Organisational Structure

The subject Applied Systems Science, (ASS) which is equally interdisciplinary and multi-departmental, was founded in winter semester 1989/90 together with the establishment of the degree programme Applied Systems Science. In winter semester 1990/91, a complementary degree programme was also brought into being.

In all, six departments are involved in the teaching of Systems Science, whereby the emphasis lies in the Department of Mathematics/Computer Science, which is also responsible for managing the course.

The newly established C4 professorship in Applied Systems Science with focus on Environmental Systems Analysis was filled in autumn 1992. A further C3 professorship with main stress on Mathematical Modelling was filled at the beginning of 1996. Thanks to the funding of the German Federal Environmental Foundation another C4 professorship with main emphasis on Substance Flow Management (Stoffstrommanagement) was filled in autumn 2001 and denominated to Resources Management in 2010. In 2007, a assistent professorship was established within the research area Applied Environmental Systems Analysis. In 2010, two W2 professorships in Ecological Modelling could be filled in a joint appointment procedure with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig.

Members of the board of the institute are:

Prof. Dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl (Chair and Managing Director of the Institute of Environmental Systems Research)

Prof. Dr. Judith Ingrid Korb (Dept. of Biology/Chemistry, Ecology Div.)

Prof. Dr. Norbert de Lange (Dept. of Mathematics/Computer Science)

Dipl.-Systemwiss. Christian Ehling(Sci. Staff, ESR)

Dr. Jürgen Berlekamp (Sci.-Tech. Staff, ESR)

BSc ASW Thorben Jensen (Student, MSc Env. Systems and Resource Management)

Co-opted members of the institute are:

Prof. Dr. Winfried Burns, Dept. of Mathematics/Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Joachim Härtling, Dept. of Cultural Studies and Geosciences

Prof. Dr. Britta Klagge, Dept. of Cultural Studies and Geosciences

Prof. Dr. Judith Ingrid Korb, Dept. of Biology/Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Norbert de Lange, Dept. of Mathematics/Computer Science

Dr. Dominique Remy, Dept. of Biology/Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Bodo Rieger, Dept. of Economics

Prof. Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff, Dept. of Physics

Prof. Dr. Oliver Vornberger, Dept. of Mathematics/Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Sabine Zachgo, Dept. of Biology/Chemistry