Dr. Julia von Gönner
Deputy
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Puschstraße 4
04103 Leipzig
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Research Interests
I am interested in participatory research, biodiversity education and especially in new approaches to improve the science-society-policy interactions in the field of environmental research.In my PhD thesis, I investigated the potential of citizen science for ecological stream monitoring. Together with project partners from Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), the Saxony State Foundation for Nature and the Environment (LaNU) and the UFZ department System-Ecotoxicology, I developed and coordinate the German-wide citizen science project FLOW (www.flow-projekt.de). The FLOW monitoring is based on the European Water Framework Directive standards and aims to complement the German monitoring of small streams (“Kleingewässermonitoring”) of UFZ and the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt). In the FLOW project, we train citizen groups to provide monitoring data on stream hydromorphology, physicochemical water quality, and benthic invertebrate communities to apply the biological indicator SPEARpesticides. Based on the FLOW monitoring results and a participant survey, I examine the quality of citizen science data, the ecological results and the impact of citizen science on the participants' personal development, stream conservation-related attitudes and behaviours. We are also interested in innovative methods to integrate heterogeneous data sources, i.e. citizen science and official monitoring data.
Scientific Career
since 07/2019
PhD Student 'Development and evaluation of a Citizen Science programme for freshwater monitoring to assess the ecological status and pesticide contamination of streams', Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
PhD Scholarship granted by German Federal Foundation for the Environment, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
10/2015 - 03/2019
Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) -Alumna
05/2019 - 07/2019
Scientific Assistant at iDiv/UFZ, Department of Ecosystem Services
10/2017 - 03/2019
Student Assistant at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Chair of Plant Biodiversity
10/2013 -
03/2019
Friedrich –Schiller- Universität Jena
Teaching degree in Biology and French (1. Staatsexamen)
Publications
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2024 (6)
- Bonn, A., von Gönner, J., Liess, M., Gröning, J. (2024):
Citizen Science-Projekt FLOW: Kleine Bäche in Deutschland sind in einem schlechten ökologischen Zustand [Citizen Science project FLOW: Small streams in Germany are in poor ecological condition]
GWF Wasser, Abwasser 165 (5), 61 - 62 - Oh, R.R.Y., Suarez-Castro, A.F., Fuller, R.A., Tervo, M., Rozario, K., Peters, B., Chowdhury, S., von Gönner, J., Friedrichs-Manthey, M., Berger, A., Schultz, T., Dean, A.J., Tulloch, A., Bonn, A. (2024):
Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health
bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.07.14.603425 - Sheard, J.K., Adriaens, T., Bowler, D.E., Büermann, A., Calaghan, C.T., Camprasse, E.C.M., Chowdhury, S., Engel, T., Finch, E.A., von Gönner, J., Hsing, P.-Y., Mikula, P., Oh, R.R.Y., Peters, B., Phartyal, S.S., Pocock, M.J.O., Wäldchen, J., Bonn, A. (2024):
Emerging technologies in citizen science and potential for insect monitoring
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 379 (1904), art. 20230106 10.1098/rstb.2023.0106 - von Gönner, J., Gröning, J., Grescho, V., Neuer, L., Gottfried, B., Hänsch, V.G., Molsberger-Lange, E., Wilharm, E., Liess, M., Bonn, A. (2024):
Citizen science shows that small agricultural streams in Germany are in a poor ecological status
Sci. Total Environ. 922 , art. 171183 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171183 - von Gönner, J., Masson, T., Köhler, S., Fritsche, I., Bonn, A. (2024):
Citizen science promotes knowledge, skills and collective action to monitor and protect freshwater streams
People Nat. 6 (6), 2357 - 2373 10.1002/pan3.10714 - von Gönner, J., Masson, T., Köhler, S., Fritsche, I., Bonn, A. (2024):
Participant survey data from the citizen science project FLOW, 2021 [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.13268341
2023 (4)
