Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Human Water Systems
2026
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsibility |
| January 29, 2026 | Project Meeting | Project Meeting of the Research Project MiskaRe, Klein Altendorf | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Mark Tuschen |
| January 20, 2026 | Visit of IUCN | Visit of regional office of the International Union for Nature Conservation, Bonn with student group | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| January 16, 2026 | interview | Radio interview Deutschlandfunk UN report: Water scarcity is a global crisis | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| January 6, 2026 | Publication | The river Rhine transports around 4,000 tonnes of macrolitter towards the North Sea each year. Commun. Sustain. 1:5. | Katja Höreth, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
2025
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsibility |
| 16.12.25 | Visit by national authority | Visit of national authority for Nature Conservation, Bonn with student group | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| December 10, 2025 | Exhibition | The vernissage at the Institut Francais featured a photo exhibitionby M.Sc. Geography students from the University of Bonn, highlighting various aspects of human-water interactions in France through impressions from their excursion. The students also presented short films created during the trip that explored these human-water relationships in greater depth | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Mark Tuschen |
| 01.12.25-4.12.25 | Conference | World Water Congress, Marrakesh | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| December 1, 2025 | Publication | Assessing the impact of global change on flood dynamics and rice submergence susceptibility in the Kilombero floodplain, Tanzania |
Mark Tuschen, Hnin Phyu Sin, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 26.11.25-27.11.25 | Invited Speech |
Presentation “ Quantifying ecosystem services of floodplains to improve climate resilienceKoblenz |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| November 12, 2025 | Invited Speech |
Presentation "Water scarcity in Germany and worldwide. Impacts and challenges of climate change on water resources" at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 29.10.25-31.10.25 | Conference Presentation | Climate Change and Futures in Africa Conference Series (Hybrid, Windhoek, Namibia) | Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 05.10.25-07.10.25 | Review Panel | Digital Resilience Challenge, Research Ireland (Dublin, Ireland) | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 01.10.25-02.10.25 | Conference | Annual Meeting of German UNESCO Chairs at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden | Hnin Phyu Sin |
| 26.09.25-02.10.25 | Research Visit | Co-HYDIM-SA Project Annual Meeting and CUVEWIS Stakeholder Workshop at Oshakati, Namibia | Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 15.09.25-26.09.25 | Field Trip | Student field trip with 20 geography Master students to France on the topic “Human-Water Interaction” | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Mark Tuschen |
| 08.09.25-28.11.25 | Research stay | Uni Bonn Santander Grant beneficiary for research stay at the Department of Geography -- Kow ESSEL-YORKE-- From University of Cape Coast & Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| July 25, 2025 | Launch of expert report | Launch of expert report “ Options for the further development of the action program Natural Climate Protection“ | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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11.06.25 - 13.06.25 |
Conference | Participated in 50th anniversary of the International Hydrological Program and 60 years of UNESCO Water Sciences & 1st UNESCO Water Youth Dialogue | Prof.Dr.Mariele Evers, Hnin Phyu Sin |
| 26.05.25-30.05.25 | Erasmus Teaching Mobility |
Risk and Environmental Studies, Karlstad University, Karlstad Teaching: |
Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 13.05.25 | Field trip | Visit with students of the UNESCO II center Int. Water center on Water resources and Global Change, Coblence | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 12.05.25 | Radio Interview | Interview for local Radio Eins about “If the River Rhine runs dry” | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 02.05.25 | Conference Presentation |
EGU 2025 Vienna: Collaborative exploratory scenario-development as an initiator of transformative thinking: challenges and opportunities |
Prof. Dr. Britta Höllermann, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 02.05.25 | Conference Presentation | EGU 2025 Vienna: A Continuous Approach to Macrolitter Monitoring in Large River Systems: Identifying Sources, Drivers, and Quantities | Katja Hoereth, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 30.04.25 | Launch | EGU 2025 Vienna: Launching of the initiative Community Review Paper on approaches to assess Human-Water Feedbacks as part of the International Commission on Human-Water Feedbacks in IAHS | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 27.04.25 | Conference Presentation | EGU 2025 Vienna: Addressing Water Risk in southern Africa: A Participatory Multi-Criteria Approach for Flood and Drought Resilience | Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 10.04.25 | Presentation | Presentation at Meeting of Bonn Water Network on the research project MisKaRe | Mark Tuschen, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 19-21/03/2025 | Conference Presentation | TdH 2025 Augsburg: Quantifying ecosystem services of floodplains to improve climate resilience | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
