Macroecology and Society

We are an interdisciplinary research lab, combining backgrounds in geography, statistics, macro- and community ecology, environmental resource management, environmental social science, crop science, and agricultural biology. At the intersection of our expertise, our research aims to detect and understand global dynamics in human-environment systems, with a focus on human land use, its underlying societal drivers, and its ecological consequences. To achieve this, we develop state-of-the-art statistical and computational tools, as well as global and multi-temporal environmental and socio-economic datasets. These application-ready tools and data are directed at policy makers, resource managers, and other scientists.


Contact and Team

Dr Carsten Meyer

Senior Scientist
Phone: +49 341 9733238
Email: carsten.meyer@idiv.de

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Dr Steffen Ehrmann

Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9733244
Email: steffen.ehrmann@idiv.de

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Dr Polina Tregubova

Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9733241
Email:

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Research Fields

Interdisciplinary Science in the Digital Age
Global Land-Use Dynamics
Dynamics in Ecological Systems
Causes of Land-Use and Biodiversity Change
Uncertainties in Global Land-Use and Land-Cover Information

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