The Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) invites you to a talk by Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Prishchepov from the University of Copenhagen (Section Geography) and Research Fellow at the University of Giessen, entitled “Studying land-use transitions: Revealing patterns, drivers and implications of global farmland abandonment“. The talk will be given in presence at the EORC […]

Last week, our EORC Professor Dr. Tobias Ullmann gave an invited talk at the Geographische Gesellschaft Würzburg (GGW). His presentation, titled “100 Years of Remote Sensing in Germany”, offered an insightful overview of the evolution of Earth observation — from its early beginnings to its current technological achievements and future directions. Prof. Ullmann guided the […]

This week, representatives of our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) and Informatics, Prof. Marco Schmidt, met with members of the Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK) Würzburg-Schweinfurt namely Dr. Kagerbauer and Mr. Freitag to discuss the growing potential of Earth observation technologies for local industries in the Franconia region. We also showed our list of spin-offs from former employees or […]

Last week, EORC employees Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. Invited by our collaborators and colleagues Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer (Arctic biology) and Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne (Arctic geophysics), they have been hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). As part of their stay on […]

Having informal coffee meetings and talking about work and beyond are a common part at our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) – these open, free-flowing discussions about a variety of topics sometimes develop into new interesting ideas, from novel research approaches to new methods of analysis. And sometimes such talks develop into something new: like […]

As in previous years, the next generation of EAGLE Master’s students from around the world gathered at the Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) on the first day of the winter term to begin their studies at the University of Würzburg. Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann warmly welcomed the new cohort and introduced them to the diverse […]

Over the weekend, EORC PI Florian Betz met with Martina Cecchetto and Riccardo Fumigalli from the University of Padua to conduct ambient sound recordings and collect photographs of the Lech River, one of the major tributaries of the upper Danube. The photographs and sound recordings will go into a project at the interface of arts […]

Researchers from the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Department of Geography of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of our Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg teamed up for a study on rapid domain adaptation for disaster impact assessment. The paper titled “Rapid domain adaptation for disaster […]

At SilviLaser 2025 in Québec City, PhD candidate Julia Rieder (EORC, University of Würzburg and staff member of EO4CAM) presented her work on “European Beech under Drought: Effects of Topography, Competition and Soil Water Availability.” Her study uses LiDAR to reveal how local conditions shape drought resilience in European beech forests, providing key insights for […]

On 2 October 2025, Dr. John Friesen and Dr. Julian Fäth from the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at the University of Würzburg and staff members of EO4CAM took part in the symposium “Vom Orbit zur Entscheidung: Satellitenfernerkundung in der Landesumweltverwaltung” in Darmstadt. The event was hosted by the Hessisches Landesamt für Naturschutz, Umwelt und […]

Sonja Maas joined the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) in October 2025 as a research assistant for the EO4CAM project. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in forestry, Sonja Maas enrolled in the EAGLE M.Sc. program at the University of Würzburg, where she focused on earth observation with a strong emphasis on forest-related topics. Her interest […]

Next week, our EORC colleagues Dr. John Friesen & Dr. Jakob Schwalb‑Willmann will be contributing to the symposium “From Orbit to Action: Satellite Remote Sensing in State Environmental Agencies”, where experts from Hesse and Baden-Württemberg will discuss the role of remote sensing in environmental management. The event will take place on October 2, 2025, at […]

Over 40 years of support to the community Most people come to The Eastern Ottawa Resource Center (EORC) at a time of vulnerability. Many of us will experience a period in our lives where we need to…

Over 40 years of support to the community Most people come to The Eastern Ottawa Resource Center (EORC) at a time of vulnerability. Many of us will experience a period in our lives where we need to…

Over 40 years of support to the community Most people come to The Eastern Ottawa Resource Center (EORC) at a time of vulnerability. Many of us will experience a period in our lives where we need to…

We congratulate Ariane Droin from our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) and the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on her successful defense of her PhD thesis. The thesis is titled ” Permeabilität und Erreichbarkeit lokaler Nachbarschaften im urbanen Kontext. Eine geographische Analyse auf Basis räumlicher Netzwerke.” [engl. Permeability and accessibility of local […]

Last week, EORC staff participated in and co-organized the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) Annual Symposium 2025, this year hosted at University of Würzburg. The symposium, attended by more than 600 people, covered a wide range of topics in ecology research with a focus on current challenges in various ecosystems. As it […]

Researchers from TU Darmstadt, Karlstad University in Sweden, and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg collaborated on a new study that looks at how science addresses urban deprived areas and slums worldwide. The paper, titled “Bibliometric and scoping study of research on urban deprived areas and slums”, was just published in Discover Cities by Katharina […]

We recently reported on the urban heat island effect in Germany and the work of DLR and EORC on the topic – please see here: https://remote-sensing.org/understanding-urban-heat-in-germany-insights-from-prof-hannes-taubenbocks-research/   Here is a link to the original press release: https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2025/dlr-zeigt-hohe-hitzebelastung-in-deutschen-grossstaedten?utm_source=chatgpt.com   During the recent heatwave in Germany, the topic was picked up by many media and our work […]

Researchers from the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Tandon School of Engineering of the New York University (NYU), the Department of Geography of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of our Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg teamed up for a study on a […]