Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren
Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

Functions:

  • Professor of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation

Fields of activity

  • Landscape planning
  • Nature conservation and agriculture
  • Impact mitigation regulation

Focal points

  • Development of methods and models for the recording and assessment of landscape functions/ ecosystem services and derivation of measures, application in landscape planning, intervention regulation, environmental impact assessment, etc.
  • Climate adaptation measures in nature conservation and for sustainable water distribution
  • Scenarios for a sustainable energy transition
  • Nature conservation management in agriculture

Curriculum

  • Committees and memberships
    • 2000-2002: Scientific advisory Board Ministry of Traffic, Building and Spatial Planning
    • 2002-2004: Collegiate of German Research Foundation
    • 2000-2008: Member of The German Advisory Council on the Environment (to the federal government), 2004 -2008: Vice Chair of the Council
    • Since 2004: Member of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) of HANEG (Hanseatische Naturentwicklungs Gesellschaft)
    • Since 2006: Elected Regular Member of the German Academy of Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)
    • 2008-2018: Member of the scientific advisory board of the TI (Thünen Institute) the Federal agency for agricultural research
    • Since 2010: Appointed Member of Deutscher Rat für Landespflege
    • 2011-2018: Member of the scientific advisory board of the Federal Agency for Water Bodies
    • Since 2012-2018: Member of the senate commission agro-ecology of the German Research Foundation
    • Since 2015: Member of the scientific board about "Soil Protection" of  the Federal Environment Agency
    • Since 2016: Member of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
    • Since 2016: Vice Chair of LUH Forschungszenzrum TRUST
    • Since May 2019: Vice President for International Affairs of the Leibniz University Hannover
    • Since 2020: Member of DfG-Review board 410, Construction Engenieering and Architekture
    • Member of various international and national associations (e.g. Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), International Association of Landscape ecologists, European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS), Florisitisch-Soziologische AG Deutschland, Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft Deutschland, Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten).