Land Change Science

Landscapes change over time, shaped by natural processes, such as erosion and succession, and anthropogenic influences, such as agricultural or forestry activity, construction activity - in short: land use. Our research unit investigates this interplay of ecological and anthropogenic influences and its impact on landscape development.

The landscape level shows how sustainably society deals with natural resources - we use this for comprehensive analyses.

Our research and development activities are aimed at the national and international research community. It is equally important to us to carry out relevant research for the general public and to support public administration in fulfilling its tasks.

Topics

Projects

Publikationen

Research Groups and Staff

Land Change Science

Matthias Bürgi

Head of Research Unit

Angelina Cebulla

Master student

Juri Fitz

Master student

Fabienne Laura Frey

Master student

Julian Helfenstein

Visiting scientist

Luana Lucchetta

Master student

Julia Murer

Master student

Rebecca Swart

PhD student guest

Remote Sensing

Christian Ginzler

Groupleader;Senior Scientist

Gian Baltensweiler

Temporary employee

Ruedi Bösch

Temporary employee

Claudio Bozzini

Temporary employee

Moritz Bruggisser

Postdoc

Petra D`Odorico

Scientific staff member

Birgit Eben

Technical staff member

Dominic Fawcett

Postdoc

Liv Fritsche

Visiting scientist

Charis Moana Gretler

Scientific staff member

Natacha Gribenski

Visiting scientist

Matthias Pierre Hägeli

temporary employee

Eveline Hägeli-Golay

Temporary employee

Serhii Havryliuk

Visiting scientist

Justin Didier Holvoet

PhD student guest

Nica Huber

Visiting scientist

Markus Immitzer

Visiting scientist

Yuchang Jiang

PhD student guest

Carl Joseph

Trainee

Lennart Klinger

Visiting scientist

Tiziana Li Koch

PhD student

Natalia Kolecka

Scientific staff member

Daniel Stefan Kükenbrink

Scientific staff member

Manuel Luck

Technical staff member

Mauro Marty

Technical staff member

Ugo Molteni

Postdoc

Anita Nussbaumer

Technical staff member

Livia Piermattei

Technical staff member

Joel Podgorski

Visiting scientist

Bronwyn Price

Technical staff member

Achilleas Psomas

Technical staff member

Marius Rüetschi

Technical staff member

Barbara Schneider

IT specialist

Jan Schweizer

Visiting scientist

Flavian Stocker

Master student

Manu Tom

Visiting scientist

Urs Treier

Visiting scientist

Daniel Uebersax

Technical staff member

Zuyuan Wang

Scientific staff member

Lars Waser

Senior Researcher

Dominique Weber

Technical staff member

Land-use systems

Anna Hersperger

Groupleader;Member of Directors Board

Mahsa Bazrafshan

PhD student guest

Janine Bolliger

Scientific staff member

Giulia Casciano

PhD student

Thomas Niklaus Dalang

Visiting scientist

Vasco Diogo

Scientific staff member

Giulia Donati

Visiting scientist

Rebekka Dossche

Visiting scientist

Maria Garcia Martin

Scientific staff member

Tim Geiges

Scientific staff member

Simona Raluca Gradinaru

Scientific staff member

Tatjana Ivetic

Trainee

Felix Kienast

Temporary employee

Yuexin Liu

Visiting scientist

Susan Lock

Temporary employee

Philipp Manser

Trainee

Franziska Mohr

PhD student

Daniels Saakjans

PhD student

Franziska Schmid

PhD student

Stephanie Schwab Cammarano

Scientific staff member

Joana Serrano Salgado

Trainee

Elena Grace Siegrist

Scientific assistant

Aibo Sun

PhD student guest

Silvia Tobias

Scientific staff member

Nicola Van Koppenhagen

PhD student

Peter H. Verburg

Senior Scientist

Lea von Büren

Bachelor student

Sophie von Einsiedel

PhD student guest

Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution

Loïc Pellissier

Groupleader, Gruppenleiter

Camille Albouy

Visiting scientist

Wilhelmine Bach

PhD student

Adeline Emma Bonaglia

Trainee

Merin Reji Chacko

PhD student

Yaquan Chang

PhD student guest

Marie-Ange Dahito

Postdoc

Benjamin Flück

Visiting scientist

Fabian Fopp

Scientific staff member

Monika Katarzyna Goralczyk

PhD student guest

Julia Hatzl

PhD student guest

Alain Joss

Temporary employee

Kevin Keyaert

Visiting scientist

Dominik Kirschner

PhD student guest

Flurin Leugger

PhD student

Ao Luo

Visiting scientist

Martina Lüthi

Visiting scientist

Virginie Marques

Postdoc

Corina Maurer

PhD student guest

Romane Francine Lucette Rozanski

PhD student guest

Eliot Ruiz

PhD student guest

Theophile Sanchez

Postdoc

Sarah Schmid

PhD student guest

Michel Schmidlin

Visiting scientist

Karma Sherub

PhD student guest

Anouk-Lisa Taucher

PhD student guest

Sarah Thurnheer

Technical staff member

Zili Yuan

PhD student guest

Shuo Zong

PhD student guest

Dynamic macroecology

Niklaus Zimmermann

Groupleader

David Böhm

Temporary employee

Victor Boussange

Postdoc

Philipp Brun

Technical staff member

Fadri Campell

Civil service employee

Liangzhi Chen

Postdoc

Lucienne Claudine de Witte

Visiting scientist

Patrice Descombes

Guest

Wenna Ding

Postdoc

Elham Ebrahimi

Visiting scientist

Grace Goss-Durant

Walter Jetz

Fellow

Alain Joss

Temporary employee

Dirk Karger

Scientific staff member

Veiko Lehsten

Visiting scientist

Yuchen Liao

Visiting scientist

Heike Lischke

Senior Scientist

Yi Liu

PhD student guest

Thomas Löffler

Visiting scientist

Johanna Teresa Malle

Postdoc

Christine Moos

Visiting scientist

Michael Nobis

Scientific staff member

Oluwadamilola Ogundipe

PhD student

Manuel Richard Popp

Scientific assistant

Arthur Provost

Scientific assistant

Damiano Righetti

Visiting scientist

Bianca Saladin

PhD student guest

Dirk Schmatz

Scientific staff member

Eric Sulmoni

Temporary employee

Jon Went

Master student

Otto Wildi

Visiting scientist

Deborah Zani

Visiting scientist

Franziska Zilker

Technical staff member

Nik Zimmerli

Civil service employee