RCC Phase II Funding Secured
Grant Approval from the Ministry Arrives
29.07.2015
The Rachel Carson Center has received its grant approval for the second funding phase, to begin on 1 August 2015. After receiving a positive evaluation in May 2014, the RCC was invited to submit a second grant proposal and budget for a further six years of funding. This proposal was accepted in its entirety by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, who awarded the RCC the maximum amount of funding possible.
Phase II of the RCC will focus on "transformations in environment and society." This research agenda questions the interrelationship between environmental and social changes, and in particular the reasons—the social engines, political factors, cultural perceptions, and environmental conditions—behind these transformations. The concept of “transformations” gives us an adjustable lens that allows us to keep in sight a vast range of changes—from the quick adjustments in human behavior that interest sociologists to the gradual changes over millennia that are central for geologists and climatologists, and of course the short- and long-term shifts that fascinate historians and philosophers.
Directors Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler celebrate the beginning of Phase II with staff and fellows.