Missions
Missions are a new instrument of the ARL, with which the work and transfer formats are aligned to topics and fields of action with high currency and relevance. Along the missions, original scientific and practice-relevant contributions are to be made aiming to solve societal challenges by promoting inter- and/or transdisciplinary cooperation within the ARL.
The corresponding calls for proposals are published on the ARL's website and in the ARL's newsletter. They are initially dedicated to the missions “Water” and “Infrastructure(s)” in the years 2025 and 2026 along the overarching research concept “Shaping spatial transformation in times of multiple crises”.
Mission #1 “Promoting sustainable, resilient and equitable water management”
The aim is to systematically link water as a vital, increasingly scarce and unequally distributed resource with issues of spatial planning and governance – for sustainable water management in the context of increasing extremes (drought and flooding), to protect nature and the environment, but also to make cities and regions more resilient in the face of climate change.
Mission #2 “Planning sustainable infrastructures”
The aim is to pool spatial expertise on infrastructure and infrastructure planning. Infrastructures play a key role in the design of sustainable spaces. Supply and mobility infrastructures must be designed to be climate-neutral and resilient and, together with social infrastructures, form the foundation for balanced and socially equitable spatial development.
