Rüdiger Glaser

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Rüdiger Glaser, 2014

Rüdiger Glaser (born October 11, 1959 in Ettlingen ) is a German geographer .

Life

Rüdiger Glaser studied geography with the minor subjects botany and administrative law at the University of Würzburg until 1986 . He wrote his diploma thesis on the evaluation of Landsat 5 data. Glaser then worked as a research assistant in the palaeoclimate program of the BMFT (Federal Ministry for Research and Technology) and as managing director of the Spessart-Main-Odenwald regional committee. In 1991 he did his doctorate on the topic of climate reconstruction for Main Franconia, building land and Odenwald using direct and indirect weather data since 1500 . In 1997 the habilitation followed with the thesis contributions to historical climatology in Central Europe since the year 1000 .

In 2001, Glaser was appointed professor of physical geography at Heidelberg University. Since 2004 he has been working as a C4 professor at the University of Freiburg . He is also the managing director of the Institute for Physical Geography there.

Act

Glaser's research interests include climate change, in particular historical climatology , global change and digital processes ( remote sensing , e-learning , virtual research environments ).

Climate vulnerability in Germany
Flood development on the Danube, Rhine, Pegnitz and Main 1400–2000

In his scientific approach, Glaser represents the principle of interdisciplinarity , i.e. the connection of natural sciences with the humanities and social sciences as well as basic research with applied research. For example, the Transrisk project led by Glaser compared the German-French flood history of the Rhine in the Upper Rhine region over the past 300 years, examining both climatic and anthropogenic factors. The results are not only used for research purposes, but form the basis for sustainable area management.

In the follow-up project tambora.org, Glaser and his team developed a virtual research environment (VFU), which secures extensive climate and environmental historical data over the long term and makes it accessible. With the possibility of entering your own data as well as accessing the data of other researchers, it makes an important contribution to promoting cooperation in the field of historical climatology.

Similar to the Transrisk research project, the DRIeR (Drought impacts, processes and resilience: making the invisible visible) and Clim'ability climate adaptation strategies for companies in the Upper Rhine region also address questions of climate vulnerability and the social contextualization of climate and environmental changes.

Glaser is known to a broad public primarily for his Climate History of Central Europe, which was first published in 2001 . In addition to the historical review, this provides all the important information on the climate debate and places it in the overall historical context.

Change in the annual mean temperature since the year 1000 in Central Europe

Glaser is also explicitly concerned with regional geography. The geography of Germany , which he co-authored and edited , the book series Planet Erde , Europa, have spread. A geography and the publication Global Change. Experience the new face of the earth . In addition to Central Europe, his regional focus is particularly on North America. However, his interest in global change has taken him to almost every corner of the world.

Another characteristic of his work is the understandable presentation of science and research in various media, which u. a. in some popular science works such as Mountains from Space and Global Change . He wrote the book The Earth from Space together with the extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner , the remote explorer Stefan Dech , the writer Ralf-Peter Märtin and the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk .

Glaser has also contributed to numerous textbooks on geography as editor and author, including a. on the textbook Geography, which was published in several editions . Physical geography and human geography . This follows the integrative concept of the “third pillar”, which defines society-environment research as a separate area of ​​knowledge at the intersection of physical and human geography.

His conceptual involvement and media presence in relevant science programs, for example climate change - how is the southwest changing? in SWR or Germany, 24 hours, France, 24 hours , on ARTE. There are also articles on North America, global change and climate change in the SWR's Planet Knowledge series, as well as various radio interviews.

The high relevance of geographic research shows u. a. the reaction of the international press to a contribution by Glaser in the specialist magazine Climate of the Past . This describes the importance of the climatic instabilities of the 19th century for the waves of migration from southwest Germany to the USA. The fact that in addition to millions of Germans, President Trump's ancestors became US citizens due to unfavorable climatic conditions, sheds new light on the current discussions about climate change and migration.

