Department of Applied Ecology

During the second Fall Symposium on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Promotion, organized by the Institute for Applied Ecology, NaturGarten e.V., and the Cultural Landscape Competence Center (KULT), around 100 experts and interested students gathered at Hochschule Geisenheim University to…

On Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31, 2025 Hochschule Geisenheim University warmly invites the public to its Open Campus 2025. Over the course of both days, members of the public, prospective students, professionals, alumni, and friends of the university will have the opportunity to…

On June 25, 2025, Geisenheim University was delighted to welcome a high-ranking delegation from Hungary, led by István Jakab, Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly. He was accompanied by Tibor Cseh (Chief of Staff), Beatrix Kese (Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of the National…

At the latest BUGA-Dialog event, hosted on May 6 at the historic Hilchenhaus in Lorch, the conservation of biodiversity in the Middle Rhine Valley sparked lively, in-depth discussions. Organized by BUGA Gmbh in cooperation with Hochschule Geisenheim University’s academic outreach project GeisTreich,…

Hochschule Geisenheim University is in the process of developing an interactive and educational nature discovery trail for children with the aim of teaching them about biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable nature use. The project has been made possible through a cooperation with Fürstlich…

How can biochar help make urban infrastructure more resilient and ecofriendly? From April 3 to 4, 2025, biochar specialists from around the globe will convene at Hochschule Geisenheim University to address this question at the second annual Black2GoGreen conference.

Hochschule Geisenheim University is to become one of three locations in Hesse for a new innovation center belonging to the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research. Other cooperation partners include Justus Liebig University Giessen. The aim of the innovation center is to conduct practical…

How has the cultural landscape of the Rheingau and Taunus region changed over time? How will it continue to develop and be used in the future? These questions were at the center of a recent symposium held at Hochschule Geisenheim University.

On September 14, 2023, Ayse Asar, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, and Dr. Martin Worms, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Finances celebrated the construction progress on our new Beverage Technology Center and Lecture Hall Building, and joined…