Background
With several years of experience as practitioner in landscaping, ecosystem restoration and wilderness preservation in Germany and abroad I studied landcare at the University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen, with specialisation on environmental development and landscape conservation. My diploma thesis investigated GIS based methods to analyse and model ecosystem potentials. My PhD thesis at the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography at Potsdam University addressed the inclusion of urban and peri-urban agroecosystems in green infrastructure strategies to promote transformation pathways towards sustainable development.
Current Work
My work is grounded by landscape ecology, understanding landscapes as socio-ecological systems. My research interest focuses on multifunctional, integrative landscape approaches, land-use modeling, scenario development, collaborative and participatory spatial planning, including analysis and modeling of complex spatial and functional interrelations using GIS.
Since 2012, I am lecturer and research associate at the Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management at TUM School of Life Science with visits at Universities in Ghent, Lisbon, Milan, an Warsaw. Besides, I am lecturer in the international study programme IMLA since 2009 and have been guest lecturer at University of Lisbon 2021/22 as part of a joined course development on Green Infrastructure Planning.
Offers
I offer a broad range of consulting and services about future-oriented approaches in landscape development and environmental planning including technical solutions for application such as GIS based models and landscape and ecosystem analysis. My work puts emphasis on ecologically oriented, integrated landscape planning by cooperative and collaborative approaches. I have international experience on applied research in rural and urban landscapes at different scales across Europe.
List of References / Services (excerpt across scales)
- Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
- Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
- EuroNatur – Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe
- European Green Belt Initiative
- European Commission
- Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU)
- Interreg Alpine Space
- Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg - LUBW
- Landschaftspflegeverband Augsburg
- LEADER Aktionsgruppe LAG Ammersee
- Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz B.-W.
- TUM School of Life Sciences
- Umweltstation Augsburg
Further Engagements
I am executive member of IALE Germany and IALE-Europe, reviewer for various international journals, as well as IPBES and TEEB-DE. Furthermore, I am Co-Editor-in-Chief of peer-reviewed open-access e-journal Landscape Online.
Besides, I am member of the Board of Directors of urgewald e.V. – a German based environmental and human rights NGO.
Outcomes
My work has been published in various international scientific journals including peer-reviewed publications, as book contributions, and has been dissiminated as guidelines for practitioners.
Besides, my work has been presented at various congresses.
Check ORCiD and ResearchGate for more information.