Dr. Romina Luz Schaller, LL.M. Eur.
born Hermoza Cacsire
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
phone: ++49 - 341 - 6025 1729
romina.schaller@ufz.de
Research Interests
International and European Environmental Law
Climate Change Mitigation, in particular focusing on
• Reducing of Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+),
• Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Ecosystem services and sustainable development
Curriculum Vitae
since 2020
Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law
2019
PhD in Law, PhD Title: "Climate protection through forest conservation using the example of the REDD+ mechanism: legal aspects of implementation with special focus on Peru" (Klimaschutz durch Walderhalt - Nationale und internationale rechtliche Instrumente, vor allem REDD+ am Beispiel Peru)
University of Leipzig; Scholarship by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
2018 − 2019
Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics
02/2017
Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law
12/2011 - 01/2017
Guest Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law
2011
Research Assistant at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law
2007 – 2010
LL.M. in Law of European Integration (LL.M. Eur.), University of Leipzig
2000 – 2006
Bachelor in Law and Political Sciences, San Marcos University, Peru
Current Projects
Governing multi-scale heterogeneities to activate natural carbon sink potentials (GONASIP)
Network of Competence on Future Challenges of Environmental Law (KomUR)
Completed Research Projects
Helmholtz Climate Initiative – Circular CO2 approaches (HICAM)
⇒ Proambiente II: Contribution to the environmental objectives of Peru
Publications
2024 (3)
- Borchers, M., Förster, J., Thrän, D., Beck, S., Thoni, T., Korte, K., Gawel, E., Markus, T., Schaller, R., Rhoden, I., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Li, Z., Oschlies, A., Reusch, T.B.H., Sachs, T., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Wu, J., Yeates, C., Mengis, N. (2024):
A comprehensive assessment of carbon dioxide removal options for Germany
Earth Future 12 (5), e2023EF003986 10.1029/2023ef003986 - Köhnke, F., Steuri, B., Baetcke, L., Borchers, M., Brinkmann, T., Dittmeyer, R., Dornheim, M., El Zohbi, J., Förster, J., Gawel, E., Görl, K., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Korte, K., Li, Z., Markus, T., Mengis, N., Monnerie, N., Oschlies, A., Prats-Salvado, E., Reusch, T.B.H., Rhoden, I., Sachs, T., Schaller, R., Schill, E., Simon, S., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Thrän, D., Xiao, M., Jacob, D. (2024):
A storyline approach: integrating comprehensive, interdisciplinary research results to create narratives – in the context of the net-zero target in Germany
Front. Environ. Sci. 12 , art. 1433491 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1433491 - Markus, T., Schaller, R. (2024):
Land-use implications of carbon dioxide removal: an emerging legal issue?
In: Ginzky, H., De Andrade Corrêa, F., Dooley, E., Heuser, I.L., Kameri-Mbote, P., Kibugi, R., Ruppel, O.C. (eds.)
International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2022
Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 107 - 121 10.1007/978-3-031-40609-6_5
2023 (1)
- Abetz, V., Baetcke, L., Ball, C., Bauer, F., Beck, S., Berkel, M., Blome, T., Borchers, M., Brinkmann, T., Bruhn, D., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Dornheim, M., El Zhobi, J., Fogel, S., Förster, J., Fuchs, S., Gardian, H., Gawel, E., Görl, K., Groth, M., Hamedimastanabad, H., Hampel, U., Harpprecht, C., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Jacob, D., Kalhori, A., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Klassen, T., Köhnke, F., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Korte, K., Kuckshinrichs, W., Li, Z., Markus, T., Mayer, M., Mengis, N., Monnerie, N., O Corcora, T., Oschlies, A., Pardo Parez, L.C., Prats Salvado, E., Pregger, T., Preuschmann, S., Rau, B., Rechid, D., Reusch, T., Rhoden, I., Riehm, J., Roeb, M., Rolletter, M., Sachs, T., Sattler, C., Sauer, J., Schaller, R., Schätzler, K., Schill, E., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Schultz, M., Simon, S., Steiner, U., Steuri, B., Stevenson, A., Sun, J., Thoni, T., Thrän, D., Unger, S., Vögele, S., Waczowicz, S., Weihermüller, L., Xiao, M., Yeates, C., Zwickel, P. (2023):
Netto-Null-2050 Wegweiser - Strategische Handlungsempfehlungen und mögliche Wege für ein CO2-neutrales Deutschland bis 2050, Forschung von 2019 bis 2021 - Version 1.0
Helmholtz-Klima-Initiative (HI-CAM), Berlin, 208 S.
2022 (2)
- Förster, J., Beck, S., Borchers, M., Gawel, E., Korte, K., Markus, T., Mengis, N., Oschlies, A., Schaller, R., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Thrän, D. (2022):
Framework for assessing the feasibility of carbon dioxide removal options within the national context of Germany
Front. Clim. 4 , art. 758628 10.3389/fclim.2022.758628 - Schaller, R., Markus, T., Korte, K., Gawel, E. (2022):
Atmospheric CO2 as a resource for renewable energy production: A European energy law appraisal of direct air capture fuels
Rev. Eur. Comp. Int. Environ. 31 (2), 258 - 267 10.1111/reel.12434
2021 (2)
- Markus, T., Schaller, R., Gawel, E., Korte, K. (2021):
Negativemissionstechnologien als neues Instrument der Klimapolitik: Charakterisiken und klimapolitische Hintergründe. Negative emission technologies as new instrument of climate policy: Characteristics and climate policy backgrounds
Nat. Recht 43 (2), 90 - 99 10.1007/s10357-021-3804-8 - Markus, T., Schaller, R., Gawel, E., Korte, K. (2021):
Negativemissionstechnologien und ihre Verortung im Regelsystem internationaler Klimapolitik. Negative emission technologies and their location in the regulatory system of international climate policy
Nat. Recht 43 (3), 153 - 158 10.1007/s10357-020-3755-5
2020 (2)
- Markus, T., Schaller, R., Korte, K., Gawel, E. (2020):
Zum regulatorischen Rahmen direkter Abscheidung von Kohlendioxid aus der Luft (Direct air capture – DAC). Projekt 2 | M-P2.1: Rechtliche und ökonomische Anforderungen im europäischen und deutschen Recht
Helmholtz-Klima-Initiative (HI-CAM), Berlin, 8 S. - Schaller, R. (2020):
Klimaschutz durch Walderhalt am Beispiel des REDD+-Mechanismus: Rechtliche Aspekte bei der Umsetzung mit besonderem Fokus auf Peru
Nomos Universitätsschriften Recht 972
Nomos, Baden-Baden, 320 S.