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I am an Ecological Modeller working on the effects of global change on the stability and functioning of ecological communities. During my PhD at the University of Göttingen, I worked on the effect of climate change, nutrient enrichment and habitat fragmentation on the stability of trophic interaction systems. I then went on to do a postdoc at the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Brisbane, Australia. There, I worked in an interdisciplinary project on the effectiveness and acceptance of Area-wide management strategies in a complex socio-ecological system.
At Senckenberg BiK-F, I am currently working on a project entitled “Consumption Based Accounting of Land-Use Carbon Emissions (CoBALUCE)” which is a joined project between SBiK-F and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. In this project, we are looking at the effect of land-use change for the production of forestry and agricultural products on ecosystem carbon storage. We aim to attribute these emissions to products that are traded globally, to trace the emissions from the place they are producer to the consumer of the final product. The results can inform consumer decisions or global mitigation policies. I am also interested in effects of land-use change on biodiversity and in developing model scenarios along future socio-ecological pathways.

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In my PhD research, I will investigate the biodiversity footprint of Vienna as exemplary of impacts of food and biomass consumption of large urban areas on the supply regions where production occurs. The goal is to develop spatially explicit biodiversity footprint indicators and analyse trade-offs of interest to stakeholders to identify priority actions for reduction of urban pressures on biodiversity. 
Under the supervision of Dr. Kastner at BIK-F, I will also collaborate with the Institute of Social Ecology of the Alpen Adria University and the Division of Conservation Biology at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research of the University of Vienna. 
By making use of Life Cycle Assessment, in my Master Thesis I addressed the impacts of small hydropower for sustainable energy development in the Kerala State, India, going above the paradigm of carbon emissions and focussing on land use impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. My previous experience might prove useful also for the new endeavour.

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Giorgio Bidoglio at ResearchGate

I am an Ecologist interested in studying processes of ecological intensification and agroecological transition towards sustainable food systems.In my Master’s project, I investigated how agricultural practices that enhance biodiversity can influence on plant-pollinator interactions and production.
At Senckenberg BiK-F, under Dr. Kastner supervision, I am currently working on the project „GRADED: Global impacts of agricultural trade and consumption on ecosystems and biodiversity: exploring Germany’s and China’s roles as importing and consuming countries“, which is joined project between SBiK-F, Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm Environment Institute York. We will analyze Germany’s and China’s telecouplings (i.e. interactions of socio-ecological systems across large geographic distances) through consumption of agricultural and forestry products and their impacts for land use, ecosystem services and biodiversity on the producing countries. With these results, we aim to better understand how global agricultural supply chains may drive ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss and to identify potential entry points for mitigating these impacts.I am also interested in local urban initiatives of food production and in Science Education.

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Research interests 

My research interests revolve around two main topics. On the one hand, I am interested in understanding how different aspects of global change impact biodiversity. On the other hand, I aim to find ways to apply such knowledge to protect biodiversity in a changing world. 
My current project focuses on global and European biodiversity targets and how to make them measurable and downscale them to different sectors and actors. This work is part of a bigger project aiming at contributing to halting and reversing biodiversity loss caused by global biomass production systems (Horizon Europe project RAINFOREST – Co-produced transformative knowledge to accelerate change for biodiversity).  

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My research interests are mainly focused on biodiversity conservation, anthropogenic effects on biodiversity and how species cope with and adapt to environmental changes, with a special interest in mammals and birds. At Senckenberg BiK-F I am working on the project GRADED, looking at global impacts of agricultural trade and consumption on ecosystems and biodiversity.