
Dr. Charlotte Wiederkehr
Science Manager
eLTER Head Office
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
P: +49 (0)341 235 4660
charlotte.wiederkehr@ufz.de
Research Interests
- Social-ecological systems
- Political ecology
- Science communication
- Science-policy interface
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2022: Science manager at the Head Office of eLTER (Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research)
- support of the European coordination of the eLTER ESFRI process
- event organisation and communication
- co-lead of Work Package 2 of eLTER PPP focusing on Research Infrastructure management and governance
2017 - 2022: PhD candidate at Computational Landscape Ecology, MigSoKo junior research group
- conducting meta-studies based on qualitative and quantitative data to analyse the dynamics between environmenta change, human migration and resource conflicts at the regional and global level
- participation in teaching activities at University Halle-Wittenberg (B.Sc. course "Sozial-ökologischer Systeme und natürliche Ressourcen", before M.Sc. course "Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen")
- event organisation and science communication activities
2014 - 2016: M.Sc. in Sustainable Development, Utrecht University and Leipzig University (Joint Programme)
- focus on sustainability science, environmental governance, natural resource management
- qualitative fieldwork in the Zambezi Region and M.Sc. thesis ("Sustainable
Co-management of
Freshwater Fisheries and Local Livelihoods: The case of Sikunga") in
collaboration with
ValuES
, the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) and GIZ
2014: Internship at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Berlin (Team Political Dialogue and Analysis)
- supporting science-based political consulting
2013 - 2014: Internship at GIZ Brazil in Brasília (Programme Novas Parcerias - Cooperation for Science and Research)
- supporting project communication and event management
2010 - 2013: B.A. cum laude in European Studies, Maastricht University
- focus on international relations, European integration and EU policy
- exchange semester at the University of Porto
Publications
Investigating environment-related migration processes in Ethiopia – A participatory Bayesian network
Ecosyst. People 17 (1), 128 - 147
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Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research – an opportunity for redirection
GAIA 30 (2), 72 - 76
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Agricultural livelihoods, adaptation, and environmental migration in sub-Saharan drylands: a meta-analytical review
Environ. Res. Lett. 17 (8), art. 083003
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A future agenda for research on climate change and human mobility
Int. Migr. 61 (5), 116 - 125
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Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands
Environ. Res. Lett. 13 (11), art. 113003
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Ostrom’s governance principles and sustainable financing of fish reserves
Hum. Ecol. 47 (1), 13 - 25
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It’s all about politics: Migration and resource conflicts in the global south
World Dev. 157 , art. 105938
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How does nature contribute to human mobility? A conceptual framework and qualitative analysis
Ecol. Soc. 24 (4), art. 31
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Conferences/Workshops
'Slow-Onset Climatic Change and Human Mobility' HABITABLE Scenario Planning Workshop, online (2022)
Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, online (2022)
Potsdam Summer School 'Connecting Science & Society - Communicating Research on Sustainability and Global Change' in Potsdam, Germany (2019)
'Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods, and Cases' Conference in Dresden, Germany (2019)
'Research on climate change and migration: State of the art and future directions' Expert Workshop in Bonn, Germany (2019)
'Migrations, Climate and Environment: What risks Inequalities?' Conference in Paris, France (2018)
'Adaptation in Motion' TransRe Closing Conference in Bonn, Germany (2018)
Colloquium at the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany (2018)
'Impacts World 2017' Conference in Potsdam, Germany (2017)
'Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM)', Ljubljana, Slovenia (2017)
'Future Agriculture: Social-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts' Tropentag in Bonn, Germany (2017)