Jörn Fischer
Prof. Dr.
- 2026
Leveraging change in ecosystem restoration: from planting trees to regenerating people-nature systems
Frietsch, M., Kaplin, B. A., Mukuralinda, A., Nkurikiyimana, D., William, A., Bariyanga, J. D., Duguma, D. W., Kayitanirwa, C., Mujawamariya, M., Nsengimana, V., Nshimyumuremyi, P., Nyiramvuyekure, V., Nduwamungu, J., Serge, S., Turikunkiko, E., Tuyizere, D. & Fischer, J., 01.2026, in: Trees, Forests and People. 23, 5 S., 101134.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Participatory mapping of local people's values in restoration landscapes in Western Rwanda
Ndayizeye, G., Kmoch, L., Baumann, M., Nsengimana, V., Fischer, J. & Plieninger, T., 01.2026, in: Restoration Ecology. 34, 1, 13 S., e70217.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
Fischer, J., Farny, S., Pacheco-Romero, M. & Folke, C., 01.2026, in: Ambio. 55, 1, S. 24-34 11 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
- 2025
Five Frontiers for Science and Practice of Ecosystem Restoration in East African Forest Landscapes
Duguma, D. W., Löhr, K., Temperton, V. M., Apollinaire, W., Baumann, M., Kaplin, B. A., Nyiramvuyekure, V., Vögele, S., Kmoch, L., Plieninger, T., Loos, J., Aime, T., Beatrice, N., Bohn, S., Ernest, U., Frietsch, M., Gatali, C., Innocent, N., Kangondo, A., Franklin, B., Maniraho, L., Martín-López, B., Mukaneza, D., Ndagijimana, V., Ndayizeye, G., Nizeyimana, M., Nyandwi, E., Nzibaza, V., Sieber, S., Sun, P., Ullman, J. L., Umuziranenge, G., Wollni, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2025, in: Integrative Conservation. 4, 4, S. 534-545 12 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
‘Chains of leverage’ as way to identify and foster transformative potential
Riechers, M., Schaal-Lagodzinski, T., Pereira, L., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 11.2025, in: People and Nature. 7, 11, S. 2731-2742 12 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
A coffee corridor for biodiversity and livelihoods: climatic feasibility of shade coffee cultivation in western Rwanda
Reckmann, T., Frietsch, M., Schwenck, C., Mukuralinda, A., Duguma, D. W. & Fischer, J., 09.2025, in: Trees, Forests and People. 21, 100941.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany—an overview and insights from the Grassworks project
Temperton, V. M., Pătru-Dușe, I. A., Twerski, A., Laeseke, P., Neudert, R., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Romero, M. P., Bauer, M., Beckmann, V., Fischer, J., Gray, K., Härdtle, W., Kollmann, J., Kuhn, L., Laschke, C. J., Loos, J., Lutz, L., May, F., Meyer, M., Martin-Lopez, B., Riechers, M., Ptacek, M., Seifert, D., Schmidt, A., Sturm, L., Thiele, J., Tischew, S., Unseld, L., Venus, T., Wiesmeier, M. & Kirmer, A., 09.2025, in: Restoration Ecology. 33, 7, 15 S., e70109.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Design principles for social-ecological research at the landscape scale applied to western Rwanda
Baumann, M., Duguma, D., Vögele, S., Wollni, M., Sun, P., Ndayizeye, G. & Fischer, J., 08.2025, in: PLoS ONE. 20, 8, 11 S., e0330704.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Using causal loop diagrams to see the “big picture” and embrace complexity in human-wildlife coexistence governance
Kansky, R., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 08.2025, in: Biological Conservation. 308, 13 S., 111198.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Ecosystem service supply and (in)equality archetypes
Benra, F., Pacheco-Romero, M. & Fischer, J., 02.2025, in: Ecosystem Services. 71, 11 S., 101683.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
- 2024
A social-ecological approach to support equitable land use decision-making
Brück, M., Benra, F., Duguma, D. W., Fischer, J., Jiren, T. S., Law, E. A., Pacheco-Romero, M., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 12.2024, in: Ambio. 53, 12, S. 1752-1767 16 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Land use intensification causes the spatial contraction of woody-plant based ecosystem services in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, in: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 S., 263.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Lessons from Ethiopian coffee landscapes for global conservation in a post-wild world
Hylander, K., Nemomissa, S., Fischer, J., Zewdie, B., Ayalew, B. & Tack, A. J. M., 12.2024, in: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 13 S., 714.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions
Benra, F., Brück, M., Sigman, E., Pacheco-Romero, M., Shumi, G., Abson, D. J., Frietsch, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, in: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 S., 731.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
A cautious approach to subsidies for environmental sustainability: Transformational change is possible, but design and implementation must seek to avoid lock-in
Segerson, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Sumaila, U. R., Cárdenas, J. C., Nyborg, K., Fenichel, E. P., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Crona, B., Daily, G., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kremen, C., Levin, S. A., Lindahl, T., Pinsky, M. L., Tavoni, A., Walker, B. & Weber, E. U., 04.10.2024, in: Science. 386, 6717, S. 28-30 3 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Navigating social–ecological changes: A mixed-method analysis of extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonian forests, Argentina
