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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Low-intensity agricultural landscapes in Transylvania support high butterfly diversity: Implications for conservation
Loos, J., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Fust, P., Rakosy, L. & Fischer, J., 24.07.2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 7, 11 p., e103256.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An analysis of local institutions governing common pasture use for biodiversity and society in Transylvania, Romania
Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Röllig, M. & Hartel, T., 2013, Biodiversität und Gesellschaft: Gesellschaftliche Dimensionen von Schutz und Nutzung biologischer Vielfalt; Beiträge zur Fachtagung, Göttingen, 14.-16.11.2012. Friedrich, J., Halsband, A. & Minkmar, L. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen, p. 297-302 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Nuclear accidents call for transdisciplinary nuclear energy research
Gralla, F., Abson, D., Møller, A. P., Lang, D. J., Vilsmaier, U., Sovacool, B. K. & von Wehrden, H., 01.2015, In: Sustainability Science. 10, 1, p. 179-183 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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The Human Release Hypothesis for biological invasions: human activity as a determinant of the abundance of invasive plant species
Zimmermann, H., Brandt, P., Fischer, J., Welk, E. & von Wehrden, H., 12.12.2014, In: Faculty of 1000 Research. 3, 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Viitorul oamenilor şi al naturii în sudul Transilvaniei - Az emberek és a természet jövője Dél-Erdélyben
Fischer, J., Milcu, A. I., Hartel, T., Hanspach, J. & Mikulcak, F., 2014, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd., 62 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Challenges for postdocs in Germany and beyond: a personal perspective
Fischer, J., 2014, Postdoctoral Career Paths 2.0: The Golden Triangle of Competitive Junior Investigators, Adequate Academic Systems, and Successful Careers. A.-V.-H.-S. (ed.). Verlag Dr. Josef Raabe, p. 25-26 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer › peer-review
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Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history
von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A. F., Klotz, S. & Seppelt, R., 07.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 6, p. 941-948 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability
Abson, D., von Wehrden, H., Baumgärtner, S., Fischer, J., Hanspach, J., Härdtle, W., Heinrichs, H., Klein, A.-M., Lang, D. J., Martens, P. & Walmsley, D., 07.2014, In: Ecological Economics. 103, 7, p. 29-37 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Place, case and process: Applying ecology to sustainable development
Fischer, J., Sherren, K. & Hanspach, J., 05.2014, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 15, 3, p. 187-193 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bird community responses to the edge between suburbs and reserves
Ikin, K., Barton, P. S., Knight, E., Lindenmayer, D. B., Fischer, J. & Manning, A. D., 02.2014, In: Oecologia. 174, 2, p. 545-557 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review