Prof. Dr. Josef Settele

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Prof. Dr. Josef Settele

Head of the
Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4
06120 Halle
Germany

josef.settele@ufz.de

Prof. Dr. Josef Settele. Photo: Sebastian Wiedling / UFZ

Research and related interests

• Ecology of Insects in Cultural Landscapes
• Biodiversity, Land Use, and Social-Ecological Systems
• Inter- and Transdisciplinary Cooperation and Projects
• Science-Society-Policy Interface


Curriculum Vitae

2020-2024

Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen (environmental expert panel of the German government)

2020-2024

Review Board of DFG (German Research Foundation) for the field of “Agriculture, forest science and animal medicine: Ecology of agricultural landscapes” (Fachkollegiat); elected by the German scientific community.

2016-2019

IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services); Assessment on pollinators and pollination: Drafting co-author of SPM; Coordinating lead author (CLA) of chapter 02 “Drivers of pollination and pollinator change“

2018

Prof. h.c., Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2016-2020

Review Board of DFG (German Research Foundation) for the field of “Zoology: Biodiversity and Ecosystems” (Fachkollegiat); elected by the German scientific community.

2016

Professor of Ecology (apl.), Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

2015-2020

Scientific Coordinator ERA-Net BiodivERsA und FACCE-JPI-Projekt STACCATO („SusTaining AgriCultural ChAnge Through ecological engineering and Optimal use of natural resources“)

2015-2018

IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services); Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment -  Lead author (LA) of chapter 04 “Drivers“

2014-2016

IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services); Assessment on pollinators and pollination - Co-editor of the entire report; Drafting co-author of SPM; Coordinating lead author (CLA) of chapter 02 “Drivers of pollination and pollinator change“

2011-2016

Scientific Coordinator BMBF Project LEGATO („Land-use intensity and Ecological Engineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems“); ca. 100 scientists and stakeholders from Europa and South-East-Asia, esp. Germany, Philippines and Vietnam

2010 - 2014

IPCC AR5 Working Group II; Coordinating lead author (CLA) of chapter 04 “Terrestrial and inland water systems”

2009-2012

Scientific Coordinator FP6 ERA-Net BiodivERsA-Project CLIMIT („CLimate change impacts on Insects and their MITigation“); ca. 70 scientists of 20 partner organisations from ca. 10 countries CLIMIT

2006-2009

Deputy co-ordinator of the EC FP6 Policy support project MACIS "Policy options to minimise negative effects of climate change on biodiversity"

2004-200

Head and scientific co-ordinator of the EC FP6 Integrated Project ALARM ("Assessment of LArge scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods"); ca. 250 scientists of 68 partner organisations from 35 countries

2002-2015

"Privatdozent"1 of 'Ecology' at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

1Privatdozent: a lecturer at German universities who is not a member of the salaried university staff, but is eligible for a professorship

2002-2006

Head and scientific co-ordinator of the EC FP5 RTD Project MACMAN ("Maculinea Butterflies of the Habitats Directive and European Red List as Indicators and Tools for Habitat Conservation and Management"); ca. 100 scientists of ca. 40 partner organisations from 18 countries

2001-2020

Deputy Head of Department of Community Ecology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ. Head of Working Group on “Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Systems”

1997-2002

"Privatdozent"1 of 'Landscape Ecology and Agroecology' at the University of Hohenheim [Habilitation thesis (translated): 'A grid based analysis of metapopulations']

1Privatdozent: a lecturer at German universities who is not a member of the salaried university staff, but is eligible for a professorship

1993-2001

Deputy Head of Department of Conservation Biology and Natural Resources at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ

1993 - 1996

Scientific co-ordinator of and researcher within large interdisciplinary conservation biological research projects (e.g. FIFB = Species survival in fragmented landscapes). Focus on integration of nature conservation and agriculture

1992

Ph.D. degree in agricultural sciences; thesis: "Effects of intensification in irrigated rice production on terrestrial arthropods of Philippine Rice Terraces"

1989-1990

Civil service in a natural history museum (Bad Dürkheim, Germany); activities in nature conservation, entomofaunistics and curation of entomological collections)

1989-1992

Scientific assistant at the Agroecology Section of the Institute of Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics at Hohenheim University

1988-1989

Second long-term stay in the Philippines for continuation of field studies in the rice terraces of Ifugao Province (basic data collection for Ph.D.; DAAD scholarship)

1986 - 1988

Graduate studies in agricultural biology at Hohenheim University; master degree in agricultural biology (thesis: effects of intensification of the rice terrace system on terrestrial arthropod communities); majors in: plant protection, tropical and subtropical plant production, plant ecology and landscape planning

1985

First long-term stay in the Philippines for field studies in the rice terraces of Ifugao Province (basic data collection for master thesis; scholarship of private foundation: "Vater-und-Sohn-Eiselen-Stiftung, Ulm, Germany")

1982 - 1984

Undergraduate studies in agricultural biology at Hohenheim University (agricultural university near Stuttgart, Southern Germany)


Online Portals

Co-ordinated projects

  • TMDTagfalter-Monitoring Deutschland (Butterfly Monitoring Germany)
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  • LEGATO - Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems
    Homepage
  • CLIMIT - CLimate change impacts on Insects and their MITigation (EU FP 6, ERA-Net project BiodivERsA, 2009 - 2013)
    Homepage
  • ALARM - Assessing LArge scale environmental Risks with tested Methods (EU FP 6, Integrated Project, 2004 - 2009)
    ALARM description Homepage
  • MacMan - Maculinea Butterflies of the Habitats Directive and European Red List as Indicators and Tools for Habitat Conservation and Management (EU FP 5,; RTD-Project,; 2002 - 2006)
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  • FIFB Forschungsverbund Isolation, Flächengröße und Biotopqualität (effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the survival of animal and plant populations) (BMBF national funding; 1992 – 1996)

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2021 (38)

2020 (36)

2019 (27)

2018 (30)

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2016 (30)

2015 (26)

2014 (30)

2013 (19)

2012 (19)

2011 (20)

2010 (56)

2009 (24)

2008 (28)

2007 (17)

2006 (14)

2005 (46)

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1998 (14)

1996 (9)

1995 (9)

1994 (4)

1993 (6)

1992 (4)

1987 (2)

Outstanding papers