Prof. Dr. Henrik von Wehrden

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C 40.527
Fon +49.4131.677-1571, henrik.von_wehrden@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Normativity of Methods
Center for Methods
Assoziierte/r, Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute

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Vita

Henrik von Wehrden is the dean of the faculty of sustainability at Leuphana and member of the methods center. His work focuses on applying methods in a new context to create novel knowledge. His research spans across many spatial scales and groups of organisms, as well as explored the normative dimensions of methodological research.

Teaching

Statistics, GIS, methods; teaching though research

Research Interests

Statistics, drylands, species distribution models, conservation

Projects

  1. agri:change – Future through change: Sustainability transformation in the agricultural and food industry in Lower Saxony
    Henrik von Wehrden (Project manager, academic) , (Project staff) , Jannis Pfendtner-Heise (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  2. Interdisziplinäre Methodenlehre und Kompetenzen
    Henrik von Wehrden (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  3. Zukunft des Wohnens selbst erforschen
    Henrik von Wehrden (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Other

  4. Machbarkeitsstudie zur Operationalisierung einer interaktiven, virtuell unterstützten Lernumgebung zur Stärkung von Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen
    Henrik von Wehrden (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 04: Methoden-Wiki
    Henrik von Wehrden (Project manager, academic) , (Project manager, academic) , (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Teaching

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Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Major determinants of sustainable agriculture practices adoption: A systematic review
    Max Kretschmer (Author) , Jorge Gustavo Rodriguez Aboytes (Author) , Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Neha Chauhan (Author) , 01.05.2026 , in: Land Use Policy, 164 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Pluralism and integration? A systematic review of ecological economics methodological foundations
    Max Friedemann Kretschmer (Author) , John-Oliver Engler (Author) , Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Julius Rathgens (Author) , Joe A. Ament (Author) , 01.02.2026 , in: Ecological Economics, 240 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Measuring environmental (in)justices: Insights from a systematic literature review on methodological approaches
    Jacqueline Loos (Author) , Charlotte Gohr (Author) , Noelia Zafra-Calvo (Author) , Gonzalo Cortés-Capano (Author) , Anna Lena Tonninger (Author) , Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , 19.12.2025 , in: iScience, 28, 12 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Investigating values and environmental attitudes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Lisa Detjen (Author) , Sophia Schröder (Author) , Magdalena Schwenck (Author) , Jana Summa (Author) , Jonathan Schreiber (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 15, 4 , p. 773-787 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Effectiveness of the world network of biosphere reserves in maintaining forest ecosystem functions
    Charlotte Gohr (Author) , Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Sassan Saatchi (Author) , Nathalie Pettorelli (Author) , Pierre L. Ibisch (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 1 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Pawan Kumar Joshi (Author) , Neha Chauhan (Author) , 24.09.2022 , p. 123-145 , 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. Climate Change May Trigger Broad Shifts in North America's Pacific Coastal Rainforests
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , D.A. DellaSala (Author) , M. Koopman (Author) , J. Leonard (Author) , Claude Meisch (Author) , P. Herzog (Author) , P. Alaback (Author) , M.I. Goldstein (Author) , S. Jovan (Author) , A. MacKinnon (Author) , P. Brandt (Author) , 01.01.2018 Oxford , p. 233-244 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. Sustainability and Ecosystems
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , David Abson (Author) , Werner Härdtle (Author) , Goddert von Oheimb (Author) , 01.01.2016 Dordrecht , p. 61-70 , 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. Habitat suitability models in conservation planning – a short introduction
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Petra Dieker (Author) , Angela Taboada Palomares (Author) , 01.05.2014 Sofia , p. 57-65 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  5. Methoden und Methodologie in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften
    Henrik von Wehrden (Author) , Horst Rode (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , 01.03.2014 Berlin, Heidelberg , p. 115-144 , 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education

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Activities

  1. Identifying Conservation Priorities in the face of future development: applying development by design in the mongolian gobi
    Henrik von Wehrden (Reviewer)

    Activity: Academic Consultant › Research

  2. Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region
    Henrik von Wehrden (presenter)
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    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.) › Research

  3. Landscape effects on bird and rodent cummunities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel
    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Lessons for conservation biology under global change conditions: a case study on two burnet moth species in the high altitudes of the Pyrenees
    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Transdisciplinary research - a bridge between science and practitioners to produce reliable knowledge
    Henrik von Wehrden (Speaker)
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    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.) › Research

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Press / Media

Courses

Bachelor Thesis
Henrik Wehrden
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This module supports you in the process of writing your bachelor thesis. While the lecture builds on a flipped classroom concept, it will be widely framed around the questions of the audience regarding the specific slots. The lecture thus helps you to find a topic, supervisors, and how to communicate with them. You will get input on time management, how to tame a topic, define research questions of hypotheses, research literature, and write a glossary. An additional emphasis will be set un creating methodological designs, pitfalls of research, and establishing a routine. We also give you help on how to overcome writer's block, norms and standards of science, and how to submit and defend your thesis. All individual steps will also be discussed more hands on in the tutorials.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-04-27 at 16:15
Room: C HS 4
Introduction to statistics (PhD Course open for Complementary Studies)
Henrik Wehrden
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Introduction to statistics

Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-09-14 at 09:00
Room: C 40.501 Seminarraum
Introduction to statistics (PhD)
Henrik Wehrden
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Introduction to statistics
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-09-14 at 09:00
Room: C 40.501 Seminarraum
Mathematics and Statistics
Henrik Wehrden
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The lecture is a the main basis of gaining an understanding of quantitative analyses in environmental and sustainability science as part of the module. The lecture is structured into five parts. 1) A basic introduction, including a recap of descriptive statistics, and a quick overview on data formats, data distribution and simple tests. 2) Correlations and linear models as a pivotal part of the analyses of continuous data. 3) Analyses of variance, allowing designing simple experiments and for comparing variance among different groups. 4) A quick overview of different types of experiments, and a short discussion of the normative dimensions of statistics. 5) A glimpse on Advanced statistics, including ethics and a look at future statistics.