Rodríguez, P., Benra, F., Fischer, J., Romano, S. & Soler, R., 10.2024, in: Ambio. 53, 10, S. 1541-1555 15 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Participatory co-learning for human–wildlife coexistence: Reflections on a novel program applying systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning-based approaches
Kansky, R., Maassarani, T. & Fischer, J., 10.2024, in: Ambio. 53, 10, S. 1479-1491 13 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition
Frietsch, M., Pacheco-Romero, M., Temperton, V. M., Kaplin, B. A. & Fischer, J., 09.2024, in: Ambio. 53, 9, S. 1251-1261 11 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Mainstreaming regenerative dynamics for sustainability
Fischer, J., Farny, S., Abson, D. J., Zuin Zeidler, V., von Salisch, M., Schaltegger, S., Martín-López, B., Temperton, V. M. & Kümmerer, K., 08.2024, in: Nature Sustainability. 7, 8, S. 964–972 9 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Applying social-ecological system resilience principles to the context of woody vegetation management in smallholder farming landscapes of the Global South
Shumi, G., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 05.2024, in: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 S., 2339222.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Übersichtsarbeiten › Forschung
The relevance of international restoration principles for ecosystem restoration practice in Rwanda
Frietsch, M., Fischer, J., Kaplin, B. A. & Martín-López, B., 03.2024, in: Restoration Ecology. 32, 3, 11 S., e14085.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Brueck, M., Shumi, G., Law, E., Benra, F., Schultner, J., Nemomissa, S., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 2024, in: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 14 S., 2321613.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
- 2023
Future-proofing ecosystem restoration through enhancing adaptive capacity
Frietsch, M., Loos, J., Löhr, K., Sieber, S. & Fischer, J., 12.2023, in: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 9 S., 377.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Übersichtsarbeiten › Forschung
Agriculture: reform the global food system
Fischer, J., Bennett, E. & Pe’er, G., 19.10.2023, in: Nature. 622, 7983, S. 461 1 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Kommentare / Debatten / Berichte › Forschung
Correction to: Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany (Sustainability Science, (2022), 17, 3, (865-877), 10.1007/s11625-021-00928-9)
Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 09.2023, in: Sustainability Science. 18, 5, 1 S., 2505.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Kommentare / Debatten / Berichte › Forschung
Drivers of ecosystem service specialization in a smallholder agricultural landscape of the Global South: a case study in Ethiopia
Brück, M., Fischer, J., Law, E. A., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 01.07.2023, in: Ecology and Society. 28, 3, 38 S., 1.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Resilience principles and a leverage points perspective for sustainable woody vegetation management in a social-ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia
Shumi, G., Wahler, H., Riechers, M., Senbeta, F., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.06.2023, in: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 31 S., 34.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Response diversity as a sustainability strategy
Walker, B., Crépin, A. S., Nyström, M., Anderies, J. M., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Queiroz, C., Barrett, S., Bennett, E., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Chapin, F. S., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Levin, S., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Segerson, K., Seto, K. C., Scheffer, M., Shogren, J. F., Tavoni, A., van den Bergh, J., Weber, E. U. & Vincent, J. R., 01.06.2023, in: Nature Sustainability. 6, 6, S. 621-629 9 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Toward a pluralistic conservation science
Cumming, G. S., Davies, Z. G., Fischer, J. & Hajjar, R., 01.05.2023, in: Conservation Letters. 16, 3, 8 S., e12952.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Andere (Vorworte. Editoral u.ä.) › Forschung
Spatial predictions for the distribution of woody plant species under different land-use scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Rodrigues, P., Senbeta, F., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 05.2023, in: Landscape Ecology. 38, 5, S. 1249-1263 15 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Bridging scenario planning and backcasting: A Q-analysis of divergent stakeholder priorities for future landscapes
Jiren, T. S., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 04.2023, in: People and Nature. 5, 2, S. 572-590 19 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Governing landscapes: An agenda for the assessment of grasslands and savannahs
Eufemia, L., Wawrzynowicz, I., Bonatti, M., Partelow, S., Fischer, J. & Sieber, S., 09.03.2023, in: Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management. 2, 7 S., 1134393.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum
Hartel, T., Fischer, J., Shumi, G. & Apollinaire, W., 01.03.2023, in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38, 3, S. 211-214 4 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung
- 2022
The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
