DFG FOR5438
Urban Impacts on the Mongolian Plateau
Entanglements of Economy, City, and Environment (2023–2027)
The Research Group FOR5438, funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) studies the impact of urban sites and their surrounding network of settlements on the environment on the Mongolian plateau. During the first phase, from 2023 to 2027, we concentrate our efforts on the time of the Mongol World Empire. The group consists of an interdisciplinary team from the humanities and natural sciences. The eight subprojects cover archaeology, remote sensing, geophysical prospection, soil sciences, bioarchaeology, archaeozoology, and palynology.
We officially began our work on August 1, 2023.
You can find all information about the research group, our activities, and the dissemination of our research results on the following pages.
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People
About
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Research
Get to know the individual subprojects, our working locations in Mongolia, and the people behind the project.
Activities
Learn about our fieldwork in Mongolia, our in-group meetings, and further activities.
Dissemination
We circulate the results of our research group through publications in academic outlets, presentations, and public activities.