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:

SCARF

Scaling agroforestry for holistic climate resilience-building in rural Tanzania
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMU
Contact: Christoph Gornott

WorldTrans

Transparent Assessments for Real People
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jonathan Donges

Global Hydrogen Futures

Modelling of Global Hydrogen Futures (Modellierung globaler Wasserstoffszenarien)
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 30, 2026
Funded by: Bosch-Forschungsstiftung
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

DecLaRe

Decision support for strengthening land resilience in the face of global challenges
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Christoph Gornott

OCEAN:ICE

Ocean Cryosphere Exchanges in Antarctica: Impacts on Climate and the Earth system
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

DKT Tourismus

NKI: Konzeption und Pilotierung des Deutschen Klimafonds Tourismus
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Prof. Helga Weisz

DIRECTED

Disaster Resilience for Extreme Climate Events providing interoperable data, models, communication and governance
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Fred Hattermann

PECan

PECan – Die Politische Ökonomie der nachhaltigen Transformation des Klima-Finanz-Systems – Teilprojekt B: Agentenbasierte Modellierung von Risiken
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2027
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Anders Levermann

WETHorizons

Upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Florian Humpenöder

RESCUE

Response of the Earth System to overshoot, Climate neUtrality and negative Emissions
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Nico Bauer

Re-Livestock

Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

BG-Water

Global Blue-Green Water Assessment
Aug 16, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Contact: Johan Rockström

SpreeWasser:N

Adaption an Wasser-Extremereignisse: Dürremanagement, integrierte Wasserbewirtschaftungskonzepte und verbesserte Wasserspeicherung in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PTKA-WTE
Contact: Hagen Koch

CLIMVEST

Climate Impact Investing – Der Beitrag Nachhaltiger Geldanlagen zur Erreichung der Klimaziele (Climvest)
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Kai Lessmann

ABCDR

Agroforestry’s Biophysical potentials for CDR and Decision making across scales
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

OVERHANG

Schuldenüberhang und grüne Investitionen - die Rolle von Banken für den klimafreundlichen Umgang mit emissionsintensiven Anlagenvermögen
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kai Lessmann

HyValue

Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research
Jul 01, 2022 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

PPjury

Jury of 100 for the Planet Prize
Jun 20, 2022 - Jun 19, 2026
Funded by: Frontiers Research Foundation
Contact: Johan Rockström

ELEVATE

ENABLING AND LEVERAGING CLIMATE ACTION TOWARDS NET-ZERO EMISSIONS
Jun 01, 2022 - May 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Bertram

NEVERMORE

New Enabling Visions and tools for End-useRs and stakeholders thanks to a common MOdeling fRamework towards a climatE neutral and resilient society
Jun 01, 2022 - May 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Volkholz, Martin Park

WaldSpektrum-RD1

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Boris Sakschewski

LOKONET

Netzwerk Lokale Konflikte und Emotionen in Urbanen Räumen: Transdisziplinäre Konfliktforschung in Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

WaldSpektrum-RD2

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Martin Gutsch

DFG_prenatal

How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments
Mar 14, 2022 - Mar 13, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

CERES

Political Economy for Inclusive Wealth Governance and Sustainability
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2031
Funded by: Werner Siemens-Stiftung
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer

ForHimSDG

Förderung der Entwicklung des Himalayas durch Stärkung von Lehre und Forschung im Bereich der Sustainable Development Goals [Promoting Himalayan Development by Strengthening Teaching and Research on Sustainable Development Goals]
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

DYNNET

Dynamical networks with time delays and adaptation: theory and applications
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Serhiy Yanchuk

IKI Kenya

Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to promote Ecosystem Based Adaptation in the Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment, Kenya
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Contact: Stefan Liersch

RECOVERY

Recent Changes in Northern Vegetation Carbon Cycling
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

AGRICA_Madagaskar

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in Madagascar
Dec 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken