Team : Lukas Drees

Research Scientist
Biodiversity and People ,  Water and Land Use
+49 69 7076919-41 lukas.drees@isoe.de

Lukas Drees has been a research scientist at ISOE since 2016. He studied Landscape Ecology at the University of Münster and Environmental Geography at the University of Marburg. As part of the project micle – Climate Change, Changes to the Environment and Migration in Sahel, in his thesis, he applied Bayesian Networks for the analysis of the impact of environmental changes and socio-economic conditions, such as land degradation and educational level, on the migration of people in the Sahel.

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Upcoming Event

The International Politics of Just Food System Transformations

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The International Politics of Just Food System Transformations

Helmholtz Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V., Berlin

Panel discussion with Lukas Drees "How can we improve collaboration between researchers and practitioners? What is needed in the current geopolitical context and backlash against sustainability?"

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Focus of research

  • Integrated social-ecological modelling
  • Land-use changes
  • Multi-scale processes

Publications

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Current Publications

Projects

  • LIMO – Land Use and Integrated Modelling
    Steppe in Namibia
    Land Use Biodiversity

    LIMO – Land Use and Integrated Modelling

    The research project investigates the dynamics of land use changes and their effects on ecosystem services and biodiversity.

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  • Biodiversity and Climate: Socio-ecological Biodiversity Research
    Biodiversity

    Biodiversity and Climate: Socio-ecological Biodiversity Research

    In cooperation with the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), ISOE is investigating what reduced biodiversity means for the provision of ecosystem services to society.
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  • Making the future appealing
    Haus Hülshoff
    Land Use Water

    Making the future appealing

    The project explores ways to implement an inclusive municipal sustainability strategy in which citizens actively shape change.

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  • PlaNE – Planetary Health and Sustainable Nutrition
    Transformation

    PlaNE – Planetary Health and Sustainable Nutrition

    The PlaNE project is developing practical approaches for municipalities such as Frankfurt and Marburg to sustainably transform food systems according to planetary health criteria.

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  • MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem (Phase I)
    Biodiversity Land Use Climate Adaptation

    MORE STEP – Mobility at Risk: Sustaining the Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem (Phase I)

    The MORE STEP research project investigates processes of change in the ecosystem of the Mongolian steppe and their socio-economic and ecological causes and consequences. The mobility of wild and domesticated herd animals plays a central role here.

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  • SASSCAL – Water-related vulnerabilities and risk in Southern Africa
    Landschaft in Namibia
    Water Land Use

    SASSCAL – Water-related vulnerabilities and risk in Southern Africa

    The project team is analysing to what extent water-related vulnerabilities and risks for the population and ecosystems are developing within the context of global change and how these might conceivably be reduced.
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  • NaCoSi – Sustainability controlling of the domestic water management
    Water Chemical Risks

    NaCoSi – Sustainability controlling of the domestic water management

    The goal of the joint project is to develop a sustainability controlling for the domestic water management, thus minimising the risks that compromise sustainable development and improving the viability of the water sector.
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