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Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance"

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How can we sustainably develop and shape intensively used agricultural landscapes?

The focus of this Research Area lies on the investigation of land use practices and their interactions with associated ecosystem services and biodiversity. These interactions are not only studied for agriculturally managed crop- and grasslands, but also in the context of adjacent ecosystems such as forests and waterbodies. It is the aim to use research results to support the site-adapted management of agricultural landscapes under the impact of climate change and in different socio-economic and socio-cultural contexts. This adapted management must be supported by stakeholders and institutionally promoted. Research on the interactions, the development of suitable indicators for the valorisation of the services provided by agricultural landscapes and embedded ecosystems, the development of suitable governance approaches as well as the dissemination of institutional, technological and management-related innovations are additional topics of research in this Research Area.

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Our Working Groups

 

The topics of this Research Area address the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG; UN 2015), which are also addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy (2016): Zero Hunger (2), Health and Well-Being (3), Clean Water und Sanitation (6), Responsible Consumption and Production (12), Climate Action (13), Life below Water (14), and Life on Land (15).

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Working groups in research area 2 

 

 

News

Title: Advancing Bilateral Cooperation: The Second Science Innovation Germany and Mexico Alliance Workshop
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23.03.2026

Advancing Bilateral Cooperation: The Second Science Innovation Germany and Mexico Alliance Workshop

Title: Save the Date: ENFASYS & VISIONARY Final Event on 16 June 2026
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20.03.2026

Save the Date: ENFASYS & VISIONARY Final Event on 16 June 2026

Title: Start of a series on research into women in agriculture
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08.03.2026

Start of a series on research into women in agriculture

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Publications

MyTitle: Monitoring changes in the landscape water balance: validation of satellite- and model-based evapotranspiration data in Lusatia, Germany
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MyAutoren: Kröcher, J., Ghazaryan, G., Spank, U., Zimmermann, B., Beyrich, F., Dietrich, O., Markwitz, C., van Ramshorst, J., Callejas-Rodelas, J. Á., Lischeid, G. (2026)
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Monitoring changes in the landscape water balance: validation of satellite- and model-based evapotranspiration data in Lusatia, Germany

Kröcher, J., Ghazaryan, G., Spank, U., Zimmermann, B., Beyrich, F., Dietrich, O., Markwitz, C., van Ramshorst, J., Callejas-Rodelas, J. Á., Lischeid, G. (2026)
MyTitle: Whose alternative? Challenges and potential for diversity, equity, and inclusion in German alternative food networks
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MyAutoren: Parisi, A., Zoll, F., Darkhani, F. (2026)
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Whose alternative? Challenges and potential for diversity, equity, and inclusion in German alternative food networks

Parisi, A., Zoll, F., Darkhani, F. (2026)
MyTitle: Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits
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MyAutoren: Yue, K., Vangansbeke, P., Myers-Smith, I. H., Waller, D. M., Verheyen, K., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Baeten, L., Staude, I. R., Bjorkman, A. D., Hédl, R., Andrews, C., Barni, E., Becker, T., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Benito-Alonso, J.-L., Bennie, J., Berki, I., Blüml, V., Brunet, J., Bullock, J. M., Van Calster, H., Carbognani, M., Chudomelová, M., Closset-Kopp, D., Dan Turtureanu, P., Daskalova, G. N., Decocq, G., Dick, J., Diekmann, M., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Erschbamer, B., Graae, B. J., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Horchler, P., Jandt, U., Jaroszewicz, B., Kanka, R., Kollár, J., Kopecký, M., Kudernatsch, T., Lamprecht, A., Lenoir, J., Macek, M., Malicki, M., Máliš, F., Michelsen, O., Mitchell, F., Naaf, T., Nagel, T. A., Newman, M., Newton, A. C., Nicklas, L., Oddi, L., Orczewska, A., Orsenigo, S., Ortmann-Ajkai, A., Ouden, J. d., Pauli, H., Peterken, G., Petřík, P., Pielech, R., Puşcaş, M., Randin, C., Reczyńska, K., Rixen, C., Schei, F. H., Schmidt, W., Šebesta, J., Stachurska-Swakon, A., Standovár, T., Świerkosz, K., Teleki, B., Theurillat, J.-P., Ursu, T.-M., Vanneste, T., Vellend, M., Vergeer, P., Vild, O., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., Winkler, M., Wipf, S., Wu, F., Zhang, S., De Frenne, P. (2026)
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Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits

Yue, K., Vangansbeke, P., Myers-Smith, I. H., Waller, D. M., Verheyen, K., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Baeten, L., Staude, I. R., Bjorkman, A. D., Hédl, R., Andrews, C., Barni, E., Becker, T., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Benito-Alonso, J.-L., Bennie, J., Berki, I., Blüml, V., Brunet, J., Bullock, J. M., Van Calster, H., Carbognani, M., Chudomelová, M., Closset-Kopp, D., Dan Turtureanu, P., Daskalova, G. N., Decocq, G., Dick, J., Diekmann, M., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Erschbamer, B., Graae, B. J., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Horchler, P., Jandt, U., Jaroszewicz, B., Kanka, R., Kollár, J., Kopecký, M., Kudernatsch, T., Lamprecht, A., Lenoir, J., Macek, M., Malicki, M., Máliš, F., Michelsen, O., Mitchell, F., Naaf, T., Nagel, T. A., Newman, M., Newton, A. C., Nicklas, L., Oddi, L., Orczewska, A., Orsenigo, S., Ortmann-Ajkai, A., Ouden, J. d., Pauli, H., Peterken, G., Petřík, P., Pielech, R., Puşcaş, M., Randin, C., Reczyńska, K., Rixen, C., Schei, F. H., Schmidt, W., Šebesta, J., Stachurska-Swakon, A., Standovár, T., Świerkosz, K., Teleki, B., Theurillat, J.-P., Ursu, T.-M., Vanneste, T., Vellend, M., Vergeer, P., Vild, O., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., Winkler, M., Wipf, S., Wu, F., Zhang, S., De Frenne, P. (2026)

Projects

MyTitle: FInAL III - Promotion of insects in agricultural landscapes through integrated cultivation systems with renewable raw materials – A scientifically accompanied model and demonstration project in landscape laboratories
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FInAL III - Promotion of insects in agricultural landscapes through integrated cultivation systems with renewable raw materials – A scientifically accompanied model and demonstration project in landscape laboratories

Start: 01.01.2026
MyTitle: ReSTORE - A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa
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ReSTORE - A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa

Start: 01.01.2024
MyTitle: CeratoVirPlus - Biting midge (ceratopogonid)-borne viruses as important factors influencing livestock farming in Germany – monitoring, bionomics, genetics and infection
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CeratoVirPlus - Biting midge (ceratopogonid)-borne viruses as important factors influencing livestock farming in Germany – monitoring, bionomics, genetics and infection

Start: 01.07.2022

 

  

People of the research area

 

Co-Heads

Prof. Dr. agr.
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Prof. Dr. Bettina Matzdorf
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
T +49 (0)33432 82-150

 

Administration

Dr. Verena Toussaint
T +49 (0)33432 82-323

Secretary’s office

Viola Kranich
T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Sabrina Weinert
T +49 (0)33432 82-170

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