Tamara Schaal-Lagodzinski

Since 2022
Research Consultant at the Competence Centre for Regional Development of the The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR)

2017 – 2023
Dissertation at the School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Dissertation submitted)

2016 – 2022
Research Associate at Leuphana University Lüneburg and Technische Universität Berlin

2013 – 2016
Master's Degree in Sustainability Science (M.Sc.) at Leuphana University Lüneburg

2009 – 2013
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (B.A.) at the University of Applied Sciences (HTWG) Konstanz

  • Sustainable spatial development
  • Energy transition
  • Sustainability transformation
  • Governance of biodiversity
  • Sustainable land use

Schaal T., Mitchell M., Scheele B.C., Ryan P., Hanspach J. (2023) Using the three horizons approach to explore pathways towards positive futures for agricultural landscapes with rich biodiversity. Sustainability Science 18: 1271-1289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01275-z

Benavides-Frias C., Ortiz-Przychodzka S., Schaal T. (2022) Nature on canvas: Narrating human-nature relationships through art-based methods in La Paz City, Bolivia (in Spanish). Letras Verdes 32. https://doi.org/10.17141/letrasverdes.32.2022.5393

Schaal T., Jacobs A., Leventon J., Scheele B.C., Lindenmayer D., Hanspach J. (2022) ‘You can’t be green if you’re in the red’: Local discourses on the production-biodiversity intersection in a mixed farming area in south-eastern Australia. Land Use Policy 121(3): 106306. https://doi.org/10.1016 /j.landusepol.2022.106306

Riechers M., Brunner B.P., Dajka J.-C., Dușe I.A., Lübker, H.M., Manlosa A.O., Sala J.E., Schaal T., Weidlich S. (2021) Leverage points for addressing marine and coastal pollution: A review. Marine Pollution Bulletin 167: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112263

Leventon J., Schaal T., Velten S., Loos J., Fischer J., Newig J. (2019) Landscape‐scale biodiversity governance: Scenarios for reshaping spaces of governance. Environmental Policy and Governance 29 (3): 170-184. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1845

Velten S., Schaal T., Leventon J., Hanspach J., Fischer J., Newig J. (2018) Rethinking biodiversity governance in European agricultural landscapes: Acceptability of alternative governance scenarios. Land Use Policy (77): 84-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.05.032

Leventon J., Schaal T., Velten S., Dänhardt J., Fischer J., Abson D., Newig J. (2017) Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy. Land Use Policy 64: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.009

Bernert P., Haaser A., Kühl L., Schaal T. (2016) Towards a Real-world Laboratory – A Transdisciplinary Case Study from Lüneburg. GAIA 25(4): 253-259. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.25.4.7

Innovations for regional development. New practices in Germany‘s coal phase-out. Co-presenter at the Bioeconomy Cluster Week. Cottbus 30.08.2023.

Exploring cultural landscape narratives to understand differences in meaning and their implications for governance. Conference presentation at Science and Research in, for and with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin. 16.-20.05.2022

Innovations for a sustainable agriculture and food sector: An integrative innovation model. Conference presentation at the XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress. Trondheim. 25.-28.06.2019.

Governance challenges to address biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes. ClimBEco Winter Meeting. Lund University (online). 26.01.2017.

Governance scenarios for social and ecological goals in agricultural landscapes. Conference presentation at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS)-IBG Annual International Conference. London. 30.08.-02.09.2016.

WS 2023/24: Bachelor-Seminar „Strukturwandel ländlicher Räume – Zwischen Peripherisierung und sozial-ökologischer Transformation“