Working groups
                    
                    Members of the DBG who work on topics limited either in terms of time and/or content are grouped together in working groups. The working groups are each assigned to a commission.
 
| Working Group | Commission | Chair | 
| 3-4D Soil models | I Soil physics and hydrology | Dr. Marijn van der Meij | 
| Isotopes in soil science | II Soil chemistry | Dr. Callum Banfield | 
| Forest Soils | II Soil chemistry | Dr. Sebastian Löppmann | 
| Humus forms | III Soil biology and soil ecology | Prof. Christine Wachendorf | 
| Soil gases | IV Soil fertility and plant nutrion | Prof. Kutzbach | 
| Soil and archaelogy | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Prof. Renate Gerlach | 
| Soils in Schleswig-Holstein | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Dr. Michael Kuhwald | 
| Soil sensors and pedometry | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Dr. Markus Möller | 
| Soil assessment and valuation | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Dr. Bernhard Keil | 
| Soil Systematics | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Dr. Einar Eberhardt | 
| Palaeopedology | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Prof. Birgit Terhorst | 
| Urban Soils | V Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information | Dr. Lutz Makowsky | 
| Pedological site support | VI Soil protection and soil technology | Dr. Andreas Lehmann | 
| Soils in education | VIII Soil in education and society | PD Dr. Mohsen Makki | 
| Histroy of Soil Science | VIII Soil in education and society | Prof. Karl Stahr |