Research Groups / Hubs

The Biodiversity Change & Citizen Science working group embraces a transdisciplinary approach and addresses biodiversity research questions together with citizens and civil society actors, natural history societies, museums and conservation agencies.

There is significant evidence that exposure or contact with natural environments has human health and wellbeing benefits. In this working group, we aim to understand the impact of biodiversity on human health and well-being. We also investigate how people perceive, value and act on the environment in order to inform conservation. Collaboration across disciplines is of central importance for our research and we draw from environmental psychology, ecology, and geography for public health research designs.
ValuGaps

Our group focuses on how agricultural and environmental policies affect both people and nature. We study how they influence farmers’ well-being and actions as well as biodiversity and ecosystem health in agricultural landscapes. We want to understand how agricultural systems work at both societal and ecological level, and find out how they could be made more sustainable. Throughout, we want to deliver scientific knowledge that can have an impact on policies and practices.