At the end of June, Simon attended the FAU Erlangen kick-off meeting for the 4-year Phase 2 of the M³OCCA Graduate School. This graduate program brings together nine PhD candidates who are working on the advancement of technologies and geophysical… [weiterlesen]

Every two years the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits among members, stakeholders and interested individuals. The symposium emphasizes on productive… [weiterlesen]

Debris-flow erosivity is a key control on runout length and impact but remains poorly understood, limiting predictive modelling for hazard mitigation. Most existing models assume constant erosivity along the channel. We evaluated debris-flow… [weiterlesen]

Thanks to a grant by the Bavarian Research Alliance  (BayFOR, Grant program BayIntAn), Michael and Saskia spent two weeks at the Geocryolab at the University of Montreal (UdeM), led by Prof. Daniel Fortier. They enjoyed deep scientific discussions… [weiterlesen]

Starting in 2026, we have kicked-off a new 3-year project on Alpine climate-induced natural hazards, called AlpSenseAdapt. The AlpSenseAdapt project focuses on the analysis of process cascades in high mountain regions and integrates the findings into… [weiterlesen]

The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is one of Egypt's key heritage sites but is potentially threatened by rockfalls from a 100 m high limestone cliff. We transferred established monitoring techniques from alpine environments to this UNESCO World… [weiterlesen]

The TUM Landslide group was pleased to attend the 16. DACH Permafrost Conference 2026 at Seddiner See, near Potsdam, from 21st to 24th January. The previous one-day ECR workshop, which focused on Outreach, Science Communication and Policy , provided… [weiterlesen]

Our new ALPHA Lakes Project regularly posts updates on our Fieldwork, including Lake sediment coring, Tree sampling for dendrochronology and ERT. Please check the news here [weiterlesen]

The TUM Landslide group was pleased to attend the Fachsektionstage Geotechnik – Interdisziplinäres Forum 2025 in Wuerzburg, from 7th to 8th October. We are particularly proud that Saskia Eppinger received the prize for the ECR presentation, together… [weiterlesen]

We are very proud that we are featured in the latest issue of TUM Magazine! ‘The race for water’ takes you to our field site at the Zugspitze and  Make sure to get your copy here at the TUM or read it… [weiterlesen]