Hannes Schritt is a Researcher for Ecologic Institute and works mainly in the fields of ecosystems, nutrient cycles and agriculture. His research activities include plastics in the environment, circular economy, water management, evaluation of regulations in agriculture and their impact on ecosystems and climate change adaptation. Hannes Schritt works in German and English, is conversational in Spanish and has basic knowledge of Portuguese and French.

For Ecologic Institute, he works mainly in the project PlastikNet on plastic in the environment – sources, sinks, solutions and in the project WADKlim on adaptation to drought in Germany. He advises the European Environment Agency on issues related to the continuity of European rivers and the establishment of monitoring systems for air pollutants. Recently he evaluated agricultural consultancy systems in Schleswig-Holstein and North-Rhein Westphalia and their impact on ecosystems.

Plastics in the Environment – scientific coordination & transdisciplinary knowledge network (PlastikNet): This four-year project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims at supporting the political and societal impact of the funded research projects, most of which focus on microplastics in the hydrologic cycle. Hannes Schritt works here primarily in the fields of analytics, ecotoxicology and modeling.

The WADKlim project is investigating the impacts of climate change on water availability, particularly with respect to groundwater recharge and groundwater availability during drought, criteria for dealing with water use conflicts, and water reuse in metropolitan areas. Hannes Schritt will work mainly on the last two topics.