Salina Spiering
(née Centgraf)
Research Unit Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: 0341 - 235 1406
salina.spiering@ufz.de
GoogelScholar

Areas of Expertise & Research
- Sustainability transformations
- Methods for Transformative Science
- Human Scale Development
- Energy Cooperatives
- Biodiversity Governance
Curriculum Vitae
since 2020
Research scientist, Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2016 − 2021
PhD scholarship Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, guest researcher, Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
2013 − 2016
Research scientist, Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2012 − 2013
Research assistant, Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
2010 − 2011
Assistance to the management, at Bund Naturschutz Service GmbH, Lauf, Germany
2003 − 2009
Diploma degree in geography, Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, Germany (minor subjects: political sciences and biology, grade: 1,6)
2005
Intern at Fundacion Centro de Capacitacion, Fernandez, Argentina (vocational training centre)
2003
Volunteer in nature conservation projects, Panama
Current Projects
VooDoo – Viral eco-evolutionary dynamics of wild and domestic pollinators under global change
Transformative Science methods – revisiting the Human Scale Development approach. Dissertation at the Institute for Geography, Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster
Publications
Berghöfer, A., et al., Spiering, S., Wittmer, H. (20xx): Biodiversity recovery needs transformative change: A conceptual framework and application to the agrifood sector. In: Earth System Governance Special Issue The governance of biodiversity recovery: from global targets to sectoral action. [submitted]
Centgraf, S. (2018): Bürger-Engagement in Energiegenossenschaften. In: Lautermann, C. (Hg. 2018): Die Energiewende der Bürger stärken. Reihe Theorie der Unternehmung, Band 67.
Holstenkamp, L., Centgraf, S., Dorniok, D., Kahla, F., Masson, T., Müller, J., Radtke, J., Yildiz, Ö. (2018): Bürgerenergiegesellschaften in Deutschland. Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation, Springer: 1061-1080.
Lautermann, C., Centgraf, S., Fischer, B., Kucharczak, L., Masson, T. (2016): Handlungsorientierungen für Energiegenossenschaften. Herausgegeben vom Forschungsprojekt EnGeno. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Masson, T., Centgraf, S., Rauschmayer, F. (2015): Mitglieder-Zuwachspotenzial für Energiegenossenschaften in Deutschland? Zeitschrift für das gesamte Genossenschaftswesen 65, 191-208.
Centgraf, S. (2009): „Ökodörfer bauen!”: regionale Effekte nachhaltiger Modellsiedlungen − eine Fallstudie im Ökodorf Sieben Linden als Beitrag zur Projektstudie des Vereins Keimblatt Ökodorf, Diplomarbeit.
Conferences
Spiering S and Wittmer H (2022): Transformativer Wandel zum Schutz globaler Biodiversität: Begründung,
Bedeutung, Gestaltung. 36. Deutscher Naturschutztag. NATURSCHUTZ JETZT! Natur, Landnutzung,
Klima. Hannover, Germany. June 30, 2022
Wittmer, H. et al., Spiering, S. (2021) Transformative change: a new approach to governing biodiversity? 2021 Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance – Panel on the Governance of Nature and Biodiversity, online, 09.09.2021
Centgraf, S. (2016): ¿Desarollo a Escala Humana en cooperativas energéticas?! Resultados de un programa de investigación en Alemania. Congreso La Transdiciplina hecha práctica, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. 07.12.2016
Centgraf, S. (2014): Human scale development?! − the case of energy cooperatives.
Royal Geographic Society Conference. London. 29.08.2014
Degrowth Conference. Leipzig. 05.09.2014
Centgraf, S., Rauschmayer, F., Masson, T. (2013): Energy cooperatives, energy turn, and quality of life. Conference Energy Systems in Transition: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Contributions. Karlsruhe. 11.10.2013
Centgraf, S., Rauschmayer, F., Leßmann, O. (2013): Capabilities and needs − combining approaches to contribute to sustainability. Ecological Economics and Institutional Dynamics, Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics. Lille. 21.06.2013
Teachings
since 2020
Visiting lecturer: Taller de Experiencias en Desarrollo a Escala Humana, Magíster en Desarrollo a Escala Humana y Economía Ecológica, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile