Research Interests

• Green infrastructure, biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, environmental planning
• Land-use conflicts and participatory methods
• European and German environmental and agricultural politics
• Science communication, transfer and ethics

Curriculum Vitae

Project

European Conservation for the 21st century (BiodivERsA): WP 6: Socio-political scenarios for the local implementation of landscape conservation

In our sub-project „Green Infrastructure – creating habitats with agriculture“ we studied implementation options of the EU-strategy for Green Infrastructure. We cooperated with local land-users and regional stakeholders and conducted a policy analysis.

Brochure in German: Mit Landwirtschaft Lebensräume schaffen. Ergebnisse aus der UFZ-Umweltforschung in Sachsen-Anhalt (4 MB)

Publications

Oppermann, R.; Sutcliffe, L.M.E.; Arndt, J.; Gottwald, F.; Jedicke, E.; Keelan, S.; Kretzschmar, C.; Meyerhoff, E.; Metzner, J.; Ochsner, S.; Pfeffer, H.; Schmidt, J.; Stein-Bachinger, K. & Wiersbinski, N. (2018): Naturwertfördernde Maßnahmen und Natur-Agrar-Beratung – fünf Anforderungen. Natur und Landschaft 93, 120-124.

Zinngrebe, Y., Pe’er, G., Schueler, S., Schmitt, J., Schmidt, J. & Lakner, S. (2017): The EU’s ecological focus areas – How experts explain farmers’ choices in Germany. Land Use Policy 65, 93-108.

Schmidt, J. & Hauck, J. (2017): Implementing green infrastructure policy in agricultural landscapes − scenarios for Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Reg Environ Change, online first 13.11.17.

Pe’er, G.; Zinngrebe, Y.; Hauck, J.; Schindler, S.; Dittrich, A.; Zingg, S.; Tscharntke, T.; Oppermann, R.; Sutcliffe, S.; Sirami, C.; Schmidt, J.; Hoyer, C.; Schleyer, C & Lakner, S. (2016): Adding some green to the greening: improving the EU’s Ecological Focus Areas for biodiversity and farmers. Conservation Letters, doi: 10.1111/conl.12333.

Hauck, J.; Schmidt, J. & Werner, A. (2016): Using social network analysis to identify key stakeholders in agricultural biodiversity governance and related land-use decisions at regional and local level. Ecology and Society 21 (2), 49.

Pe’er, G.; Dicks, L.V.; Visconti, P.; Arlettaz, R.; Baldi, A.; Benton, T.G.; Dieterich, M.; Gregory, R.D.; Hartig, F.; Henle, K.; Hobson, P.R.; Ibisch, P.L.; Kleijn, D.; Neumann, R.K.; Robeijns, T.; Schmidt, J.; Shwartz, A.; Sutherland, W.J.; Turbe, A.; Wulf F. & Scott, A.V. (2014): EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity. Science 344 (6188), 1090-1092.

Hauck, J.; Schweppe-Kraft, B.; Albert, C.; Görg, C.; Jax, K.; Jensen, R.; Fürst, C.; Maes, J.; Ring, I.; Hönigová, I.; Burkhard, B.; Mehring, M.; Tiefenbach, M.; Grunewald, K.; Schwarzer, M.; Meurer, J.; Sommerhäuser, M.; Priess, J.A.; Schmidt, J. & Grêt-Regamey, A. (2013): The Promise of the Ecosystem Services Concept for Planning and Decision-Making. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 22 (4), 232-236.

Schmidt, J.A. & Buttschardt, T.K. (2011): Addressing the information needs of small-scale rooibos farmers in rural South Africa can help to combat desertification and improve livelihoods. In: Runge, J. & Becker, E. (Ed.): Afrika 2010 – Natürliche Ressourcen und nachhaltige (?) Entwicklung. Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (AdG) 2010 in Frankfurt. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, 1, 2009 (1/2), 39-52.