We are looking for candidates for the position of Research and Coordination Associate on Environment and Society in our Horizon Europe Project PLANET4B team at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) (research group of Dr. Ilkhom Soliev) (with full time employment), to be filled as soon as possible and till October 31, 2025. […]

The first nine months of the PLANET4B project flew by, and our eleven cases have already immersed in their research topic. Literature reviews were carried out, stakeholder networks were mapped, and different engagement and data collection activities were launched, ranging from community walks and workshops to surveys, interviews, and farm visits. These activities are crucial steps towards establishing partnership with our stakeholders. […]

We congratulate our Advisory Board member Dr. Marco Janssen of Arizona State University for receiving the prestigious Elinor Ostrom Award! […]

In an effort to combat rising inequalities and biodiversity loss, our research project PLANET4B has introduced a new approach. By employing the concept of intersectionality, the project aims to shed light on potential mechanisms of oppression at the intersections of race, gender, disability, sexuality, class, age, and other social categories. The report highlights the crucial role played by intersectionality in understanding the complex dynamics between social categories and their impact on biodiversity. Through a co-creation process involving workshops, the PLANET4B [...]

One of the overall arguments in the literature on social transformations is that change in deeper-level leverage points such as paradigms, mindsets, norms, and alike, have greater potential for transforming the social systems at more fundamental levels. But is there any link between mindfulness meditation and stream-side wildlife populations, a poetry-walk and urban bee-keepers, or role-playing and presence of organic farming in a certain area? The PLANET4B project investigates whether these popular, widespread or less-known, recently developed intervention methods can [...]

Building strong collaborations with similar projects and initiatives is at the heart of PLANET4B’s synergies strategy. The synergy strategy maps relevant projects and initiatives and through doing so, bridges a knowledge gap on what types of similar biodiversity relevant projects and initiatives exist. […]