- Engel, T., Chowdhury, S., Friedrichs-Manthey, M., von Gönner, J., Herrmann, T., Klenke, R., Sheard, J.K., Peters, B., Bonn, A. (2023):
Digitalisierung in Citizen Science und Naturschutz – Anwendungsbeispiele aus der Praxis. Digital technologies in citizen science and nature conservation – Overview of practical examples
Nat. Landschaft 98 (6/7), 319 - 329 10.19217/NuL2023-06-07 - von Gönner, J., Bowler, D.E., Gröning, J., Klauer, A-K., Liess, M., Neuer, L., Bonn, A. (2023):
Citizen science for assessing pesticide impacts in agricultural streams
Sci. Total Environ. 857, Part B , art. 159607 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159607 - von Gönner, J., Gröning, J., Grescho, V., Neuert, L., Hänsch, V.G., Laue, B., Molsberger-Lange, E., Wilharm, E., Liess, M., Bonn, A. (2023):
The majority of Germany’s small agricultural streams are in poor ecological status
bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.10.27.564349 - von Gönner, J., Herrmann, T.M., Bruckermann, T., Eichinger, M., Hecker, S., Klan, F., Lorke, J., Richter, A., Sturm, U., Voigt-Heucke, S., Brink, W., Liedtke, C., Premke-Kraus, M., Altmann, C., Bauhus, W., Bengtsson, L., Büermann, A., Dietrich, P., Dörler, D., Eich-Brod, R., Ferschinger, L., Freyberg, L., Grützner, A., Hammel, G., Heigl, F., Heyen, N.B., Hölker, F., Johannsen, C., Kluß, T., Kluttig, T., Knobloch, J., Munke, M., Mortega, K., Pathe, C., Soßdorf, A., Stämpfli, T., Thiel, C., Tönsmann, S., Valentin, A., Wagenknecht, K., Wegener, R., Woll, S., Bonn, A. (2023):
Citizen science’s transformative impact on science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes
Socio-Ecological Practice Research 5 (1), 11 - 33 10.1007/s42532-022-00136-4
2022 (4)
- Bonn, A., Brink, W., Hecker, S., Herrmann, T.M., Liedtke, C., Premke-Kraus, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., von Gönner, J., Altmann, C., Bauhus, W., Bengtsson, L., Brandt, M., Bruckermann, T., Büermann, A., Dietrich, P., Dörler, D., Eich-Brod, R., Eichinger, M., Ferschinger, L., Freyberg, L., Grützner, A., Hammel, G., Heigl, F., Heyen, N.B., Hölker, F., Johannsen, C., Kiefer, S., Klan, F., Kluß, T., Kluttig, T., Knapp, V., Knobloch, J., Koop, M., Lorke, J., Munke, M., Mortega, K., Pathe, C., Richter, A., Schumann, A., Soßdorf, A., Stämpfli, T., Sturm, U., Thiel, C., Tönsmann, S., Valentin, A., van den Bogaert, V., Wagenknecht, K., Wegener, R., Woll, S. (2022):
Weißbuch Citizen-Science-Strategie 2030 für Deutschland
SocArXiv
Center for Open Science, Charlottesville, Virginia, 150 S. 10.31235/osf.io/ew4uk - Bonn, A., Brink, W., Hecker, S., Herrmann, T.M., Liedtke, C., Premke-Kraus, M., Voigt-Heucke, S., von Gönner, J., Altmann, C., Bauhus, W., Bengtsson, L., Brandt, M., Bruckermann, T., Büermann, A., Dietrich, P., Dörler, D., Eich-Brod, R., Eichinger, M., Ferschinger, L., Freyberg, L., Grützner, A., Hammel, G., Heigl, F., Heyen, N.B., Hölker, F., Johannsen, C., Kiefer, S., Klan, F., Kluttig, T., Kluß, T., Knapp, V., Knobloch, J., Koop, M., Lorke, J., Mortega, K., Munke, M., Pathe, C., Richter, A., Schumann, A., Soßdorf, A., Stämpfli, T., Sturm, U., Thiel, C., Tönsmann, S., Valentin, A., Wagenknecht, K., Wegener, R., Woll, S. (2022):
White Paper Citizen Science Strategy 2030 for Germany
Zenodo
10.5281/zenodo.7117771 - von Gönner, J., Herrmann, T.M., Bruckermann, T., Eichinger, M., Hecker, S., Klan, F., Lorke, J., Richter, A., Sturm, U., Voigt-Heucke, S., Brink, W., Liedtke, C., Premke-Kraus, M., Altmann, C., Bauhus, W., Bengtsson, L., Büermann, A., Dietrich, P., Dörler, D., Eich-Brod, R., Ferschinger, L., Freyberg, L., Grützner, A., Hammel, G., Heigl, F., Heyen, N.B., Hölker, F., Johannsen, C., Kluß, T., Kluttig, T., Knobloch, J., Munke, M., Mortega, K., Pathe, C., Soßdorf, A., Stämpfli, T., Thiel, C., Tönsmann, S., Valentin, A., Wagenknecht, K., Wegener, R., Woll, S., Bonn, A. (2022):
The Citizen Science White Paper survey dataset, 2020
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.7476627 - von Gönner, J., Neuer, L., Klauer, A-K., Gröning, J., Liess, M., Bonn, A. (2022):
Citizen scientists assess the ecological status of small streams in Germany
WasserWirtschaft 112 (S1), 48 - 49 10.1007/s35147-022-1002-0
2020 (1)
- Kelly, R., Fleming, A., Pecl, G.T., von Gönner, J., Bonn, A. (2020):
Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 375 (1814), art. 20190461 10.1098/rstb.2019.0461