Ronald Pöppl

Forschungsschwerpunkt

Fluvial and hillslope geomorphology (focus: Human Impact)
Connectivity in river (catchment) systems (focus: Human Impact)
(Eco)hydrology
River and catchment management (foci: Nature Based Solutions, ecological aspects)
Sustainable use of resources (foci: soil, water, climate/environmental change contexts)
Human-environment interactions
Natural Hazards
Geoecology

Finalized and running projects (@UNIVIE):

2024 - 2026 | FlaMoVie - Flashflood Monitoring in Vienna (PI)
Funded by The City of Vienna

2024 - 2027 | MASC - Microplastics as Anthropocene markers and proxies for sediment connectivity in fluvial systems (Co-PI)
Funded by Vienna International School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Vienna

2019 - 2024 | i-CONN - Interdisciplinary connectivity: Understanding and managing complex systems using connectivity science (PI) - "Hotspots and hot moments: the role of connectivity and resilience science for managing human-impacted catchment systems"
Funded by the EC

2018 - 2019 | CONWATER - Application of the connectivity concept in water erosion reseach for the purposes of integrated catchment protection (Scientific & Technological Cooperation with Slovakia
Funded by OEAD

2017 - 2019 | Konzept zur Reduktion von Feinsediment-Einträgen in die Fugnitz ("FugnitzSED", sub-contract within INTERREG project "Dyje/Thaya 2020")
Funded by Thayatal National Park (Austria) and the EU

2015 - 2018 | Economic and ethical consequences of natural hazards in Alpine valleys ("EE-Con", sub-contract on geomorphology)
Funded by The Austrian Academy of Sciences

2014 - 2018 | COST-Action: Connecting European Connectivity Research ( working group leader on theory)
Funded by the EU

2016 | Dam failure impact assessment (Sagteich, NP Thayatal): siltation and reservoir flushing impacts on riverine habitats (PI)
Funded by Thayatal National Park, Austria

2015 - 2016 | Impact of large woody debris on sediment connectivity of low mountain range streams (PI)
Funded by Thayatal National Park, Austria

2011 - 2012 | Flood risk modelling and assessment in Vorarlberg, Austria (PI)
Funded by The Chamber of Commerce, Vorarlberg, Austria

2008 - 2010 | Human impacts on small fluvial systems: geomorphic effects and ecomorphological aspects in the Thayatal National Park (PI)
Funded by Thayatal National Park, Austria

2008 - 2009 | Improvement of the natural reproduction of the brown trout (salmo trutta), Thayatal National Park, Austria (geomorphological analyses)
Funded by Thayatal National Park, Austria