Norström, A. V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E. M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S. R., Castilla, J. C., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jacobs, S., Hofmann, J., Hughes, T. P., Lam, D. P. M., Loos, J., Manyani, A., Martín-López, B., Meacham, M., Moersberger, H., Nagendra, H., Pereira, L., Polasky, S., Schoon, M., Schultz, L., Selomane, O. & Spierenburg, M., 31.12.2022, in: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, S. 598–608 11 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
The role of perceptions and social norms in shaping women’s fertility preferences: a case study from Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Manlosa, A. O., Fischer, J., Schultner, J., Hanspach, J., Senbeta, F. & Dorresteijn, I., 01.11.2022, in: Sustainability Science. 17, 6, S. 2473-2488 16 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Earth stewardship: Shaping a sustainable future through interacting policy and norm shifts
Chapin, F. S., Weber, E. U., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., van den Bergh, J., Adger, W. N., Crépin, A. S., Polasky, S., Folke, C., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Fischer, J., Kautsky, N., Levin, S. A., Shogren, J. F., Walker, B., Wilen, J. & de Zeeuw, A., 01.09.2022, in: Ambio. 51, 9, S. 1907-1920 14 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Operationalising the leverage points perspective for empirical research
Riechers, M., Fischer, J., Manlosa, A. O., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. & Sala, J. E., 01.08.2022, in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 57, 101206.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
From stories to maps: translating participatory scenario narratives into spatially explicit information
Duguma, D. W., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 06.2022, in: Ecology and Society. 27, 2, 26 S., 13.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
A multi-level assessment of changes in stakeholder constellations, interest and influence on ecosystem services under different landscape scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Schultner, J., Abson, D. & Fischer, J., 09.05.2022, in: PLOS Sustanaibility and Transformation. 1, 5, 24 S., e0000012.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany
Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2022, in: Sustainability Science. 17, 3, S. 865-877 13 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond
Levin, S. A., Anderies, J. M., Adger, N., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Crépin, A. S., Ehrlich, P., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kling, C., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Shogren, J., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B., Weber, E. U. & Wilen, J., 01.04.2022, in: Ecosystems. 25, 3, S. 697-711 15 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Using a leverage points perspective to compare social-ecological systems: a case study on rural landscapes
Fischer, J., Abson, D., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Schultner, J. & Sherrene, K., 03.2022, in: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, S. 119-130 12 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Broadening the scope of ecosystem services research: Disaggregation as a powerful concept for sustainable natural resource management
Brück, M., Abson, D. J., Fischer, J. & Schultner, J., 01.02.2022, in: Ecosystem Services. 53, 11 S., 101399.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Spatial variation in human disturbances and their effects on forest structure and biodiversity across an Afromontane forest
Beche, D., Tack, A., Nemomissa, S., Warkineh, B., Lemessa, D., Rodrigues, P., Fischer, J. & Hylander, K., 01.02.2022, in: Landscape Ecology. 37, 2, S. 493-510 18 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis
Meacham, M., Norströma, A. V., Peterson, G. D., Andersson, E., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Crouzat, E., Cord, A. F., Enfors, E., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Fischer, J., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hicks, C., Jacobs, S., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Martín-López, B., Plieninger, T. & Queiroz, C., 02.2022, in: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, S. 99-111 13 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
- 2021
Participatory scenario planning to facilitate human-wildlife coexistence
Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M., Kansky, R. & Fischer, J., 01.12.2021, in: Conservation Biology. 35, 6, S. 1957-1965 9 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability
Galaz, V., Centeno, M. A., Callahan, P. W., Causevic, A., Patterson, T., Brass, I., Baum, S., Farber, D., Fischer, J., Garcia, D., McPhearson, T., Jimenez, D., King, B., Larcey, P. & Levy, K., 01.11.2021, in: Technology in Society. 67, 10 S., 101741.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
From grief to hope in conservation
Fischer, J. & Riechers, M., 10.2021, in: Conservation Biology. 35, 5, S. 1698-1700 3 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Übersichtsarbeiten › Forschung
Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., Engler, J. O., Shumi, G. & Fischer, J., 10.2021, in: People and Nature. 3, 5, S. 1036-1046 11 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia
Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Jiren, T. S., Manlosa, A. O., Rodrigues, P., Schultner, J., Senbeta, F. & Shumi, G., 28.07.2021, in: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, S. 400-410 11 S.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
