Archive 2013
Archive 2013
Invitation to COAST workshops
COAST - Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research invites you to two events:
Firstly, a HEC workshop on wind energy will take place on 13.2.2013, and secondly, the workshop "Towards the Hansa Energy Transition Campus" has been organised for 8.3.2013.
For further information you can download the flyer here. You can access the COAST homepage here.
Excursion to the Wesermarsch
Students from the two Master's degree programmes Landscape Ecology and Sustainability Economics and Management visited several tourism stakeholders in the district of Wesermarsch as part of the "Sustainable tourism" seminar on 31 January 2013. Led by Prof. Dr Ingo Mose, the participants visited the Wesermarsch Tourist Association, the Brake Tourist Information Office, CenterParcs Nordseeküste and the Fedderwardersiel National Park House and Museum to find out about ways of making tourism offers in the region more sustainable. 
New study place offer as part of the ERASMUS programme in Scotland
Students on environmental science degree programmes now have a new opportunity to study abroad in Europe: as part of the ERASMUS programme, a partnership has been agreed with Lews Castle College - University of the Highlands and Islands in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The partnership, which also includes the possibility of teacher exchanges, was initiated by the Applied Geography and Environmental Planning working group. Lews Castle College is one of thirteen university locations of the newly founded Scottish network university, each of which is characterised by a very specific profile of the courses it offers. For students from Oldenburg,
the programmes in Stornoway, which focus on sustainable development, sustainability management and sustainable rural development, are of particular interest. Several Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes are offered here. In addition to students on the B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and the M.Sc. in Landscape Ecology, the programmes offered by the Scottish partner could potentially also appeal to students on the M.Sc. in Water and Coastal Management and the M.A. in Sustainability Economics and Management. Interested students can contact the ERASMUS representative at IBU, Prof Dr Ingo Mose, for further information. 
"Nature conservation in practice": Excursion to the Hohe Tauern National Park region in Austria
Students from the Master's degree programmes in Landscape Ecology, Sustainability Economics and Management and Water and Coastal Management took part in a joint excursion to the Hohe Tauern National Park region in Austria. Led by Prof Dr Ingo Mose, the students visited selected destinations in the largest protected area in the Alps and met with representatives from the national park administration, local projects and local politics. The excursion focussed on the planning implementation of conservation requirements, the connection between nature conservation and regional development, strategies for gentle tourism and the consequences of climate change in the region. 
Excursion to Kingston
Students on the Bachelor's degree course in Environmental Sciences and the Master's degree course in Water and Coastal Management, led by Ingo Mose and Peter Schaal, went on an excursion to Kingston University London from 18 to 21 February 2013. Together with colleagues from the geography and environmental sciences departments there, they looked at issues such as water management, coastal protection, leisure and recreation planning in the River Thames area, waterfront development in the City of London and current aspects of nature conservation in west London and the Green Belt. This was the fifth excursion that took students from Oldenburg to Kingston. The series of visits will be continued next year. 
Lecture on the topic "Learning Region" at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
At the invitation of the Institute for Landscape and Open Space, Prof. Dr Ingo Mose gave a lecture on the topic of "Learning Region" at the Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland on 12 March 2013. The Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences recently became an ERASMUS partner university of the University of Oldenburg and offers two study places each academic year for visiting students from the environmental science Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes.
Prof Dr Ingo Mose is giving lectures in the USA
The head of the Applied Geography and Environmental Planning working group, Prof. Dr Ingo Mose, will be giving lectures in the USA from 2 to 18 April 2013. He will be visiting Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, the University of Vermont in Burlington and the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he will be giving lectures on territorial protection in Germany and Europe, sustainable tourism, learning regions and climate protection. Mose will also use his visit to the USA to discuss possible co-operation in research and teaching and present the Center for Sustainable Spatial Development Oldenburg - ZENARiO - and the University of Oldenburg to his discussion partners. 
