Dr. Stefan Möckel
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Working Group Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Areas of Expertise & Research
⇒ economic-ecological transformations
⇒ taxes, levies and financial law
nature conservation and agri-environmental law
⇒ law of soil conservation
law on water management
environmental planning law
Curriculum Vitae
since 2021
Together with Julian Rode head of the thematic area project Governing transformations towards sustainable agrifood systems.
2020 − 2022
Head of the Working Group Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, together with Julian Rode.
since 01/2012
Senior scientist, Department of Environmental and Planning Law, UFZ.
2009 − 2015
Deputy head of the Working Group Nature Conservation & Biodiversity, Division of Social Sciences, UFZ.
2007 − 2011
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Environmental and Planning Law, UFZ.
2005
Doctoral thesis: Environmental taxes for the ecologisation of agriculture.
2004 − 2006
Legal trainee in the State of Saxony-Anhalt with Second State Examination in Law.
2001 − 2003
Doctoral research scholarship holder of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Osnabrück.
1995 − 2001
Study of law in Leipzig (Germany) and Vigo (Spain), First State Examination in Law.
Memberships
- Working Group of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina "Climate, Biodiversity, Raw Materials: For an Integrated Use of Peatlands and Floodplains" (since 1/2023)
- Working Group of the academies acatech and Leopoldina: "Ways towards sustainable nitrogen management" (11/2019 – 3/2023)
- Board of Curators of the BBN Federal Expert Conference on Nature Conservation Law (since 2016)
- Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz e.V. – BBN (since 2015)
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) (since 2015)
Current Projects
- macroeconomic money-nature nexus
- Strengthening the dynamic development of water bodies and floodplains in the Natura 2000 network (FKZ: 3521 83 0900, project lead: biota)
- Governing transformations towards sustainable agrifood systems
- Climate-adapted and environmentally sound agricultural landscapes in Germany - Knowledge synthesis on ecological, economic and legal requirements and analysis of governmental instruments for implementation
- Steps towards a national transformation of agriculture
- Ecological-economic transformation
- European Nature Conservation Legislation and its implementation in Germany
- BonaRes – Soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy
- AGRI-TRANSFORM – Leverage Points for the Transformation to an Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
Completed Projects
- Development and simulation of a pesticide tax for Germany
- Integrated UFZ Project: Mitigation land use conflicts – between land sharing or land sparing
- Integrated UFZ Project: Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems
- Development of an "Action Programme for the Implementation of the Integrated Nitrogen Strategy"
- Comparison of ammonia regulation in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark – legal framework
- Fitness Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- Umsetzung der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Niedersachsen im Bereich Oberflächengewässer – Masterplan Fließgewässerentwicklung 2021
- Unverhältnismäßige Kosten nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie Praxistest des Neuen Leipziger Ansatzes zur Begründung weniger strenger Umweltziele
- Arzneimittelabgabe: Beteiligung von Arzneimittelherstellern an den Kosten von Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der Konzentration von Mikroschadstoffen in Gewässern
- Needs- and demand-based planning – Legal options for and procedural aspects of an instrument for enhanced environmental protection
- Einführung einer Abgabe auf Pflanzenschutzmittel in Deutschland
- Comparative law analysis on instruments for sustainable land management (CLAIM)
- Research and development project agri-environmental law: Legal and other instruments for better protection of the environment in the agricultural sector
- POLICYMIX – Assessing the role of economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision (EU-FP7)
- Nature Conservation and Climate Change
- The need for legal actions for adaptation to the results of climate change – analysis, amendment and new development of legal instruments (German Federal Environmental Authority)
- Landschaftswasserhaushalt und Bodenschutz
- Stopping the Loss of Biodiversity – Biodiversity Protection in Rural Areas
- Steuergesetzgebungskompetenzen und Verbrauchsteuern sowie Düngemittelabgabe
- Agrar- und umweltrechtliche Anforderungen an Kurzumtriebsplantagen
- Flurbereinigungsrecht
- Synergien und Konflikte von Anpassungsstrategien und -maßnahmen (SynKon)
- Enhancement of Waste Water Charges and Water Extraction Charges to a Comprehensive Charge for the Use of Aquatic Ecosystems (German Federal Environmental Authority: Text 67/2011)
- Options for Waste Disposal in Potash Mining – The Werra-River-Pipeline
- Novellierungen Naturschutzrecht 2007-2010
- Natura 2000 und Landwirtschaft
- Grundwassersanierung – Rechtliche Anforderungen an die Stimulierung natürlicher Schadstoffminderungsprozesse (ENA) durch Compartment Transfer
- Effektivierung des raumbezogenen Planungsrechts zur Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme (UBA)
- Vorgaben des europäischen Umweltplanungsrechts und ihre Auswirkungen auf die kommunale Entwicklungsplanung
- Der europäische und nationale Rechtsrahmen für den Naturschutz – Handlungsspielräume für effiziente Naturschutzlösungen
- Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie bei FFH- und Vogelschutzgebieten