This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural characteristics and peculiarities. It also discusses the difficulties of an adaptation of these systems to climate change and a growing number of natural disasters. Using the case of...

Cooperation between researchers, research funders and peerreviewed journals is a key approach - otherwise we will continue to hear merry-go-round rationals why science is still unscientific in the 21st century and nobody's to blame: the researchers as individuals cannot bring about change. They...

Um "Data Replication and Reproducibility" von Forschungsergebnissen systematisch so sicherzustellen wie dies notwendig ist und in den Lehrbüchern steht, muss im Selbstverständnis und Agieren aller am Forschungs- und Publikationsprozess beteiligten Akteure sich etwas ändern. Und dafür...

This paper studies the politico-economic reasons for the refusal of a proposed compulsory flood insurance scheme in Germany. It provides the rationale for such scheme and outlines the basic features of a market-orientated design. The main reasons for the political down-turn of this proposal were...