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Henrik von Wehrden is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with particular attention to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in their work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Sustainability in Higher Education, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

Henrik von Wehrden has published extensively in academic journals, often contributing to the following frequent publication venues:

  • Sustainability Science
  • Ecological Economics
  • Nature Sustainability
  • GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers by Henrik von Wehrden include:

  • A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century, 2020, Ecological Economics
  • Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research: a literature review, 2020, Ecology and Society
  • Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems, 2020, Ecological Economics
  • The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions, 2021, Sustainability Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including John-Oliver Engler, Daniel J. Lang, Charlotte Gohr, Max-Friedemann Kretschmer, and Julius Rathgens.

Best Publications

  • Leverage points for sustainability transformation

    David James Abson;Jörn Fischer;Julia Leventon;Jens Newig

  • A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

    Patric Brandt;Anna Ernst;Fabienne Gralla;Christopher Luederitz

  • Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward

    Jörn Fischer;David James Abson;Van Butsic;Van Butsic;M Jahi Chappell;M Jahi Chappell

  • Reconnecting with nature for sustainability

    Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;David J. Abson;Henrik von Wehrden;Christian Dorninger

  • A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

    Christopher Luederitz;Christopher Luederitz;Ebba Brink;Fabienne Gralla;Verena Hermelingmeier

  • Human–nature connection : a multidisciplinary review

    Christopher D Ives;Christopher D Ives;Matteo Giusti;Jörn Fischer;David James Abson

  • Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century

    Christian Dorninger;Christian Dorninger;Alf Hornborg;David J. Abson;Henrik von Wehrden

  • Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

    Christopher Luederitz;Niko Schapke;Arnim Wiek;Arnim Wiek;Daniel J. Lang

  • Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas

    Ebba Brink;Theodor Aalders;Dóra Ádám;Robert Feller

  • Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research : a literature review

    David P. M. Lam;Elvira Hinz;Daniel J. Lang;Maria Tengö

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Multiscale performance of landscape metrics as indicators of species richness of plants, insects and vertebrates

    Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Henrik von Wehrden;Kostas Poirazidis;Thomas Wrbka

  • A systematic review of guiding principles for sustainable urban neighborhood development

    Christopher Luederitz;Daniel J. Lang;Henrik Von Wehrden

  • glUV: a global UV‐B radiation data set for macroecological studies

    Michael Beckmann;Michael Beckmann;Tomáš Václavík;Ameur M. Manceur;Lenka Šprtová

  • Global assessment of the non-equilibrium concept in rangelands.

    Henrik von Wehrden;Jan Hanspach;Jan Hanspach;Petra Kaczensky;Joern Fischer

  • Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity

    Carmen Börschig;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Alexandra-Maria Klein;Henrik von Wehrden;Jochen Krauss

  • Wood-pastures in a traditional rural region of Eastern Europe: Characteristics, management and status

    Tibor Hartel;Tibor Hartel;Ine Dorresteijn;Catherine Klein;Orsolya Máthé

  • Conservation: Limits of Land Sparing

    Jörn Fischer;Péter Batáry;Kamaljit S Bawa;Lijbert Brussaard

  • Experiments and evidence in sustainability science: A typology

    Guido Caniglia;Niko Schäpke;Daniel J. Lang;Daniel J. Lang;David J. Abson

  • Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review

    Jorge Lozano;Agnieszka Olszańska;Zebensui Morales-Reyes;Antonio A. Castro

  • Long‐term degradation of Sahelian rangeland detected by 27 years of field study in Senegal

    Sabine Miehe;Jürgen Kluge;Henrik Von Wehrden;Vroni Retzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
David J. Abson
David J. Abson Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Daniel J. Lang
Daniel J. Lang Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Jan Hanspach
Jan Hanspach Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Joern Fischer
Joern Fischer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Arnim Wiek
Arnim Wiek Arizona State University
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Alexandra-Maria Klein University of Freiburg
Isabell Hensen
Isabell Hensen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Erik Welk
Erik Welk Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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