ZOE
Zoonosis Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems
Project partners
- Project leader : Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Team members at University of Vienna: Universität Wien, Univ.-Prof. Kerstin Krellenberg, Dr. Julia Wesely, Charlotte Tienes, Johannes Richter
- Project partners: Biomedicinske Centrum Slovenskej Akademie Vied, Verejna Vyskumna Institucia – Biomedial Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover; Pikado B.V; Universidad de Costa Rica; Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Universidade da Coruña; Universität Potsdam; Universite d´Aix Marseille; Univerza v Ljubljani
Projekt duration
01.2024 – 12.2027
Project funding
Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01
About the project
What is the relationship between biodiversity loss and the risk of zoonoses, i.e. the transmission of diseases between animals and humans? How can synergies between holistic approaches to health and biodiversity conservation be created to reduce the risk of zoonotic disease emergence? And what is the role and impact of human behaviour in increasing or decreasing risks, e.g. by altering forest ecosystems through agricultural expansion and urbanization?
These are some of the key questions of the EU Horizon Europe project ZOE, which is being addressed by an interdisciplinary consortium of 12 partner organizations from the fields of geography, geobotany, ecology, virology, immunology, epidemiology, sociology, psychology and science communication.
The Urban Studies working group will contribute in particular to the development and implementation of the project's inter- and transdisciplinary methodology. This includes the joint development of context-specific methods to assess risk perception, vulnerabilities, coping and adaptation practices in the case studies. Furthermore, a series of workshops to strengthen the resilience of local actors and to reduce health risks and biodiversity loss will be planned and implemented in the four case study regions.
Further Information
https://www.zoe-project.eu/
https://urbanlab.univie.ac.at/en/activities/projects/zoe/