ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
Shaping marine futures: Successful summer course on transdisciplinarity
03/09/2025 | This summer, ZMT, IPB University in Indonesia, the International Ocean Institute (IOI), the University of Bremen and other partners jointly organised an international summer course on transdisciplinary research at IPB in Indonesia for the first...
Study on the effectiveness of the whale sanctuary in the German North Sea published
20/08/2025 | The first project report from the CREATE joint project within the framework of the ‘sustainMare’ research mission of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) has been published. The study, authored by Wiebke Homes (ZMT) in collaboration with Prof. Dr....
Expanding the National Research Data Infrastructure: Bremen’s key role reaffirmed
Members of the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA), among them ZMT, have been participating in five of the nine projects from the first funding round to establish the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). On July 4, 2025, Germany’s Joint...
New IUCN Task Force on Fisheries and Conserved Areas with ZMT participation
14/07/2025 | Marine protected areas (MPAs) are vital area-based conservation measures for marine biodiversity. While some MPAs are fully protected, others allow certain sustainable uses, such as fishing, provided these have low ecological impact, are...
ZMT study: Opinions within inner circles influence perception of social division
08/07/2025 | Are opinions on controversial political issues as divided as many people perceive them to be? Researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen, the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) in Vienna and the University of...
"Generating Impact Through Transdisciplinary Research": Summer course by IOI, ZMT and IPB
03/07/2025 | From 28 July to 8 August 2025, IOI Germany, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), the University of Bremen, and IPB University (Indonesia) will jointly host their first international summer course on the topic "Generating Impact...
ZMT International Scientific Advisory Board welcomes five new members and elects IDOS director Anna-Katharina Hornidge as new chair
25/06/2025 | ZMT has welcomed five new members to its international scientific advisory board who participated in their annual meeting this week. The newly appointed members are Professor Roberto Danovaro (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Dr Asha De Vos...
ECSA 61 in August 2026: Submission for session proposals now open
20/06/2025 | From 24 to 27 August the 2026 ECSA 61, the conferene of the Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association is taking place in Brussels.This year's overall topic is "Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine...
UNOC3 creating a momentum: An Analysis by Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz
20/06/2025 | The 3rd UN Ocean Conference can be considered a success throughout difficult geopolitical times and a milestone in ocean governance, although some higher ambitions had been articulated. Here are main points: UNOC3 Legitimacy has been high: with...
UNOC3 creating a momentum: What do ZMT researchers take away from the UN Ocean Conference in Nice?
20/06/2025 | More than 15,000 participants including 2,000 scientists and over 60 world leaders came together at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice. Now that the large-scale event has come to an end, we asked ZMT researchers who attended UNOC3 and the preceding...