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.

Focus of research

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

Publications

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Current Publications

Projects

  • 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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  • LIMO – Land Use and Integrated Modelling
    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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  • 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
    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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