Professorship for Sustainable Landscapes
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
The working group "Sustainable Landscapes" was established in November 2010 by Prof. Joern Fischer and is affiliated to the School of Sustainabilty at Leuphana University.
We are an interdisciplinary team working on human-environment relationships. Much of our work focuses on the landscape scale. We are particularly interested in how people use landscapes, and how land use, in turn, affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. We see people and nature as interdependent.
Main research areas
In addition to our work at the landscape scale, we are interested in the conceptual development of sustainability science at a global scale. Here, too, we are influenced by an ecosystems approach, but we also draw on the insights from the social sciences as appropriate.
Our goal is to contribute to sustainable development through solution-oriented research.
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Human behavior and sustainability
Fischer, J., Dyball, R., Fazey, I., Gross, C., Dovers, S., Ehrlich, P. R., Brulle, R., Christensen, C. & Borden, R., 04.2012, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10, 3, p. 153-160 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Human-carnivore coexistence in a traditional rural landscape
Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Kecskés, A., Latková, H., Mezey, Z., Sugár, S., von Wehrden, H. & Fischer, J., 08.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 7, p. 1145-1155 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review
Lozano, J., Olszańska, A., Morales-Reyes, Z., Castro, A. A., Malo, A. F., Moleón, M., Sánchez-Zapata, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., von Wehrden, H., Dorresteijn, I., Kansky, R., Fischer, J. & Martín-López, B., 09.2019, In: Biological Conservation. 237, p. 480-492 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Human-carnivore relations: Conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West
Expósito-Granados, M., Castro, A. J., Lozano, J., Aznar-Sanchez, J. A., Carter, N. H., Requena-Mullor, J. M., Malo, A. F., Olszańska, A., Morales-Reyes, Z., Moleón, M., Sánchez-Zapata, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Fischer, J. & Martín-López, B., 06.12.2019, In: Environmental Research Letters. 14, 12, 14 p., 123005.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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, p. 865-877 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human-nature connectedness as leverage point
Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., García-Llorente, M. & Loos, J., 13.05.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 215-221 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Human–nature connection: a multidisciplinary review
Ives, C. D., Giusti, M., Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Klaniecki, K., Dorninger, C., Laudan, J., Barthel, S., Abernethy, P., Martín-López, B., Raymond, C. M., Kendal, D. & von Wehrden, H., 06.2017, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27, June 2017, p. 106-113 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Human-wildlife conflict in Rwanda: Linking ecoregion, changing conservation status and the local communities’ perception
Sun, P., Bariyanga, J. D. & Wronski, T., 01.06.2025, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 59, 17 p., e03550.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identifying core habitat before it's too late: The case of Bombina variegata, an internationally endangered amphibian
Scheele, B. C., Boyd, C. E., Fischer, J., Fletcher, A. W., Hanspach, J. & Hartel, T., 01.03.2014, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 23, 3, p. 775-780 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identifying governance gaps among interlinked sustainability challenges
Bergsten, A., Jiren, T. S., Leventon, J., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2019, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 91, p. 27-38 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impact of land cover homogenization on the Corncrake (Crex crex) in traditional farmland
Dorresteijn, I., Teixeira, L., von Wehrden, H., Loos, J., Hanspach, J., Stein, J. A. R. & Fischer, J., 04.10.2015, In: Landscape Ecology. 30, 8, p. 1483-1495 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impressions from a conference: sustainable land management
Fischer, J., 08.03.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: Predator - Prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape
Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Nimmo, D. G., Fischer, J., Hanspach, J., Kuemmerle, T., Kehoe, L. & Ritchie, E. G., 07.09.2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 282, 1814, 8 p., 20151602.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Inside-out sustainability: The neglect of inner worlds
Ives, C. D., Freeth, R. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2020, In: Ambio. 49, 1, p. 208-217 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integrating food security and biodiversity governance: A multi-level social network analysis in Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Bergsten, A., Dorresteijn, I., Collier, N. F., Leventon, J. & Fischer, J., 01.11.2018, In: Land Use Policy. 78, p. 420-429 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integrating indigenous and local knowledge in management and research on coastal ecosystems in the Global South: A literature review
Loch, T. K. & Riechers, M., 15.10.2021, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 212, 19 p., 105821.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Integrating rural development and biodiversity conservation in Central Romania
Newig, J., Milcu, A. I., Hartel, T., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 06.2013, In: Environmental Conservation. 40, 2, p. 129-137 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Key advantages of the leverage points perspective to shape human-nature relations
Riechers, M., Loos, J., Balázsi, Á., García-Llorente, M., Bieling, C., Burgos-Ayala, A., Chakroun, L., Mattijssen, T. J. M., Muhr, M. M., Pérez-Ramírez, I., Raatikainen, K. J., Rana, S., Richardson, M., Rosengren, L. & West, S., 25.04.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 205-214 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Können Schutzgebiete ihre Schutzgüter verlieren?
Vohland, K., Essl, F., Ellwanger, G., Hanspach, J., Kühn, I., Ssymank, A. & Schröder, E., 2013, Biodiversität und Klimawandel: Auswirkungen und Handlungsoptionen für den Naturschutz in Mitteleuropa. Essl, F. & Rabitsch, W. (eds.). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 295-303 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian
Scheele, B. C., Driscoll, D. A., Fischer, J., Fletcher, A. W., Hanspach, J., Vörös, J. & Hartel, T., 01.10.2015, In: Animal Conservation. 18, 5, p. 480-488 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review