Dr. Roman Isaac
Vita
I am an environmental social scientist interested in the role of governance in human-nature interactions. More specifically I focus on the multi-level governance of natural and anthropogenic capitals in the co-production of nature's contributions to people.
Before starting my PhD, I studied Environmental Sciences at Leuphana followed by a master's degree in Human Geography with a specialisation in Environmental Social Science at Stockholm University. After graduating I worked for a small NGO in Berlin developing campaigns and educational workshops on microplastics pollution.
Projects
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Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling
Berta Martín-López (Project manager, academic) , Roman Isaac (Project staff) , Anna Lena Mayer (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
Berta Martín-López (Project manager, academic) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Project manager, academic) , Roman Isaac (Project staff)
→Project: Research
Publications
Journal contributions
- Networks of influence: Linking capitals and agency to understand actors' roles in sustainability interventions
Lena Rolfer (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Maria D. Lopez-Rodriguez (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Louis Celliers (Author) , Gesche Krause (Author) , 19.12.2025 , in: One Earth, 8, 12 , 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The forest beyond the trees: A network perspective on governing co-production of nature’s contributions to people
Roman Isaac (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Graeme S. Cumming (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , 01.11.2025 , in: Ambio, 54, 11 , p. 1835-1851 , 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Intrinsic, instrumental and relational values behind nature’s contributions to people preferences of nature visitors in Germany
Roman Isaac (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Jana Kachler (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , Aletta Bonn (Author) , 01.07.2024 , in: Ecosystems and People, 20, 1 , 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Legal and political arguments on aquatic ecosystem services and hydropower development – A case study on Kemi River basin, Finland
Roman Isaac (Author) , Eerika Albrecht (Author) , Aleksi Räsänen (Author) , 01.06.2024 , in: Ecosystem Services, 67 , 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Governing anthropogenic assets for nature’s contributions to people in forests: a policy document analysis
Roman Isaac (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Johanna Hofmann (Author) , Jana Koegst (Author) , Christian Schleyer (Author) , 01.02.2024 , in: Environmental Science & Policy, 152 , 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- A metacoupling lens on the co-production of nature’s contributions to people: Insights for sustainability
Anna Lena Mayer (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Jacqueline Loos (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Bruno Locatelli (Author) , Gabriela Rabeschini (Author) , Jianguo Liu (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , Maraja Riechers (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 91-115 , 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Governing the co-production of nature's contributions to people: the road ahead
Roman Isaac (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Eerika Albrecht (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , María Piquer-Rodríguez (Author) , Klara J. Winkler (Author) , 01.01.2023 , p. 1-15 , 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Can holistic landscape restoration drive regenerative social-ecological change?
Roman Isaac (Speaker)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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The forest beyond the trees: a network perspective on governing nature’s contributions to people co-production
Roman Isaac (Speaker) , Berta Martín-López (Coauthor) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Coauthor) , Graeme S. Cumming (Coauthor)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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The forest beyond the trees: a network perspective on governing nature's contributions to people co-production
Roman Isaac (Speaker) , Berta Martín-López (Coauthor) , Jana Kachler (Coauthor) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Coauthor) , Graeme S. Cumming (Coauthor)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Governing anthropogenic capitals for nature's contributions to people in forests
Roman Isaac (Speaker) , Berta Martín-López (Coauthor) , Christian Schleyer (Coauthor) , Johanna Hofmann (Coauthor) , Jana Koegst (Coauthor) , Lene Salia Däfler (Coauthor)
Activity: Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
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Effects of Land Management on Nature’s Contributions to People In- and Outside of Protected Areas in Germany: Understanding the Pathways of Natural and Anthropogenic Capitals in the Co-production of Nature’s Contributions to People
Roman Isaac (Speaker) , Jana Kachler (Speaker) , Berta Martín-López (Coauthor) , María Felipe-Lucia (Coauthor)
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