2024
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsible |
| 18-22.11.24 | Conference Presentation |
Presentation on Quantifying Ecosystem Services in Renatured Floodplains: A Case Study of the Emscher River in Germany. 5th ESP Europe Conference Ecosystem Services: One Planet, One Health (Wageningen, The Netherlands) |
Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 07.11.24 | Invited keynote talk & panel |
Keynote at Rome Climate Talks at German Embassy to the Holy See No Life without Water Prof. Dr. M. Evers talked about the connections between climate and water and how water acts as a transmitter for climate change and intensifies hydrological extremes such as droughts and floods. Climate change expert: Water and water security are crucial - Vatican News |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 06.11.24 | Invited keynote talk & panel |
Keynote at UISG Headquarters and Caritas international (Rome) -Empowering communities in response to extractivism and climate change “Challenges posed by climate change: a water perspective on sustainable agriculture” |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 14.10.24 | Field trip |
Field trip to International Commission for the Protection of River Rhine, Coblence |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 09.10.24 | Invited keynote talk & panel |
Keynote talk “ Co-production of data and knowledge for decision making with socio-technical approaches” at conference Water Security and Climate Change |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 7-9.10.24 | Conference |
Conference of German UNESCO Chair |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers, Hnin Sin |
| 30.09.-04.10.24 | Meeting & Workshop |
Co-HYDIM-SA Kick-off Meeting & Workshop, Namibia |
Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 25-27.09.24 | Conference |
WASA Program Kick-off Conference, South Africa |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers |
| 22.07.24 | Project |
New research project launched: MisKaRe - an interdisciplinary consortium works on the analysis of the retention potential of Miscanthus fields to reduce flood risk and be used as renewable raw material. |
Dr. Prof. Mariele Evers, Mark Tuschen |
| 23-29 June 2024 | Presentation |
Presentation on Managing Forest Hydrological Services : Integration into Forest Management Plans and Applied Implications in the Aegean Region, organized by IUFRO (Stockholm, Sweden) |
Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
| 27.04.24 | Conference and key note presentation; Panel discussion |
Cité universitäire de la Paris – Université de la paix Approches nécessaires for administrator la consumption de l'eauI Université de la Paix 2024 |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 08.04.24 | Interview, television report |
WDR Lokalzeit |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 21.03.24 | Establishing a working group |
Kick-off meeting of the working group on water-related ecosystem services (wESL) (TdH) Berlin |
Dr. Pinar Pamucku Albers, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 19.03.24 | Scientific Council | Constituent meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board for Natural Climate Protection (BMUV) Berlin | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 22.02.24 | Scientific Council | Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German National Committee for the UN Water Program WB Meeting in Potsdam | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| January 29, 2024 | Excursion | Excursion to the water treatment plant in Bonn Bad Godesberg together with students of the seminar "Introduction into Conservation and Water Management" | Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
2023
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsible |
| November 24, 2023 | Lecture |
SASSCAL Course on integrated water resources management Climate Change Risks and Vulnerability (Online) |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
| October 24, 2023 | Panel Discussion |
German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH. The Fight for Water - Sustainability Movie Night |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| October 9, 2023 | Research Stay |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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| September 22, 2023 | Keynote |
Hydro-climate variability and morphological spatio-temporal dynamics. Key note lecture, Japanese Society for Ecology and Engineering (ECES) Public Symposium on Sediment Corridors Connecting Forests, Rivers, Villages, and the Sea towards Integrated River Basin and Sediment Management, Kyoto/Japan |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| September 20, 2023 | Keynote |
Water as a connector: Global and national challenges and action frameworks. Keynote lecture, German Congress for Geography, Frankfurt |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| 04.09.2023 | interview |
Professor Evers speak about Heavy rainfall at Deutschlandfunk Nova |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| June 29, 2023 | interview |
WDR 5 Curiosity Satisfied - The Science of Water
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Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| May 24, 2023 | Presentation |
