German Society for Marine Research
| German Society for Marine Research (DGM) |
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| legal form | Non-profit e. V. |
| founding | January 1, 1980 |
| Seat | Hamburg |
| main emphasis | Marine research |
| Action space | Germany , e.g. T. Europe |
| Members | approx. 450 (as of 2015) |
| Website | www.dg-meeresforschung.de |
The German Society for Marine Research (DGM) offers an organizational framework for the exchange of information and opinions on marine science topics. The DGM publishes an annual newsletter that contains articles and information from all areas of marine research. The newsletter is also intended to serve as a discussion forum.
Founding history
The idea of founding their own company developed at the end of the 1970s, when there was still no organizational framework for interdisciplinary problems in which marine researchers from all disciplines and all hierarchical levels could conduct technical discussions and express their ideas. Due to the positive response, especially in younger circles, the DGM was founded in 1980 and entered in the Hamburg register of associations. The state funding policy and the handling of the new maritime law were initially seen as the most important problem areas, as they affect marine research as a whole.
Association structure
goals and tasks
The DGM supports personal contacts among the members, for example by coordinating conferences, lectures and courses with the aim of stimulating the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and promoting cooperation in marine research projects. In addition, the DGM also provides a forum for the discussion of research policy issues. Contacts are currently being maintained with relevant foreign (national) and international societies. The focus is on those of the European Community.
Members
The members of the DGM are made up of all marine research disciplines. In addition to scientists, entrepreneurs and students are also active in the DGM. DGM members can actively participate in working groups on special topics, research, exchange ideas and publish results.
Board
The current board (as of 2018) of the DGM includes Dieter Hanelt (1st chairman), Frank Schweikert (1st deputy chairman) and Andreas Schwarz.
activities
General meeting
The DGM holds an annual general meeting at changing, important locations for German marine research. This meeting also serves as a platform for a lecture event under the title Marine Forum with topics that change every year.
Working group on the history of marine research
On the initiative of the DGM, the 4th International Congress on the History of Marine Research was held in 1987 in the three conference locations of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Kiel with the participation of all the relevant German marine research institutions. Over a quarter of the articles dealt with aspects of German marine research. In order to maintain the interest shown in historical issues, a working group on the history of marine research of the DGM was founded in 1990 . It usually meets twice a year at different locations in Northern Germany in combination with a visit to a museum or an exhibition and deals with current issues. The DGM endeavors to make these public in the context of exhibitions.
Study and Teaching Working Group / YOUMARES
Under the umbrella of its “Study and Teaching” working group, the German Society for Marine Research (DGM) has been organizing the YOUMARES youth conference annually since 2008 with up to 300 young participants from all over the world. International students from bachelor level have the opportunity to actively participate in various self-defined scientific topic groups. In cooperation with the Springer publishing house, the contributions of the young scientists are published in an annual volume. The aim of YOUMARES is to create a dynamic meta-network for young scientists, which brings marine scientists, engineers and young academics from adjacent areas together on a personal level and at eye level and also modulates the networking between science and industry. Modern marine research does not only consist of classic basic research, but in the age of the 17 global sustainability goals I also have to pay more attention to the interface between society, economy and applied science. The “Science meets Business” evening docked at YOUMARES strengthens the network between young and established medium-sized companies and scientific institutes.
DGM future dialogue
In preparation for its 40th anniversary and to network the DGM in the research landscape, a future dialogue with all members and guests will take place on February 12, 2019, supported by the Nordakademie in "Dockland" in Hamburg.
PLARIMAR project
The PLARIMAR project aims to collect data on the pollution status of various ecosystems with micro- and macroplastic particles in German coastal waters and rivers, and to try out various sampling techniques. A funded project with experienced project partners is to follow in the next 5 years. The research and media ship ALDEBARAN is a tried and tested research and communication platform that can be used in coastal waters as well as on rivers. The waste in the world's oceans now amounts to over one hundred million tons. Three-quarters of the litter in the ocean is made of plastics that take centuries to break down. Above all, packaging materials and waste from fishing and shipping such as leftover nets or ropes cause, according to estimates, around one million seabirds and another 100,000 marine life to perish each year. The Plamowa network developed from the PLARIMAR project, a network consisting of around 30 partners from science and industry, which has been involved in the identification of plastic in water since 2015, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics.
Publications
The DGM-Mitteilungen have been published since 1980 . These include articles on current topics from marine research, national and European funding policy and book reviews. Furthermore, the DGM publishes the so-called Who's Who in the DGM every three years , in which registered members can introduce themselves, specifying their field of activity. The Working Group on the History of Marine Research has been publishing the Historisch-Marinekunde Jahrbuch since 1992. From volume 3, the German Marine Museum in Stralsund took over the publication. The yearbook is so far the only publication in the world devoted exclusively to the history of marine research. In addition, as the organizer of YOUMARES, the "Study and Teaching" working group publishes approximately monthly newsletters. As part of the annual YOUMARES conference, a printed conference proceedings, which has been called 'Recent Impulses to Marine Science and Engineering' (RIMSE) since 2012, will be published.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ dg-meeresforschung.de
- ↑ About the DGM . dg-meeresforschung.de
- ↑ DGM board . dg-meeresforschung.de
- ↑ PLARIMAR plarimar.de
- ↑ Global Green Innotech GmbH: "Plastic Monitoring in Waters - PlaMoWa". Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
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