Dr. Jan Hanspach
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
Projects
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Biocultural Diversity in Farming Landscapes of the Global South
Jan Hanspach (Project manager, academic) , Isabel Díaz Reviriego (Project staff) , Camila Benavides Frias (Project staff) , Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Project staff) , Annika Drews-Shambroom (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia
Jan Hanspach (Project manager, academic) , Tamara Schaal (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Identifying social-ecological System Properties benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security
Jörn Fischer (Project manager, academic) , Jan Hanspach (Coordination) , Jannik Schultner (Coordination) , Ine Dorresteijn (Coordination) , Neil French Collier (Coordination) , Girma Shumi Dugo (Project staff) , Patrícia Rodrigues (Project staff) , Tolera Senbeto Jiren (Project staff) , Aisa O. Manlosa (Project staff)
→Project: Research
Publications
Books and anthologies
- 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 anthologies › Book › Research
- 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 anthologies › Book › Research
- 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 anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
- 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 anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
- 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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
Journal contributions
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- 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 contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
- 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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- 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/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- 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/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 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/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- 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/anthologies › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
Activities
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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)
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