City of Bonn – Climate change in Bonn , risks and options for action |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| May 23, 2023 | Panel discussion |
BWN GWOPA Conference - Adapting Governance and Infrastructure for Water Resilience |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Bonn Water Network |
| May 22, 2023 | Panel discussion |
Report Launch : Managing Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Sinks to Combat the Climate Crisis in Türkiye (Istanbul, Türkiye) |
Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
| May 17, 2023 | Exhibition tour |
Transdisciplinary guided tour through the exhibition with a hydrologist and anthropologist in Temporary Gallery: Vibrant Encounters – Art meets Environment Humanities meets Hydrology (Cologne, Germany) |
Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
| Summer Term 2023 | Excursion |
2 excursions to Sieg river with students, seminar on ecosystem services |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers, Students |
| May 9-10, 2023 | Presentation |
KAHR conference 2nd KAHR Science Conference 2023 Pro-active flood risk management using a trans-disciplinary multi-method approach
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Mariele Evers, Adrian Almoradie, Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann, Georg Johann, Helene Meyer, Annika Schüttrumpf, Sylvia Kruse, Ida Wallin, Fafali Ziga-Abortta, Daniel Bachmann, Roman Schotten, Mawuli Lumor, Charlotte Norman, Kwaku Adjei, James Aggrey, Samuel Guug |
| May 9, 2023 | interview |
Radio Interview/Podcast with Der Spiegel - Is Germany drying out just like France? https://www.spiegel.de/forschung/natur/duerre-trocknet-deutschland-genauso-aus-wie-frankreich-podcast-a-012d4c5d-1371-4776-a84b-9bc507b1c53c |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| April 28, 2023 | Presentation |
European Geoscience Assembly (EGU) Pro-active flood risk management using a trans-disciplinary multi-method approach |
Mariele Evers, Adrian Almoradie, Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann, Georg Johann, Helene Meyer, Annika Schüttrumpf, Sylvia Kruse, Ida Wallin, Fafali Ziga-Abortta, Daniel Bachmann, Roman Schotten, Mawuli Lumor, Charlotte Norman, Kwaku Adjei, James Aggrey, Samuel Guug |
| April 24-25, 2023 | meeting |
Several meetings and talks on cooperation between Uni Bonn / UNESCO Chair and Cape Coast University / Ghana |
Mariele Evers, Joshua Ntajal |
| April 19-20, 2023 | Workshop |
PARADES Training Workshop Flood disaster risk management (FDRM) in Ghana: dissemination of preliminary results and training of experts |
Mariele Evers, Adrian Almoradie, Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann And the PARADES Team |
| March 27, 2023 | interview |
Radio interview on Deutschlandfunk about global water supply https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/grosse-hoffnungen-die-zukunft-der-globalen-wasserbedarf-dlf-99c3469b-100.html |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| March 23, 2023 | interview |
Radio interview on North German Broadcasting - Water is a human right (UN Water Conference) |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| March 22-24, 2023 | Conference |
Participation in the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York as a member of the German delegation |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| March 22-23, 2023 | Presentation |
Hydrology Day (TdH) 2023 - conference at Ruhr University Bochum & Bochum University of Applied Sciences Science for a Water Secure World in a Changing Environment |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| March 22-23, 2023 | Presentation |
Hydrology Day (TdH) 2023 - conference at Ruhr University Bochum & Bochum University of Applied Sciences Collaborative flood risk management in a transboundary river basin: A new holistic approach on governance for the Mono river of Togo and Benin |
Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Dr. Rholan Houngue, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| February 15, 2023 | Presentation |
SURE Conference Cooperation leading to successful implementations. The PARADeS approach |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| February 10, 2023 | Advisory Council Meeting | 81st Scientific Advisory Board Meeting (GIUB, Bonn, Germany) | Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Katja Höreth, Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers, Mark Tuschen, Wiebke Kasner |
2022
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsible |
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November 24, 2022 |
Excursion |
Visiting UNCCD to learn about policy instruments at the global scale |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Working group, Students |
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November 23, 2022 |
Presentation |
"Transdisciplinary Water Research for Sustainable Water Management" in "Together for Change - UNESCO Chairs' Ring Lecture Series." Ring lecture of German UNESCO Chairs . On-line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwXxVkSqTjw |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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November 22, 2022 |
Presentation |
Presentation for Ruhr Water Association about new approaches for flood risk management |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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November 17, 2022 |
Excursion |
Excursion to an Open Pit Mining area, receiving insides by an expert of the Erft Water Association |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Working group, Students |
