Research for the Environment

Dr. Heidi Wittmer

Division of Social Sciences
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
Working Group Governance & Institutions

Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1629
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 1836

Dr. Heidi Wittmer

Dr. Heidi Wittmer

Curriculum Vitae

since 2010

deputy head of the Department of Environmental Politics

since 2004

senior researcher at UFZ

12/2001 - 12/2003

post-doc researcher at UFZ

2000

consultancy for the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn

1999 - 2001

senior researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Göttingen

1995 - 1998

Ph D. in Socio-economics of rural development, University of Göttingen

1994

economist, Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO, Rome

1990 - 1993

DAAD-long term lecturer Univ. of Tunja in Colombia

1983 - 1989

Agricultural Sciences: B.Sc. (1985 Univ. Gießen) M.Sc. (1989 TU-Berlin)

Current Projects

TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Nested Networks: Neue Formen der Governance der globalen Umweltforschung (NESNET)
KNEU: Developing a knowledge network for European expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy making economic sectors

Completed Projects

GoverNat: Multi-level Governance of Natural Ressources: Tools and Processes for Water and Biodiversity Governance in Europe
PATH - Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology
Partizipative Entscheidungsprozesse
IBEFish: Interaction between Environment and Fisheries - a Challenge to Management
Das Millennium Ecosystem Assessment und seine Relevanz für Deutschland
FRAP - Development of a Procedural Framework for Action Plans to Reconcile Conflicts between Large Vertebrate Conservation and the Use of Biological Resources: Fisheries and Fish-eating Vertebrates as a Model Case
Strategies for the Resolution of Conflicts in Nature Conservation: Participation, Co-operation, and Negotiation
Umsetzung der Biodiversitätskonvention: Chancen und Probleme der Integration von Naturschutz und landwirtschaftlicher Entwicklung in Guatemala: Eine politik- und institutionenökonomische Analyse

Memberships

Workshops Organised

  • Governance of Natural Resources in a Multi-Level Context, final conference of the GoverNat project, 20.-22.1.2010, Leipzig, Germany
  • International Science-Policy Interfaces for Biodiversity Governance, international workshop, 2.-4.10.2006, UFZ Leipzig
  • New Strategies for Solving Environmental Conflicts: Potentials for Combining Participation and Multicriteria Analysis, Summersymposium, 26.-28.6.2002, UFZ Leipzig
  • EU INCO-DEV International Workshop: Policy Options for the Sustainable Use of Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems, 19.-22.6.2000, Mombasa, Kenya

Teaching Experiences

  • 1990-98 a total of 25 lectures, seminars and workshops at universities, public administrations and non-governmental organisations covering: participatory methods in rural development, empirical social research, 'Farming Systems Development', agricultural economics and marketing, natural resource management
  • 2000 'learning cabinet' for interdisciplinary communication between natural social and legal sciences

Publications

Publications - Dr. Heidi Wittmer (50.5 KB)

New Publications of the Department

Hauck, J., Görg, C., Varjopuro, R., Ratamäki, O., Jax, K. (2013): Benefits and limitations of the ecosystem services concept in environmental policy and decision making: some stakeholder perspectives. Environ. Sci. Policy 25, 13-21.

Hauck, J., Görg, C., Varjopuro, R., Ratamäki, O., Maes, J., Wittmer, H., Jax, K. (2012): “Maps have an air of authority”: potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making. Ecosystem Services. in press.

Wittmer, H., Gundimeda, H. (Hg.) (2012): The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Local and Regional Policy and Management. London et al.: Earthscan.

Beck, S. (2012): Between Tribalism and Trust: The IPCC under the ‘public microscope.’ Nature and Culture 7(2): 151-173.

Beck, S. (2012): The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise - with reference to Germany. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change: Vol. 3/1: 1-17.

Polishchuk, Y., Rauschmayer, F. (2012): Beyond “benefits”? Looking at ecosystem services through the capability approach. Ecol. Econ. 81, 103-111.

Baasch, S. et al. (2012): Klimaanpassung auf regionaler Ebene: Herausforderungen einer regionalen Klimawandel-Governance. Raumforsch. u. Raumordn. 70 (3), 191-201.

Thronicker, Ines (2012): Das Leipziger Mobilitätspaket für Umzügler: Bedingungen für eine wirksame Maßnahmenumsetzung zur Erhöhung der Nutzung von Öffentlichem Verkehr, Carsharing und Fahrrad. Abschlussbericht Kooperationspartner.UFZ-Diskussionspapiere 4/2012.