The lecture is the main basis of information -building on a flipped classroom format between videos and a central WIKI-, and the associated tutorials are intended to deepen the understanding on the different topics and provide applied skills and knowledge. The Wiki serves as a theoretical basis, the videos provide focussed explanations, which can be considered a basis for further research projects and your thesis, should you choose to work with quantitative methods. The tutorials repeat the respective content and provide a learning experience in R.

Attending the lecture will be your best basis for gaining knowledge, and will increase your chances on passing the exam with a decent grade.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-04-21 at 10:15
Room: C HS 3
Reflecting Interdisciplinarity
Christoph Schwenck, Henrik Wehrden
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-04-20 at 16:15
Room: C HS 4
Research Forum Sustainability Science
Henrik Wehrden
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Goals of the forum
A PhD thesis is a long journey that is demanding on many different levels: the topical focus, the theoretical foundations, and the methodological approaches build the core of every PhD thesis, and are enhanced by the development of the equally important soft skills. This forum offers an interdisciplinary space for exchange with other candidates from the School of Sustainability about your PhD thesis, to workshop and test ideas outside of the box, and to present important milestones of your journey.
We’ll jointly set the agenda and facilitate each session according to the groups needs and interests: may it be literature research, methodological questions, or how to keep your motivation level up.
Our aim is to take an emergent perspective on the challenges that PhDs are facing, to use the synergies within the forum to come up with solutions, and to make the PhD journey a collective endeavour.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.
Research practice and ethics
Anna Lisa Ramella, Henrik Wehrden
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This course serves as a starting point of your PhD journey at Leuphana. By starting with an open exchange about the expectations and goals for your PhD we frame together how to conduct each and every individual research best. The course thus provides an overview of the different components of academia that are relevant for your PhD, helps you to find your niche in your surrounding, and which expectations and responsibilities are important to make your PhD a successful part of your career.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-09-01 at 09:00
Room: C 14.027 Seminarraum
Tutorial Module Bachelor Thesis - auf Deutsch
Henrik Wehrden
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Ergänzend zu den Vorlesungen, gibt dieses Tutorium die Möglichkeit, die jeweiligen (selbstgewählten) Themen in Gruppen zu diskutieren, Fragen zu stellen und die geplante Arbeit gegenseitig zu präsentieren, um Feedback und konkrete Hilfestellung von Ihren Kommiliton*innen und den Tutor*innen zu erhalten. Die Erfahrung hat gezeigt, dass dies den Einstieg und das Durchhalten erleichtert, um die Bachelorarbeit möglichst erfolgreich durchlaufen können. Das Tutorium ist so konzipiert, dass Sie davon profitieren können, unabhängig davon, in welcher Phase der Arbeit (Planung) Sie sich gerade befinden.

Das Modul wird von einem semesterübergreifenden Moodle-Kurs begleitet:
https://sustainabilitymethods.org/index.php/How_to_write_a_thesis
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-04-30 at 14:15
Room: C 16.222 Seminarraum
Tutorial Module Bachelor Thesis - guided co-working on writing your thesis
Henrik Wehrden
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This coworking space should be used as a fixed framework for independent work on the Bachelor's thesis, as well as to ask questions and receive concrete help from your peers and the tutor.
Experience has shown that this makes it easier to get started and stay on track so that you can get through the Bachelor's thesis process as successfully as possible. The coworking space is designed in such a way that you can benefit from it no matter which phase of the thesis (planning) you are currently in.

The tutorial will be accompanied by the following Sustainability-Methods-Wiki article: https://sustainabilitymethods.org/index.php/How_to_write_a_thesis

Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-04-23 at 14:15
Room: C 14.102 b Seminarraum
Tutorial Module Bachelor Thesis - in English
Henrik Wehrden
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In addition to the lectures, this tutorial gives you the opportunity to discuss the respective (self-determined) topics in groups, to ask questions, and to present your planned work to each other in order to receive feedback and concrete help from your peers and the tutor.
Experience has shown that this makes it easier to get started and stay on track so that you can get through the Bachelor's thesis process as successfully as possible. The tutorial is designed in such a way that you can benefit from it no matter which phase of the thesis (planning) you are currently in.

The module is accompanied by a cross-semester Moodle course: https://moodle.leuphana.de/course/view.php?id=246 called "Bachelor Thesis Fak N"
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-04-30 at 12:15
Room: C 16.222 Seminarraum
Tutorial on Mathematics and Statistics 1 (UWI)
Henrik Wehrden
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The tutorial is building on the Lecture on Statistics and Mathematics, and allows students to gain a deeper and more applied understanding of the topics from the lecture.
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-04-23 at 08:15
Room: C 11.308 Seminarraum
Tutorial on Mathematics and Statistics 3 (UWI)
Henrik Wehrden
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The tutorial is building on the Lecture on Statistics and Mathematics, and allows students to gain a deeper and more applied understanding of the topics from the lecture.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-04-21 at 12:15
Room: C 11.320 Seminarraum
Tutorial on Mathematics and Statistics 6 (GESS)
Henrik Wehrden
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The tutorial is building on the Lecture on Statistics and Mathematics, and allows students to gain a deeper and more applied understanding of the topics from the lecture.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-04-21 at 12:15
Room: C 5.325 Seminarraum
Zazen
Henrik Wehrden
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-04-29 at 09:00
Room: C 40.353 Raum der Stille