Projects of the UFZ Science-Policy Expert Group

The group engages in research projects, SPI design and support processes as well as consulting and other services.

Current major research projects

Future Landscapes (Implementation and Financing of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) by the Food and Agriculture Sector to Reduce Climate Risk and Environmental Impacts in Latin America, 2022-2028)

BioValue (Biodiversity value in spatial policy and planning leveraging multi-level and transformative change, 2022-2025)

Past major research projects 

OpenNESS (Operationalisation of natural capital and ecosystem services – from concepts to real-world applications, EU research project, 2012-2016)

GLAMURS (Green Lifestyles, Alternative Models and Upscaling Regional Sustainability, EU research project, 2014-2016)

BASE (Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies Towards a Sustainable Europe, EU research project, 2012-16)

EnGeno (Transformation potentials of energy cooperatives for an energy turn, BMBF research project: 2013-2016)

EC21C  (European Conservation for the 21st Century, funded by BiodivERsA: 2013-2016)

SPIRAL (Science Policy Interfaces for Biodiversity: Research, Action and Learning, EU research project, 2010-2014)

NesNet (Nested Networks: Novel Forms of Governance by Nested Networks, BMBF research project, 2010-2013)

POLICYMIX (Assessing the role of economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision, EU research project, 2010-2014)

Ongoing Design and Coordination of Science-Policy Processes

BioAgora (Bio Knowledge Agora: Developing the Science Service for European Research and Biodiversity Policymaking, EU, 2022-2027)

Eklipse (Eklipse mechanism: Establishing a European Knowledge and Learning Mechanism to Improve the Policy-Science-Society Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Alternet, 2020-present)

Past Design and Coordination of Science-Policy Processes

EKLIPSE-Mechanism (European Knowledge and Learning Mechanism on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, EU Coordination Action, 2016-2020)

NeFo (Network-forum on biodiversity research Germany to better network the German biodiversity research community and improve the dialogue to policy making, BMBF-funded, since 2009, third phase 2014-2018)

KNEU (Developing of a scientific Network of Knowledge (NoK) on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy-makers and other societal actors in Europe, EU Coordination Action, 2010-2014)

TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Scientific Coordination 2008-2010, follow up phase 2011-2013)

Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE (Study leader and scientific coordination, 2012-2017)

Consulting and other services

Global Commons (Sustainable management of global commons such as biodiversity, forests and the ocean)

IKI NEA (Scoping Study for a National Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services in Germany)

TAB – The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag, service contract with the German Bundestag,  2013-2018)

G7 Progress Report on Biodiversity (service contract for BMZ, jointly with DIE, 2014-2015)

Towards an EU mechanism interfacing science and policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services (service contract with European Commission, DG Environment, 2011-2014) 

Workshop on the IPBES Policy support function (Bonn, December 2011, on behalf of the Federal Ministry on Nature Conservation, BMU)

→ Various TEEB follow-up activities (2011-2016, contact teeb(at)ufz.de for more info)

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