Current Projects

PIK scientists contribute to numerous research projects commissioned by external funders.

In the past 10 years, PIK has conducted over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Union. This list of current projects is generated from our database (newest first). Separate lists of completed  and all projects from 2007 on are available.

Current projects at PIK:

GeoClimRisk

Die Geopolitik der mit dem Klimawandel verbundenen Risiken und Transformationen
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: GIZ
Contact: Fanny Thornton / Andrea Kambergs

KARO

Klimaresiliente Anbauverfahren zur Risiko-Optimierung – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ziele der Ackerbaustrategie und ihrer regionalen Erfordernisse
Apr 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMEL, PT BLE
Contact: Tobias Conradt

CentraLand

Assessing land's centrality for global resilience
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: UNCCD
Contact: Lisa Murken

VISIBLE

InterSectoral Impact attriBution to cLimate changE
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler, Martin Park

ClimTip-RD2

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Müller

KI-FounDyn

Grundlagen für Stabilitätsbestimmung in Stromnetzen mit Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz
Mar 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Contact: Frank Hellmann

ClimTip-RD4

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Boers, Niklas

CaTFoodS

Klimatische und handelsbedingte Risiken für die globale Ernährungssicherheit
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kilian Kuhla

CODEC

Improving the representation of crop production losses due to nuclear conflict
Feb 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Future of Life Institutes
Contact: Christoph Müller

OrganicYieldsUP

Improving yields in organic cropping systems
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

LegumES

Valorizing and balancing the ecosystem service benefits offered by legumes, and legume-based cropped systems.
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

NGFS V

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

TRANSIENCE

TRANSItioning towards an Efficient, carbon-Neutral Circular European industry
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Gunnar Luderer

PREMUS (RSE)

Aufbereitung von REMIND-MAgPIE für eine breitere Nutzung - PREMUS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Lavinia Baumstark

PREMUS (LU)

Aufbereitung von REMIND-MAgPIE für eine breitere Nutzung - PREMUS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Jan-Philipp Dietrich

TipESM

Exploring Tipping Points and Their Impacts Using Earth System Models
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel

COMPASS

COMPound extremes Attribution of climate change: towardS an operational Service
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel

DAAD Brasilien

Recurrence quantifiers as features for machine-learning-decision-making processes
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Norbert Marwan

OpPoDyn

Fligh Performance Open Source Software Suite for Research on the Dynamics of Power Grids
Jan 01, 2024 - Apr 30, 2027
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Frank Hellmann

SAFE4ALL

Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Rahel Laudien

AQUASIA

Advancing Hydrological Modeling for Improved Water Availability Forecasts in Central Asia
Dec 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

HiClAP

High-Resolution Climate and Agricultural Projections
Nov 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

PACO

Implementing regional and national adaptation priorities in West and Central Africa
Nov 01, 2023 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: Christoph Gornott

USB

Umstrittener städtischer Boden: Ökonomische und wirtschaftsethische Analysen
Oct 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Hans Böckler Stiftung
Contact: Kai Lessmann

SPARCCLE

Socioeconomic Pathways, Adaptation and Resilience to Changing CLimate in Europe
Sep 01, 2023 - Feb 28, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel

UPTAKE

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jessica Strefler

PERSEVERE2

Persistent Summer Extremes over Europe due to Wave-Resonance Events
Aug 01, 2023 - Jul 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kai Kornhuber

CCH CP2_2 - RD2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - CP2. Provision of climate and bio-physical forcing data for health impact projections
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Fred Hattermann

1.5 NPE

Renew and enhance support – 1.5°C National Pathway Explorer
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: IKEA Core Funding
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

LIFE-COASE

Collaborative Observatory for Assessment of the EU ETS
Jun 26, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: European University Institute
Contact: Sebastian Osorio