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November 3rd - 4th, 2022 |
Conference |
Attendance of UNESCO Chair Conference in Paris |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| September 23, 2022 |
interview |
Radio interview on Deutschlandfunk on solutions to the water crisis https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/loesungsansaetze-fuer-die-wasserkritik-100.html |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| September 20, 2022 |
Presentation |
Humboldt n - School “Humboldt focuses: Climate change – risks and adaptations” Adaptation to hydro-meteorological changes and variabilities |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| July 30 - August 1, 2022 |
Conference |
World Water Week, Stockholm |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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July 14, 2022 |
interview |
TV Interview for the German ZDF broadcasting station. One year after the Ahr flood. |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
| July 13, 2022 |
Presentation |
“Water Workshop” at German UNESCO Commission , Bonn |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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July 12, 2022 |
Presentation |
Special event in memory of the July 2021 flood events in the Ahr valley. Research is presented. |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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July 12, 2022 |
Cooperation and Presentation |
“Resilient water systems in climate change – the example of Bonn” Presentation of results by students for cooperating partners in the City of Bonn |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pinar Pamukcu Albers, Geography Students |
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July 11 - 15, 2022 |
Conference and Presentation |
Identification of different pathways based on flood-related challenges at different watershed scales in Germany. The IALE 2022 European Ecology Congress . On-line. |
Dr. Pınar Pamukçu Albers |
| June 27 - July 1, 2022 |
Workshop |
Visit and workshop Ghanaian delegation on Flood Risk Management – PARADeS Project, Bonn |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Dr. Joshua Ntajal |
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May 20, 2022 |
interview |
Interview with DUZ Magazine for Science and Society . Drought and Flood - Geography Professor Mariele Evers explores the interrelationships between humans and water. https://www.duz.de/de/nachrichten/!/id/581 |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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May 2nd - May 14th, 2022 |
Workshop |
Workshop series on “Flood disaster risk management in Ghana's flood hot spots: co-development of adaptation scenarios and strategies” – PARADeS Project, in Accra, Kumasi, Bolgatanga (Ghana) |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Dr. Joshua Ntajal |
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April 21, 2022 |
Workshop |
Project closing workshop –CLIMAFRI Project in the Lower Mono river basin of Togo and Benin |
Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Dr. Rholan Houngue, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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March 17, 2022 |
interview |
Radio Interview Deutschlandfunk . Germany loses the amount of water in Lake Constance |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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March 10-11, 2022 |
Workshop |
Final workshop on adaptation measures – CLIMAFRI Project in the Lower Mono river basin of Togo and Benin |
Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Dr. Rholan Houngue, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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January 10, 2022 |
interview |
Radio interview Deutschlandfunk : Solution approaches for future water crises https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/loesungsansaetze-fuer-die-wasserkrise-100.html |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
2021
| Date | Activity Type | Title | Responsible |
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October 1, 2021 |
meeting |
Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Chairs in Germany “Connecting the UNESCO Networks” |
DUK |
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May 18, 2021 |
Webinar |
Virtual event: UNESCO Chair in Human-Water Systems , University of Bonn. Profiles and activities. On-line. |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers (Chairman), Working Group Ecohydrology and Water Resource Management, Department of Geography, University of Bonn |
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May 4, 2021 |
Presentation |
UNESCO Chair together with the BWN : Prof. Dr. Hani Sewilam from RWTH Aachen presented insides on "Filling and Operation of the GERD: The Way Out" |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Bonn Water Network |
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March 22, 2021 |
interview |
Interview Research & Teaching - Using the resource water sustainably https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/die-ressource-wasser-nachhaltig-nutzen-3583/ |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers |
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February 23, 2021 |
Press release |
Press release about the newly established UNESCO Chair Human-Water Systems , posted on the University website |
Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Linda Taft |