Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
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Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
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| 2023 - present | Doctoral student at WSL and ETH Zurich (Department of Environmental Systems Science), Switzerland |
| 2020 - 2022 | M. Sc. Environmental Science at Radboud University, The Netherlands Thesis: The existence of alternative biome states and its practical implications for ecosystem |
| 2018 - 2018 | Semester Abroad at the University of New South Wales, Australia |
| 2016 - 2019 | B. Sc. Biology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Thesis: GIS mapping and spatial analysis: assessing the geo-environmental distribution pattern of a plant family (Annonaceae) using digitized herbarium data |
| 2022 - 2022 | Assistant Scientist at the Crowther Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2021 - 2021 | Research Assistant at Radboud University, The Netherlands Topics: Global effects of nitrogen on invertebrates; Database of global multi-species home range sizes |
| 2020 - 2021 | Research Intern at Radboud University, The Netherlands Topic: The historical spatiotemporal distribution of wolves and human-wolf conflict |
| 2020 - 2021 | Social Media Manager for BÜNDNIS90/DIE GRÜNEN Neuss, Germany |
| 2020 - 2020 | Working Student at Difu gGmbH, Germany Topic: Climate protection, renewable energies and climate adaption in cities and municipalities |
| 2019 - 2019 | Intern at the department of environmental protection at the Environmental Agency Berlin, Germany |
Runge, K., Averill, C., Lauber, T., Koch, T.N., Maynard, D.S., Routh, D., van den Hoogen, J., Zohner, C.M. and Crowther, T.W. (2025). Climate vulnerability of Earth’s terrestrial biomes. Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.33071. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-16452-0
Runge, K., Tucker, M., Crowther, T.W., Fournier de Laurière, C., Guirado, E., Bialic‐Murphy, L. and Berdugo, M. (2025). Monitoring terrestrial ecosystem resilience using earth observation data: identifying consensus and limitations across metrics. Global Change Biology, 31(3), p.e70115. doi:10.1111/gcb.70115
Werden, L., Brettel, I., Runge, K., Mahmoud, N., Crowther, T., Dent., D. (2024). The role of non-state actors in enhancing synergies between the Rio Conventions. Link to report
Gallego‐Zamorano, J., de Jonge, M.M., Runge, K., Huls, S.H., Wang, J., Huijbregts, M.A. and Schipper, A.M. (2023). Context‐dependent responses of terrestrial invertebrates to anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment: A meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology, 29(14), pp.4161-4173. doi:10.1111/gcb.16717
Erkens, R.H., Blanpain, L.M., Carrascosa Jara, I., Runge, K., Verspagen, N., Cosiaux, A. and Couvreur, T.L. (2023). Spatial distribution of Annonaceae across biomes and anthromes: Knowledge gaps in spatial and ecological data. Plants, People, Planet, 5(4), pp.520-535. doi:10.1002/ppp3.10321
Broekman, M.J.E., Hoeks, S., Freriks, R., Langendoen, M.M., Runge, K.M., Savenco, E., ter Harmsel, R., Huijbregts, M.A. and Tucker, M.A. (2023). HomeRange: A global database of mammalian home ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(2), pp.198-205. doi:10.1111/geb.13625
