Current joint projects
ADAPT
Adaptation of Alpine Pollinators in Times of Global Change
Alice Classen, Fabienne Maihoff, Janika Kerner, Kristof Brenzinger (former employees)
Förderer: Bayerische Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst
ANDIV
Patterns and drivers of insect diversity and their microbiome along a complete forest elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell Peters, Kim Holzmann, Pedro Alonso
Förderer: DFG
BayÖkotox
Ecotoxicological Evaluation from substances in our environment
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Ricarda Scheiner, Sarah Manzer, Antonia Schuhmann
Funding: Bavarian State Office for the Environment and Consumer Protection
BeeConnected
Understanding and anticipating mechanisms of honey bee colony mortality with connected beehives
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Fabrice Requie, Fani Hatjina, Andreas Hotho, Giulia Mainardi
Funding: BMEL, Germany, ANR, France, GSRT, Greece
BETA-FOR
Enhancing the structural diversity between patches for improving multidiversity and multifunctionaliy in production forests
Jörg Müller, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Alice Claßen, Marcell Peters, Oliver Mitesser, Sonja Kümmet, Clàudia Massó Estaje, Johanna Asch, Clara Wild
Funder: DFG
ConservES
Living-lab approach to floral enrichment as a tool to conserve biodiversity and maximising ecosystem services in European agricultural landscapes
Sarah Redlich
Funder: BioDivERSA/Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
DorfBienen
Promotion of wild bees and other pollinators in villages
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Douglas Sponsler, Sonja Schulze, Jie Zhang
Funding: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Biodiversity Centre Rhön
Eco-Peru
Ecological intensification and multifunctionality of genetically diverse cacao agroforestry in Peruvian landscapes
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Blanca Ivañez Ballesteros
Funder: DFG
FarmerBeeWild
Pollinator-friendly agricultural landscapes (2022 - 2024)
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Denise Bertleff, Janika Kerner
Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Project Management Agency: Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
FARMS4Biodiversity
Farmer-led Agroecological Research in Malawi using Scenarios for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Cassandra Vogel, Georg Küstner
Funding: Belmont Forum, BiodivERsA, and the EU
IndiaHoneybee
Effects of land use on resource partitioning and foraging neuroecology in four honey bee species in India
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Abhinay Arra
Funder: DFG
LandKliF
Effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in semi-natural, agricultural and urban landscapes, and strategies for managing climate change
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jörg Müller, Thomas Hovestadt, Jie Zhang, Sarah Redlich, Ute Fricke, Cristina Ganuza Vallejo
Funding: Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs
Rettet Rosi
Auswirkungen von Management und Habitatqualität von Saumstrukturen auf die Diversität von Wanzen und dem Vorkommen der Essigrosen-Dickfühlerweichwanze
in cooperation with Institut für Biodiversitätsinformation (IfBI) in Ebern (2020-2025)
Jochen Krauß, Fabian Klimm
Funding : Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with capital from Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
SAFEGUARD
Safeguarding European wild pollinators
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Andrea Holzschuh, Douglas Sponsler, Jie Zhang, Jochen Krauß, Carolin Biegerl
Funding: European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
T0P-AGRI-Network
Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture : European Network for sustainability
Sarah Redlich
Funder: European Union (COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
UPSCALE
Upscaling the benefits of push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell Peters, Jie Zhang, David Meinhof
Funding: EU Horizon 2020
