Franziska Mohr

Function

PhD student

Land Change Science

Land-use systems

Contact

franziska.mohr(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL E 25

Research interest

Mechanisms and narratives of change in European agriculture since 1900
Sustainable intensification of agriculture and possible implementations at the landscape level
Semi-automatic approaches for capturing historical landscape change
Integration of qualitative stakeholder data with quantitative spatial information
Human - environment interactions in the near and distant past

Education

PhD in Geography and Sustainable Development	Institute of Geography, University of Bern	2019 - ongoing
Teaching Diploma (Sekundarstufe II)	Institute of Education, University of Zurich	2018 - 2021
Master of Science in Physical Geography	Department of Geography, University of Zurich	2013 - 2015
Bachelor of Science in Geography (Major) and Prehistoric Archaeology (Minor)	Department of Geography, University of Zurich	2010 - 2013

Professional Experience

Employee for the project «Bestandesaufnahme Kulturgut» (80 %), Archaeological Service of Kanton Graubünden	2017 - 2019
Teaching Assistant (20 %) for the MOOC «Wasser in der Schweiz», Group Hydrology and Climate, University of Zurich	2016 - 2019
Internship (80 %), Archaeological Service of Kanton Graubünden	2016
Internship (100 %), AGIS Service Center, Kanton Aargau	2015
Tutor for exercises and excursions in physical geography, Department of Geography, University of Zurich	2013 - 2014

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

What is Sustainable Intensification?

Sustainable Intensification of agriculture (SI) is advocated by both, scientists and policy makers, as a solution for the dilemma between the need to increase agricultural production and the need to reduce the environmental burden which intensification historically entailed.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Dimopoulos, T.; Helfenstein, J.; Kreuzer, A.; Mohr, F.; Sentas, S.; Giannelis, R.; Kizos, T., 2023: Different responses to mega-trends in less favorable farming systems. Continuation and abandonment of farming land on the islands of Lesvos and Lemnos, Greece. Land Use Policy, 124: 106435 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106435

Diogo, V.; Helfenstein, J.; Mohr, F.; Varghese, V.; Debonne, N.; Levers, C.; Swart, R.; Sonderegger, G.; Nemecek, T.; Schader, C.; Walter, A.; Ziv, G.; Herzog, F.; Verburg, P.H.; Bürgi, M., 2022: Developing context-specific frameworks for integrated sustainability assessment of agricultural intensity change: an application for Europe. Environmental Science and Policy, 137: 128-142. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.08.014

Debonne, N.; Bürgi, M.; Diogo, V.; Helfenstein, J.; Herzog, F.; Levers, C.; Mohr, F.; Swart, R.; Verburg, P., 2022: The geography of megatrends affecting European agriculture. Global Environmental Change, 75: 102551 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102551

Helfenstein, J.; Bürgi, M.; Debonne, N.; Dimopoulos, T.; Diogo, V.; Dramstad, W.; Edlinger, A.; Garcia-Martin, M.; Hernik, J.; Kizos, T.; Lausch, A.; Levers, C.; Mohr, F.; Moreno, G.; Pazur, R.; Siegrist, M.; Swart, R.; Thenail, C.; Verburg, P.H.; ... Herzog, F., 2022: Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42, 5: 84 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5

Helfenstein, J.; Diogo, V.; Bürgi, M.; Verburg, P.H.; Schüpbach, B.; Szerencsits, E.; Mohr, F.; Siegrist, M.; Swart, R.; Herzog, F., 2022: An approach for comparing agricultural development to societal visions. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42: 5 (17 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s13593-021-00739-3

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