC2FM
The participatory project activates the community in the Muringato catchment area to assess climate change impacts, develop an early warning system for risky weather conditions and implement reforestation measures.

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21. März 2024 – A plea for the planet - we're in!
Experience innovative environmental protection topics and projects at the #WochederUmwelt: ESERO will be there!

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26. Februar 2024 – Humboldt Fellow Dr. Oluwafemi Odunsi explores impact of economic development initiative
Humboldt Fellow Dr. Oluwafemi Odunsi uses artificial intelligence and computer simulations in his work in Professor Andreas Rienow's research group.

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26. Februar 2024 – CanSat competition: Can satellites rise up to one kilometre
Pupils present self-built mini satellites at the 10th CanSat competition in Bremen - organised by Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

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03. Dezember 2023 – Christopher Kyba receives prize for citizen science project
For his project on light pollution, Dr Christopher Kyba received the "Knowledge of the Many - Research Prize for Citizen Science", endowed with 20,000 euros, on 29 November 2023.

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22. Oktober 2023 – Count the lights - registration possible until 25.10.!
On 26.10.2023 (Thursday) we will go together to count lights in the city center of Bochum! As part of the project "Night Lights" we will collect valuable knowledge about light pollution and support the Citizen Science project.

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31. August 2023 – Counting lights for science
Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum are looking for interested people who want to participate in their project as Citizen Scientists.

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11. August 2023 – Torben Dedring receives the second place of the Young Scientist Award at EARSeL

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19. Juli 2023 – Research Data for the Great Acceleration
The Institute of Geography is now a member of "NFDI4Earth", the National Research Data Infrastructure Consortium Earth System Research.

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08. Juni 2023 – With AI and climate protection expertise, young people become active
The pilot project "Climate Data Entrepreneurial Club" has been launched. In it, young people acquire expertise in computer science, earth observation and pedagogy in order to initiate and prototype their own sustainability projects.

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08. Mai 2023 – Neues MOOC-Modul „Land & EO“ ist online

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01. März 2023 – MOOC module: "Agriculture & Livestock" is online
What is the role of agriculture and livestock in fighting hunger and achieving food security? How can Earth observation support this?

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15. Februar 2023 – Kick-off of COINS - Digital technologies for sustainable intensification of farming methods in West Africa

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08. Februar 2023 – Field visit and schooling on geomatics in Nyeri (Kenya) in January 2023
The WG Geomatics - Interdisciplinary Geoinformation Sciences visited the colleagues of the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) in Nyeri, Kenya, in January.

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06. Februar 2023 – MOOC module: "SDG2: Zero Hunger" is online
What is the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? What goals does it include and how can Earth observation be used to efficiently and objectively measure progress towards them? In particular, how can satellite and geospatial data support Goal 2, "No Hunger"?

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14. Dezember 2022 – MOOC-Launch: „Towards Zero Hunger“

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26. September 2022 – Future of nighttime lights in Bochum: discussion and call for action

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12. September 2022 – School teams build their own mini satellites

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12. July 2022 – IdeenExpo in Hannover

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20. June 2022 – Von der Mikrowelle zum Radarbild - Neue Lerneinheit von ESERO onlne

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01. June 2022 – Geographisches Institut beim ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022 in Bonn

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09. December 2021 – Torben Dedring receives "Prize for Students" from the Rectorate

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16. November 2021 – Information on the Galactic Video Conference (In Flight Call with Matthias Maurer)

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15. November 2021 – First Practical Course of "Land in Focus MOOC" online: "Urban Spaces"

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15. November 2021 – Second Practical Course of "Land in Focus MOOC" online: "People, Land, Sustainability"

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02. November 2021 – Invitation to the Galactic Video Conference with Galactic Workshops!

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06. October 2021 – About continents, time zones - and SDGs

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09. September 2021 – Open EO MOOC: Land in Focus registration opened!

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24. August 2021 – Announcement of the 8th German CanSat Competition 2021/22

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24. June 2021 – With the mini robot "Calliope mini" to the International Space Station

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18. May 2021 – Observing the earth with a mini satellite

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03. November 2020 – Geoinformation and sustainable development

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30. June 2020 – Five years of fascinating images from space

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12. May 2020 – Virtual participation of the GI at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020 in Vienna

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17. January 2020 – Junior Professor for Interdisciplinary Geoinformation Sciences

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