Dr. Stefan Liehr
+49 69 7076919-36
+49 69 7076919-11
liehr@isoe.de
Stefan Liehr has been a research scientist at ISOE since 2003. Since April 2023, he has been a member of the Executive Board and, together with Katja Brinkmann, heads the Social-Ecological Systems hub. Prior to that, he headed the research unit Water Resources and Land Use since 2009.
At the institute his research interest is aimed at a better understanding of the coupling between societal and natural structures and processes. His focus is the sustainable shaping of these relations in the field of water and land management.
Before joining ISOE, he studied physics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main with a focus on nonlinear dynamics, geophysics and chemistry. He received his doctorate in the field of physics of complex systems at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen and the University of Bremen. In his doctoral thesis he dealt with the modelling of non-stationary, stochastic processes and the recognition of change signals in complex dynamics.
Focus of research
- Modelling of social-ecological systems
- Integrated management of water and land resources
- Water demand analyses and forecasts
Projects
- Application platform for an automated forecasting of the daily water demand in Hamburg
- AQUA-Hub India – Water Innovation Hubs and Smart Water Monitoring
- Biodiversity and Climate: Socio-ecological Biodiversity Research
- CapTain Rain – Capture and retain heavy rainfalls in Jordan
- LIMO – Land Use and Integrated Modelling
- Master Plan “Future-proof Drinking Water Supply in Saarland 2040”
- MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem (Phase II)
- SLInBio – Urban lifestyles and the valorization of biodiversity: dragonflies, grasshoppers, bumblebees and Co
- CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia
- EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia
- Evaluation of the International Water Stewardship Program (IWaSP)
- INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Organic Impurities in Rivers
- Classification of consumption points in the supply area of HAMBURG WASSER
- Cognitive integration and innovation
- micle – Climate Change, Changes to the Environment and Migration in Sahel
- MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem (Phase I)
- MORE STEP – Mobility at risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem
- NamTip: Desertification in drylands – a Namibian tipping point (pre-phase)
- NamTip: Understanding and Managing Desertification Tipping Points – A Namibian Perspective
- netWORKS – Transformations in Network Related Infrastructure Sectors
- netWORKS 4 – Resilient networks: how urban supply systems contribute to climate justice
- NiddaMan – Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Nidda Catchment Area
- OPTIMASS – Sustainable Management of Savanna Ecosystems
- ORYCS – Wildlife-based management strategies in Namibia
- PlaNE – Planetary Health and Sustainable Nutrition
- SASSCAL – Research Infrastructure in Africa
- SASSCAL – Water-related vulnerabilities and risk in Southern Africa
- Smart Water Future India: Intelligent Water Management for India’s Cities
- Daily drinking water demand – forecast model for Hamburg
- Water 2050 – Sustainable Innovations for Water Management
- Water demand forecast 2030 (base year 2005) for Hamburg
- Water demand forecast 2045 (base year 2011) for Hamburg
- Water demand forecast 2050 (base year 2017) for Hamburg
- Water demand forecast 2050 (base year 2019) for the WBV Harburg
- Water demand forecast 2050 (base year 2020) for Hamburg
- Proxies and Scenarios for the Development of Water Demand
- Weschnitz Dialog: Communication and participation in the management of restoration measures along the river Weschnitz
- Scientific accompanying of the 2021 survey on water consumption in Hamburg