Vita

  • Since 2019
    Research group leader in the project "Biocultural diversity in farming landscapes of the Global South" (BioKultDiv) funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • Since 2019
    Principal investigator in the project "The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2015-2019
    Postdoctoral researcher within the project "Identifying social-ecological system properties benefitting biodiversity and food security" funded by the European Research Council, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2015-2018 Frequent field trips to Ethiopia

  • 2011-2015 Postdoctoral researcher within the project "Sustainable land use in Southern Transylvania", funded by the Humboldt Foundation, Department of Ecology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 2011-2014 Frequent field trips to Transylvania

  • 2010-2011
    Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

  • 2010
    Researcher within the project "Sustainable Farms: Pathways for Rural Landscapes ", Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra

  • 2006-2010
    Ph.D. student within the project "Conservation areas and climate
    change in Germany" , Department of Community Ecology,
    Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

  • 2005-2006
    Researcher, trait analysis of introduced plants in the project INVASIONS,
    Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz- Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Research Interests

  • Analysing patterns of species distribution and habitat preference
  • Understanding effects of global environmental change
  • Dryland ecology

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Harmonising biodiversity conservation and food security in southwestern Ethiopia
    Girma Shumi Dugo (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Tolera Senbeto Jiren (Author) , David James Abson (Author) , Jörn Fischer (Author) , Aisa O. Manlosa (Author) , Patrícia Rodrigues (Author) , Kristoffer Hylander (Author) , Jannik Schultner (Author) , Ine Dorresteijn (Author) , Milena Mausbach (Author) , Feyera Senbeta (Author) , 2020 1 ed. Sofia , 166 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  2. Envisioning the future for southwestern Ethiopia / Egeree kibba lixa Itoophiyaa agarsiisuu: A book by The Sustainable Landscapes Group with contributions by local experts
    Jörn Fischer (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Tolera Senbeto Jiren (Author) , Feyera Senbeta (Author) , Ine Dorresteijn (Author) , Jannik Schultner (Author) , 2018 Sofia , 86 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  3. Sustainable Landscapes in Central Romania: A social-ecological study on the future of Southern Transylvania
    Jacqueline Loos (Author) , David James Abson (Author) , Ine Dorresteijn (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Tibor Hartel (Author) , Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Author) , Friederike Mikulcak (Author) , Jörn Fischer (Author) , 2016 Sofia , 99 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  4. The future of people and nature in Southern Transylvania
    Jörn Fischer (Author) , Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Author) , Tibor Hartel (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Friederike Mikulcak (Author) , 2015 Sofia , 60 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  5. Schutzgebiete Deutschlands im Klimawandel: Risiken und Handlungsoptionen
    Jan Hanspach (Author) , Katrin Vohland (Editor) , Franz Badeck (Author) , Katrin Böhning-Gaese (Author) , Götz Ellwanger (Author) , Pierre L. Ibisch (Author) , Stefan Klotz (Author) , Stefan Kreft (Author) , Ingolf Kühn (Author) , Eckhard Schröder (Author) , Sven Trautmann (Author) , Wolfgang Cramer (Author) , 2013 Münster , 233 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

Journal contributions

  1. Flower resource availability and Tetragonisca fiebrigi flower visits in two farming communities of Bolivian Chiquitanía
    Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Alexandria Saravia-Nava (Author) , Paula Rodriguez (Author) , Ping Sun (Author) , Felipe Christian Roberto Benra (Author) , Daniela Morón Aguilar (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Global Ecology and Conservation, 65 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. More-than-human synchronizations expose the fractures of the agrarian commodity frontier in the Bolivian Chiquitanía
    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Alder Keleman-Saxena (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Journal of Rural Studies, 120 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Exploring biocultural diversity: A systematic analysis and refined classification to inform decisions on conservation and sustainability
    Jan Hanspach (Author) , Irene Otamendi-Urroz (Author) , Cristina Quintas-Soriano (Author) , Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor (Author) , Anna Sophie Lagies (Author) , Antonio J. Castro (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: Ambio, 54, 10 , p. 1581-1597 , 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Corrigendum to “Rethinking economic practices and values as assemblages of more-than-human relations” [Ecological Economics 211 (2023) 107866]
    Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Christopher Raymond (Author) , 01.05.2024 , in: Ecological Economics, 219 , 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  5. Appraising biocultural approaches to sustainability in the scientific literature in Spanish
    Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Author) , Camila Benavides Frias (Author) , Mario Torralba (Author) , Leonie Burke (Author) , María García-Martín (Author) , Elisa Oteros-Rozas (Author) , 01.04.2024 , in: Ambio, 53, 4 , p. 499-516 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Socioecological Interactions amid Global Change
    Jan Hanspach (Author) , Conny J. M. Almekinders (Author) , Glenn Davis Stone (Author) , Marci Baranski (Author) , Judith A. Carney (Author) , Vijesh V. Krishna (Author) , Julian Ramirez-Villegas (Author) , Jacob van Etten (Author) , Karl S. Zimmerer (Author) , 30.04.2019 Cambridge, Massachusetts , p. 117-143 , 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Können Schutzgebiete ihre Schutzgüter verlieren?
    Jan Hanspach (Author) , Katrin Vohland (Author) , Franz Essl (Author) , Götz Ellwanger (Author) , Ingolf Kühn (Author) , Axel Ssymank (Author) , Eckhard Schröder (Author) , 01.01.2013 Berlin Heidelberg , p. 295-303 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Resilience or vulnerability? Vegetation patterns of a Central Tibetan pastoral ecotone
    Jan Hanspach (Author) , Georg Miehe (Author) , Sabine Miehe (Author) , Kerstin Bach (Author) , Karsten Wesche (Author) , Elke Seeber (Author) , Lena Behrendes (Author) , Knut Kaiser (Author) , Christoph Reudenbach (Author) , Jasmin Nölling (Author) , Mark Herrmann (Author) , Ma Yaoming (Author) , Volker Mosbrugger (Author) , 01.01.2013 Hauppage, New York , p. 111-151 , 41 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward
    Jörn Fischer (Author) , David James Abson (Author) , Jan Hanspach (Author) , Henrik Wehrden (Author) , Van Butsic (Author) , M Jahi Chappell (Author) , Johan Ekroos (Author) , Tobias Kuemmerle (Author) , Henrik G. Smith (Author) , 01.01.2013 , p. 105-107 , 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

Activities

  1. PECS working group on social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem services
    Albert Norström (Speaker) , Elena M. Bennett (Speaker) , Garry D. Peterson (Speaker) , Erik Anderson (Speaker) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Speaker) , Jörn Fischer (Speaker) , Marina García-Llorente (Speaker) , Maike Grace Turner (Speaker) , Jan Hanspach (Speaker) , Christina Hicks (Speaker) , Sander Jacobs (Speaker) , Sandra Lavorel (Speaker) , Andreas Dittrich (Speaker) , Berta Martín-López (Speaker) , Megan Meacham (Speaker) , Bruno Locatelli (Speaker) , Tobias Plieninger (Speaker) , Jiangxiao Qiu (Speaker) , Cibele Queiroz (Speaker) , Bob Scholes (Speaker) , Ralf Seppelt (Speaker) , Monica Turner (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

Teaching