Dr. Christine Schleupner
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Christine received a Diploma (Honours) in Geography, Biology, and Geology from Philipps University of Marburg. In her diploma thesis, she analysed the impacts of the introduction of apple cultivation on socio-economic regional and forest developments in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Additionally, Christine holds a PhD in Geosciences (Meteorology) from the University of Hamburg. In her doctoral thesis, she utilized GIS as an integrating tool in studies dealing with sustainability and global change. During her PhD, she was associated with the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling. She studied further in Switzerland, Italy, and the USA.
The main focus of her research was the spatially explicit analysis of land use change's effects on landscape, society, and ecology. Christine specialized in evaluating interactions between competing utilization demands of humans and the environment. She utilizes interdisciplinary methods to find sustainable solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation options.