Dr. Andrea Kaim

Andrea Kaim

Head of junior research group AgriScape
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Computational Landscape Ecology
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 6025 1796
Andrea Kaim



Research interests

  • (Spatial) Mathematical Optimization
  • Landscape ecology, especially ecosystem services, biodiversity and trade-offs
  • Agricultural sciences, particularly grassland management
  • Agent-based modelling
  • Spatial conservation planning
  • Environmental Economics

Projects

Logo AgriScape AgriScape - Trade-offs along pathways towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes AgriScape
Logo Susalps SUSALPS - Sustainable use of alpine and pre-alpine grassland soils in a changing climate SUSALPS
Logo Tale TALE - Towards multifunctional agricultural landscapes in Europe: Assessing and governing synergies between food production, biodiversity, and ecosystem services
TALE

Curriculum Vitae

since 2022 Head of Junior Research Group, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department Computational Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany, Project AgriScape
2019 - 2022 Research Associate, University of Bayreuth, Professorship of ecological services, Bayreuth, Germany, Project SUSALPS
2021 Guest Student, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
2015 - 2022 PhD Candidate, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department Computational Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany, Title of thesis: Addressing land use allocation problems in German agricultural landscapes by combining multi-criteria optimization with stakeholder preferences
2015 - 2018 Research Associate, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department Computational Landscape Ecology, Leipzig, Germany, Project TALE
2014 - 2015 Student Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy (former Center for Central and Eastern Europe - MOEZ), Department Sustainability Management and Infrastructure Economics, Leipzig, Germany.
2014 Student Research Assistant, Universität Leipzig, Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management, Leipzig, Germany.
2013 - 2014 Occupational Trainee, The University of Queensland, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Brisbane, Australia.
2012 Studies in Mathematics and Economics (ERASMUS scholarship), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2008 - 2015 Studies in Business Mathematics (German Diploma), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Publications

2022 (1)

2021 (1)

  • Schmitt, T. M., Martín-López, B., Kaim, A., Früh-Müller, A., Koellner, T. (2021): Ecosystem services from (pre-)Alpine grasslands: Matches and mismatches between citizens’ perceived suitability and farmers’ management considerations. Ecosystem Services vol. 49, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101284

2020 (2)

2019 (2)

2018 (2)

2017 (2)

Theses

Kaim, A. (2021) "Addressing land use allocation problems in German agricultural landscapes by combining multi-criteria optimization with stakeholder preferences". Dissertation, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

Kaim, A. (2015) “Conservation Prioritization Problems and their Shadow Prices”. Diploma thesis, Business Mathematics, Leipzig University, Germany.
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