Brenda Maria Zoderer
Mag. Brenda Maria Zoderer Ph.D.
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning
Location Peter-Jordan-Straße 65, 1180 Wien
Email brenda.zoderer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85342
ORCID: 0000-0002-8166-4436, opens in new window.
AuthorId : 57131033800, opens in new window.
Empirical social research Cultural geography Landscape conservation Cultural landscape research Landscape planning Cartography Geoinformatics Applied geography Nature conservation Human ecology Environmental management Environmental sociology
Research Focus
My research interests focus on the complex relationships between humans and nature. As a social ecologist, I am particularly interested in environmental and social justice issues related to land use and nature conservation. This includes the examination of land use conflicts and their sources, the social acceptability of land management and conservation measures, landscape perception, and the socio-cultural values of landscapes. My most recent research explores the concept of rewilding in both urban and rural contexts, examining its potential and social implications.
I usually adopt an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological approach using qualitative interviews, questionnaire surveys, and GIS-based mapping to translate people's perceptions and values into tools for landscape planning and management.
Career
- 2026 Senior Postdoc, Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, BOKU University
- 2023 Visiting Researcher, School of Botany, Trinity College Dublin
- 2020 - 2026 PostDoc Researcher and Lecturer, Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, BOKU University
- 2019 Research Fellow, Department for Ecology, University of Innsbruck
- 2016 - 2019 Visiting Researcher, School of Geography, University of Leeds
- 2015 - 2020 PhD in Landscape Ecology, Department for Ecology, University of Innsbruck
- 2014 Visiting Scholar, Department of Environmental Geography, VU Amsterdam
- 2013 - 2015 Master in Human and Social Ecology, Institute for Social Ecology, Vienna
- 2013 - 2016 Research Fellow, Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research
- 2012 Research Assistant, Institut for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research
- 2009 - 2013 Bachelor in Biology (Major in Ecology), University of Vienna
Awards
- Year: 2022 Awards: Jubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien für die Universität für Bodenkultur Wien - City of Vienna-BOKU Research Funding Programme
- Year: 2021 Awards: Wissenschaftsstipendium der Stadt Wien
- Year: 2020 Awards: Selected Fellow of the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership 2020 - 2022 (Robert Bosch Stiftung)
- Year: 2019 Awards: Best Paper Award - Doktoratskolleg Alpine Biology and Global Change, Universität Innsbruck
- Year: 2016 Awards: Marietta Blau Forschungsstipendium des OeAD
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