Partnership with the Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences
As part of the ERASMUS programme, 
AG Angewandte Geographie und Umweltplanung has initiated a partnership with the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil in Switzerland. It is now available to students interested in the B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and the M.Sc. in Landscape Ecology for semester visits. Students interested in spatial science content from other degree programmes can also apply. Prof. Dr. Ingo Mose offers advice on the specific conditions of the ERASMUS programme.
Ingo Mose gives lecture at the State School Geographers' Day
Ingo
Mose gave the opening lecture at the North Rhine-Westphalia State School Geography Day, which took place on 4 December 2013 at the Beisenkamp Grammar School in Hamm, Westphalia, with the participation of around 160 teachers from all parts of the
state. The event was organised under the
motto "Agriculture and rural areas: On the road to sustainability?".
You can download the lecture here.
Three-day excursion to Bremen as part of the "River development" module
Students on the Master's degree programme in Water and Coastal Management went on a three-day excursion to Bremen as part of the "River development" module. Current river management issues were discussed using the Weser as an example. The spectrum of topics ranged from the development of the historic waterfront for leisure and tourism, flood protection, the use of hydropower for energy generation and open space planning to the revitalisation of the old harbour districts in the so-called "Überseestadt". One day was specifically dedicated to exploring the lowland landscape of the Wümme and Hamme, two tributaries of the Weser, as well as the Teufelsmoor. The focus here was on issues relating to agriculture, nature conservation and tourism. The excursion was also attended by five students from Kingston University London, with whom there are close exchange links in environmental and spatial sciences.
Company outing of the working group "Applied Geography and Environmental Planning"
This year's company outing took the members of the Applied Geography and Environmental Planning working group to Bremerhaven on 13 August 2013. The programme included visits to the Emigration Centre and the Climate House, a trip on the Weserliner through the city's harbours and a visit to the viewing platform of the Sail City Hotel. The physical well-being was also duly catered for. As special guests, the group was honoured by their former colleague Ortwin Peithmann and his wife, who also took part in the excursion!
Prof. Dr Ingo Mose confirmed as spokesperson of the Rural Working Group for a further two years
On 3 October 2013, the members of the Rural Areas Working Group of the German Geographical Society (DGfG) confirmed Prof. Dr Ingo Mose as spokesperson of the working group for a further two years at the German Geographers' Day in Passau. He holds the office together with his colleague Prof Dr Ulrike Grabski-Kieron from the University of Münster. The Rural Areas Working Group is one of the largest in the DGfG and has over 150 members in German-speaking countries. Information on the working group is available at the following address: www.uni-muenster.de/AKLaendlicherRaum/.
Former employee of the AG completes her doctorate
Nora Mehnen, a former member of the Applied Geography and Environmental Planning working group, successfully completed her doctorate at the School of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen last Monday, 18 November 2013! Nora Mehnen was most recently a research assistant at the Mansholt Chair for Rural Development of Prof Dr Dirk Strijker, who was also the first supervisor of the doctorate. Prof Dr Ingo Mose (Oldenburg) was the second supervisor of the project. Another representative of the University of Oldenburg involved in the defence of the dissertation was Prof. emer. Dr.-Ing. Ortwin Peithmann, former holder of the professorship for spatial planning at the local university, also took part in the defence of the dissertation. The cumulative doctoral thesis is entitled "Protected lanscapes - the great hope of European area protection policies?" and is dedicated to a comparative study of the governance structures of different IUCN category V protected areas in several European countries.
Annual financial statements
The Applied Geography and Environmental Planning working group met for coffee and cake at the end of the year to review the past year. Working group leader Ingo Mose thanked all staff and assistants for their work.
Farewell was bid to Vasco Brummer, a long-standing member of the research group, who will be moving to the Nürtingen University of Applied Sciences near Stuttgart as a project member at the start of 2014. Ingo Mose wished his colleague all the best for his academic appointment on behalf of the working group.
