Marion Mehring is research scientist at ISOE and head of the research unit Biodiversity and People. She studied geoecology at the University of Bayreuth with the major subjects soil science and eco-toxicology. She wrote her doctoral thesis at the University of Greifswald. In her thesis she focused on buffer zone effectiveness in forest biosphere reserve management.
Focus of research
- Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
- Inter- and transdisciplinary research process
- Social-ecological systems
Projects
- Biodiversity and Climate: Socio-ecological Biodiversity Research
- BIOZ – Environmentally friendly control of West Nile virus transmitting mosquitoes
- DINA – Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas
- MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem
- SLInBio – Urban lifestyles and the valuation of biodiversity: Dragonflies, grasshopper, bumble bees & co.
- SoCoDES – Social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem services
- AJAP II – Environmentally friendly and sustainable control of the Asian bush mosquito
- Cognitive integration and innovation
- EKLIPSE – Knowledge and Learning Mechanism on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- IMAGINE – Integrated Management of Green Infrastructure
- MORE STEP – Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem
- tdPrax2 – transdisciplinary concepts and methods for research and higher education