Honors and prizes

  • Instructional Development Award from the University of Freiburg for 2015 (2014)
  • scientific advisory board of the exhibition Mensch. Nature. Catastrophe - From Atlantis to Today , Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, Mannheim (2014)
  • Media award from the University of Freiburg for the e-learning program PEMO to the working group WEBGEO (2004)
  • Virtual teaching award from the state of Baden-Württemberg (3rd place) to the WEBGEO working group (2003)
  • Canadian Government Fellowship (Fall 2002)
  • Research grant (Faculty Research Program) from the Canadian Embassy on Strategies of sustainable ecological planning in the Greater Vancouver Area (Fall 1999)
  • Prize of the Lower Franconian Memorial Year Foundation for the dissertation (1989)
  • Doctoral scholarship from the Bavarian State Government (1987–1988)

Publications (selection)

  • R. Glaser, I. Himmelsbach, A. Bösmeier: Climate of migration? How climate triggered migration from southwest Germany to North America during the 19th century. In: Climate of the Past. 13, 2017, pp. 1573-1592.
  • I. Himmelsbach, R. Glaser, J. Schönbein, D. Riemann, B. Martin: Reconstruction of flood events based on documentary data and transnational flood risk analysis of the upper Rhine and its French and German tributaries since AD ​​1480. In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 19, 2015, pp. 4149-4164.
  • R. Glaser: Global Change - The new face of the earth . Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2014.
  • R. Glaser: Climate history of Central Europe - 1200 years of weather, climate, disasters. 3. Edition. WBG, Darmstadt 2013.
  • H. Gebhardt, R. Glaser, S. Lentz (Eds.): Europe. One geography. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg 2013.
  • R. Glaser et al: The variability of European floods since AD ​​1500. In: Climatic Change. 2010.
  • R. Glaser, C. Hauter, D. Faust, R. Glawion, H. Saurer, A. Schulte, D. Sudhaus: Physical geography compact . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg 2010.
  • S. Dech, R. Glaser, R. Meisner: Global Change. The earth from space . Frederking & Thaler / GEO, 2008.
  • R. Glaser, H. Gebhardt, W. Schenk: Geography of Germany. WBG, Darmstadt 2007.
  • S. Dech, R. Messner, R. Glaser, R.-P. Märtin: Mountains from space. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2005.
  • R. Glaser, K. Kremb, A. Drescher: Series Planet Earth (North and South America, Asia, Africa). WBG, Darmstadt 2006/2007/2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DFG - GEPRIS - Interdisciplinary and cross-border analysis of the flood risk history in the Upper Rhine region (TRANSRISK). Accessed January 31, 2018 (German).
  2. ^ I. Himmelsbach, R. Glaser, J. Schoenbein, D. Riemann, B. Martin: Reconstruction of flood events based on documentary data and transnational flood risk analysis of the Upper Rhine and its French and German tributaries since AD ​​1480 . In: Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. tape 19 , no. 10 , October 14, 2015, ISSN  1607-7938 , p. 4149-4164 , doi : 10.5194 / hess-19-4149-2015 ( hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net [accessed January 31, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Rüdiger Glaser, Dirk Riemann, Iso Himmelsbach, Axel Drescher, Johannes Schönbein, Brice Martin, Steffen Vogt: Analysis of historical flood events - a contribution to flood risk management. (PDF) 2012, accessed on January 31, 2018 .
  4. ↑ DFG - GEPRIS - Tambora - Expansion of a virtual research environment for text-based climate and environmental history research for the transition to the operational phase. Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  5. ^ D. Riemann, R. Glaser, M. Kahle, S. Vogt: The CRE tambora.org - new data and tools for collaborative research in climate and environmental history . In: Geoscience Data Journal . tape 2 , no. 2 , November 1, 2015, ISSN  2049-6060 , p. 63-77 , doi : 10.1002 / gdj3.30 ( wiley.com [accessed January 31, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Climate Change - How is the Southwest changing? Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  7. ^ "Germany, 24 hours", "France, 24 hours". Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  8. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: Planet Wissen. Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Planet Knowledge: Global Change: Videos . October 11, 2017 ( planet-wissen.de [accessed January 31, 2018]).
  10. ^ R. Glaser, I. Himmelsbach, A. Bösmeier: Climate of migration? How climate triggered migration from southwest Germany to North America during the 19th century . In: Clim. Past . tape 13 , no. 11 , November 21, 2017, ISSN  1814-9332 , p. 1573–1592 , doi : 10.5194 / cp-13-1573-2017 ( clim-past.net [accessed February 27, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Climate change triggered immigration to the US by German families like Donald Trump's, study finds . In: The Independent . November 21, 2017 ( independent.co.uk [accessed February 27, 2018]).
  12. ^ Tim McDonnell: Analysis | Did President Trump's ancestors migrate to the United States because of a changing climate? In: Washington Post . November 21, 2017, ISSN  0190-8286 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed February 27, 2018]).

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personal data
SURNAME Glaser, Rudiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Ettlingen