TETTRI's Milestone and Stakeholder Lab: On the way to a European graduate school for biodiversity research [13.12.24]
Strengthening the University of Hohenheim and the Natural History Museum Stuttgart for research and teaching in biodiversity and taxonomy
At the Stakeholder Lab in Brussels, Amelie Höcherl showed how taxonomists work and what contribution taxonomy can make to achieving the EU Green Deal. (Photos: CETAF/Alba Garriga Saguer)
What contribution does taxonomy make to achieving the Green Deal goals set by the European Commission? And how do we train young scientists to prepare them for open science topics? Amelie Höcherl from the Natural History Museum Stuttgart presented the ideas developed within TETTRIs to a panel discussion during a Stakeholder Lab organized together with Skills4EOSC in Brussels. The purpose of this meeting was to exchange ideas and develop potential contributions of open science and taxonomy to science-based policy.
The answer is obvious: we urgently need suitable teaching, databases and collections as well as funding so that in-depth knowledge about species and biodiversity permeates society. This is the only way to achieve a rethink at all levels and in all areas of our society regarding species protection and biodiversity promotion and, as a result, a real turnaround in our actions.
The aim of the work package associated with the Natural History Museum Stuttgart in the TETTRIs project is to establish a European graduate school in cooperation with other research institutions. This would provide the framework for developing innovative teaching concepts across institutions and disciplines. Modern academic training on current social research issues should be central to this. It will also focus on how research findings can be disseminated quickly and in a targeted manner and transformed into active action as efficiently and sustainably as possible. The cooperation between the University of Hohenheim and the Natural History Museum Stuttgart in KomBioTa serves as a basis and example.
Along the way, Peter Warth and Amelie Höcherl, together with the partners in the work package, have now formulated an important milestone that summarizes the efforts in KomBioTa and forms the basis for an expansion of taxonomic training at PhD level.
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