Water Research - a Strategic Research Area of the UDE

Water - it should be safe, clean and accessible to supply billions of people.

The utilization of water as a resource is on the rise. This is why the sustainable and global water cycle is one of the most significant social challenges of our time. As a result, the UDE has established a strategic research area that focuses on water research under the guidance of the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU).

Coordination The ZWU

The ZWU is a network of the three universities of the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr), as well as affiliated institutes of the UDE, universities of applied sciences, research institutes, and actors from society, politics, and industry. Currently, the ZWU has over 300 members from the water and environmental research sector.

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What we focus on Research Areas

Water experts from the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and medicine are involved in the strategic research area by collaborating with practice partners on the topic of water.

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What we work on Joint projects

The ZWU network is involved in a number of inter- and transdisciplinary collaborative projects.

A selection of these research projects can be found here.

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What we offer Infrastructure

UDE members and external interested parties can access different analyses from various research laboratories in the ZWU network, which have state-of-the-art equipment and competent contact persons.

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How we support our young academics Early career researchers

The support of young scientists is provided by various offers. The Water Graduate School and the Young Scientist Award are complementary to the UDE's offerings for young scientists.

 

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News

The ZWU network's current news and information can be found here:

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Water Research News

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2025-02-11
Network

Celebrating Women in Science!

International Woman in Science Day 2025

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2025-02-06
Forschung,Presseinfo,Press Release

Biodiversity in European Rivers

Dispersal Capacity Influences the Recovery of Biodiversity

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2025-02-04
Research, Network

Renaturalisation of freshwater ecosystems

MERLIN Academy Learning Modules

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2025-01-31
Forschung, Netzwerk

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