Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Function
Visiting scientist
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
WSL Birmensdorf Bi HL E 34
Evaluation of historical and current landscape patterns and processes.
GIS-based landscape models to simulate possible future landscape development and associated landscape services.
Interactions between landscape change and ecological as well as socio-economic attributes.
Development of indicators for landscape monitoring.
Place attachment in migrating communities.
Venia legendi | University of Bern / ETH Zurich | 1996 / 2005 |
PhD | University of Zurich | 1985 |
Titular Professor for Landscape Ecology ETH Zürich | 2007 - 2023 |
Senior Scientist Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 2006 - 2023 |
Head of research group „Landscape modeling“at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 2006 - 2010 |
Section head “Landscape dynamics and spatial development” at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, deputy division head | 1998 - 2006 |
Head of research group „Landscape development“ at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 1988 - 1998 |
Postdoctoral fellow Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Dept. of Soil Physics | 1988 |
Postdoctoral fellow & consultant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA | 1985 - 1987 |
President | 2011 - 2015 | |
Swiss Academy of Science (SCNAT) | President Working Group "Landscape, Alps and Parks" | 2019 - 2021 |
Kienast, F., Ghosh, R., Wildi, O., (eds.) 2007: A changing world: Challenges for landscape research. Landscape Series. Springer.
Review 1, Review 2
Hennig, E.I., Soukup, T., Orlitova, E., Schwick, C., Kienast, F., Jaeger, J.A.G., 2016: Urban sprawl in Europe. Joint EEA-FOEN report. EEA Report No 11/2016. Published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). ISSN 1777-8449, ISBN 978-92-9213-738-0, 135 pp.
Jaeger, J.A.G., Madrinan, L.F., Soukup, T., Schwick, C., Kienast, F., 2011: Landscape Fragmentation in Europe. EEA Report 2/2011. European Environmental Agency 2011. --> Publication got IENE award
