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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

  1. Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling
    Berta Martín-López (Project manager, academic) , Roman Isaac (Project staff) , Anna Mayer (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  2. 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

  1. Ecosystem Restoration Across Political Regimes: Why Are So Many ‘Successes’ Located in Undemocratic Contexts?
    Emily Sigman (Author) , Luke Sanford (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Marina Frietsch (Author) , Felipe Benra (Author) , Dula Wakassa Duguma (Author) , Joern Fischer (Author) , Jacqueline Loos (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Global Environmental Politics , p. 1-12 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Networks of influence: Linking capitals and agency to understand actors' roles in sustainability interventions
    Lena Rölfer (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Maria D. Lopez-Rodriguez (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Gesche Krause (Author) , Louis Celliers (Author) , 19.12.2025 , in: One Earth, 8, 12 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. The forest beyond the trees: A network perspective on governing co-production of nature’s contributions to people
    Roman Isaac (Author) , Graeme S. Cumming (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , 01.11.2025 , in: Ambio, 54, 11 , p. 1835-1851 , 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Intrinsic, instrumental and relational values behind nature’s contributions to people preferences of nature visitors in Germany
    Jana Kachler (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Aletta Bonn (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , 01.07.2024 , in: Ecosystems and People, 20, 1 , 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Legal and political arguments on aquatic ecosystem services and hydropower development – A case study on Kemi River basin, Finland
    Eerika Albrecht (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Aleksi Räsänen (Author) , 01.06.2024 , in: Ecosystem Services, 67 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. A metacoupling lens on the co-production of nature’s contributions to people: Insights for sustainability
    Anna Mayer (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , Bruno Locatelli (Author) , Gabriela Rabeschini (Author) , Jianguo Liu (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , Maraja Riechers (Author) , Roman Isaac (Author) , Jacqueline Loos (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 91-115 , 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  2. Governing the co-production of nature's contributions to people: the road ahead
    Roman Isaac (Author) , Eerika Albrecht (Author) , María R. Felipe-Lucia (Author) , María Piquer-Rodríguez (Author) , Klara J. Winkler (Author) , Berta Martín-López (Author) , 01.01.2023 , p. 1-15 , 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

Activities

  1. Can holistic landscape restoration drive regenerative social-ecological change?
    Roman Isaac (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  2. 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 PresentationsResearch

  3. 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 PresentationsResearch

  4. 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

  5. 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)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

Courses

Roman Isaac, Lukas Kuhn, Anna Mayer, Beatriz Vizuete Saenz de Ugarte
Qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative methods for knowledge integration and identifying, framing and solving (sustainability) problems:
Stakeholder analysis, future scenarios and backcasting, assessment approaches, integrative approaches of problem transformation and solving, methods for designig and implementating collaborative processes (both transdisciplinary research approaches and approaches for supporting societal negotiation processes).
Next appointment:
Friday, 2026-10-16 at 08:15