Christian Neumann

Research associate/PhD candidate

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department Computational Landscape Ecology
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)341 60251947

Email: christian.neumann@ufz.de

Research interests

Impact of land use and climate change on biodiversity
Global-scale scenario analysis
Spatial biodiversity modelling
Integrated assessment models
Target-seeking/Policy-screening scenarios (Focus on bending the curve on biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation)

Current projects

Transformative Pathways (TRANSPATH, UFZ website)

Identifying leverage points and interventions for triggering transformative changes at consumer, producer and organisational levels

Past projects

Bioeconomy and the Sustainable Development Goals (BioSDG)

"Sustainable Development Goals" - What is the contribution of the bioeconomy?

Curriculum Vitae

Since Dec. 2023:	PhD candidate Department Computational Landscape Ecology (UFZ), Leipzig Topic: Investigating the combined effects of different interventions on climate and biodiversity using integrated modelling approaches.
Since Jan. 2023:	Research associate Department Computational Landscape Ecology (UFZ), Leipzig Work on the TRANSPATH project (UFZ website)
Jun. 2022 - Dec. 2022:	Research assistant Department Computational Landscape Ecology (UFZ), Leipzig Work on the BioSDG project
2019 - 2022:	M.Sc. in Natural Resource Management Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg Thesis: “Model-based Impact Analysis of Climate Change and Land-use Intensification on Trophic Networks in Europe”
2014 - 2019:	B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences Humboldt University, Berlin Thesis: “Analysis and Evaluation of Selected Lakes in the Barnim Nature Park”

Publications

Index:

2024 (2)

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2024 (2)

Neumann, C., Sritongchuay, T., Seppelt, R. (2024):
Model-based impact analysis of climate change and land-use intensification on trophic networks
Ecography 2025 , e07533 10.1111/ecog.07533
Schneider, J.M., Delzeit, R., Neumann, C., Heimann, T., Seppelt, R., Schuenemann, F., Söder, M., Mauser, W., Zabel, F. (2024):
Effects of profit-driven cropland expansion and conservation policies
Nat. Sustain. 7 (10), 1335 - 1347 10.1038/s41893-024-01410-x

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Conferences

Neumann, C., Alkemade, R., Van Vuuren, D., Seppelt, R. 2024. Global Scenarios:
Effectiveness of Biodiversity and Climate Change Interventions. In book of abstracts: World
Biodiversity Forum (WBF) 2024, 16-21 June 2024, Davos, Switzerland, Link
Neumann, C., Sritongchuay, T., Seppelt, R. 2023. Model-based Impact Analysis of Climate
Change and Land-use Intensification on Trophic Networks. In book of abstracts: European
Conference on Ecological Modelling (ECEM) 2023, 4-8 September 2023, Leipzig, Germany,
Link

Contact

Assistance
Sindy Bleiholder
Phone: +49 341 6025-1250

Nora Pabst
Phone: +49 341 6025-2367

sekces@ufz.de

Open CLE Forum

Link (only for UFZ internal)

CLE-Newsletter 2024 (1.4 MB)

News/Press

Video in the Tagesthemen of the Tagesschau of Jul 28, 2022 (only in German)

Interview with Prof. Ralf Seppelt in the Tagesthemen about the Earth Overshoot Day.

Interview and video on Tagesschau24 of Jul 28, 2022 (only in German)

"All countries live on credit - year after year, humanity consumes more natural resources than the earth can renew. Landscape ecologist Ralf Seppelt explains what today's Earth Overshoot Day says - and what resource conservation can look like."

Video of MigSoKo (only in English)

MigSoKo Animation Video on Environmental Change and Human Migration.

Embedded in the scientific debate about understanding the causalities between environmental change and human migration, this animated video presents key results of the MigSoKo project.

Video of Nov 23, 2021 (only in German)

ARD - Das Erste, "Wissen vor 8. - Natur"

Given the drastic decline of media responses after the publication of the Global Assessment of IPBES in Mai 2019, IPBES and IPCC authors approached ARD and suggested to strengthen reporting on transformative change to fight the biodiversity and climate crisis. Finally we were invited to consult within the new series of „Wissen-vor-8“ on various topics such as zoonoses, agricultural monocultures, invasive species, climate change in the arctic.

Publications

The TALE project wins the BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact!

This animated movie presents the results of the TALE project (“Towards multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes in Europe”) which investigated the potential conflicts and possible synergies between agricultural services and biodiversity through the development of land use.

Tale Dissemination brochure The brochure (policy brief) "Preserving Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity on agricultural land" has been published and presents the objectives, findings and recommendations of our BiodivERsA project TALE.

download brochure (610.6 KB)

Atlas of Ecosystem Services Atlas of Ecosystem Services: Drivers, Risks, and Societal Responses.

Schröter, M., A. Bonn, S. Klotz, R. Seppelt, C. Baessler (eds., 2019). Springer, New York, 414 pages.

The “Atlas of Ecosystem Services“ contains 60 succinct chapters which deliver a comprehensive overview on the risks to sustained provision of ecosystem services. More than 260 authors, among them UFZ colleagues form 16 departments, have contributed to the book. Global and regional case studies shed light on the impacts of land use change, climate change and socio-economic drivers on ecosystem services, and their related (land use) conflicts. Furthermore, policy instruments and management options to address these risks are presented

Link to Springer (Download)

UFZ Policy Brief

Read book as e-paper

Cover WOCAT-Buch klein The book „Making sense of research for sustainable land management“ was developed in the framework of the GLUES project in cooperation with WOCAT.

Read book as e-paper

download book (16.5 MB)