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Curr. Vitae

2022 - Deputy Head of Institute
2013 - Adjunct Assoc. Professor, West Virginia Universität, USA
2010 - 2013 Adjunct Ass. Professor, West Virginia University, USA
2010 - Associate Professor
2009 - 2009 Visiting researcher at the CNR – Istituto di Biometeorologia, Firence
2008 - 2008 Visiting researcher at the West Virginia University
2007 - Habilitation
2006 - 2006 Visiting researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
2003 - 2003 Research at the Simon Fraser Univerisity, BC, Canada
2003 - Dissertation
2003 - Assisant
2001 - Waste manager
2000 - 2003 Research assistant
1995 - 1998 Diploma in Environmental Engineering
1995 - Diploma, University of agricultural sciences, Vienna

Statistik Austria, science classification

green area planning; empirical social research; countryside stuardship; Nature conservation (- research) ; urban development program; landscape planning; applied statistics; environmental protection; Public health;

Expertise

Quantification of leisure activities; visitor management; cultural landscape research; Social Carrying Capacities of Recreational and Protected Areas; Recreational use; Ecotourism; Landscape aesthetic; Monitoring and Modelling of Visitor Flows; Social Carrying Capacities of local residents; park-based tourism; Environmental education; Landscape and human health and well being;

Awards

2017 Poster Award 2nd Place; 3rd International Conference on Landscape and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care, Vienna
2009 Poster Award ISSRM 2009
2006 Fellowship Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2004 Rudolf-Wurzer-Preis für Raumplanung
1993 Leistungsstipendium der Universität für Bodenkultur

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2023 -2024 ÖAW Mentoring Programme
mentor
2022 - Austrian National Committee of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO)
deputy head
2019 - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Wildnisgebiet Dürrenstein
advisory board member
2019 - NERRA - National Environment and Recreation Research Association
full member
2018 - Study Commission for Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture
chairman
2015 - Steering Committee Green Care Wood
member
2015 - Forum Biodiversity and Human Health
advisory board member
2014 -2022 Austrian MAB National Committee (UNESCO)
chairman
2014 - Departmentkollegium
delegate
2013 -2017 Cost-Action FP 1204
delegate
2013 - International Terraced Landscapes Alliance (ITLA)
member
2012 -2014 Austrian Komittee for the Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO)
deputy head
2011 - World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
member
2011 -2012 Austrian National Committee of the Man and Biosphere Programme
advisory board member
2010 - IUCN - Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS)
member
2010 - Plattform Forests and Health
deputy head
2009 -2018 CEEPUS Programm - Rural Tourism
field specialist
2008 -2018 Fachstudienkommission Landschaftsplanung und Landschaftsarchitektur
deputy head
2007 - Communication plattform Destination Forest
advisor
2005 -2008 Cost Action E33 Forests for recreation and nature tourism
member
2003 - International Association for Society and Natural Resources
member

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2021 - eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research:
Guest Editor (Special Issue)
2019 - Forests:
Editorial Board Member
2012 -2015 J OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM:
Editorial Board Member
2011 -2016 Leisure Sciences:
1st level below top level (Associate Editor)
2009 - Journal For Nature Conservation:
Editorial Board Member
2007 - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening:
Editorial Board Member
2003 -2003 Journal For Nature Conservation:
Guest Editor (Special Issue)

Reviewer for scientific journals

2023 - Conservation Science and Practice
2020 - River Research and Applications
2020 - Austrian Journal of Forest Sciences
2019 - Mitteilungen Der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
2019 - Forests
2018 - International journal of environmental research and public health
2017 - International Journal of Environmental Health Research
2014 - Cities
2013 - NeoBiota
2013 - Ecology and Society
2012 - J OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM
2012 - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
2012 - Journal of Urbanism: international research on placemaking and urban sustainability
2012 - Tourism in Marine Environments: an interdisciplinary journal
2012 - Journal of Park and Recreation Administration
2012 - Journal of Environmental Management
2011 - Journal of Sustainable Tourism
2011 - Tourism Geographies: an international journal of tourism place, space and environment
2011 - Journal of Tourism and Leisure Studies
2011 - Forest Policy and Economics
2010 - International Journal of Tourism Research
2010 -2011 Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft
2010 - Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use
2010 - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2009 - Journal of Leisure Research
2008 - Landscape Research
2008 - Tourism Management
2008 - Die Bodenkultur: Austrian journal of agricultural research
2008 - EKOL BRATISLAVA
2008 - eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research
2008 - Landscape and Urban Planning
2006 - Forest Snow and Landscape Research
2006 - Forestry
2006 - Sustainability
2006 - Leisure Sciences
2006 - Series of the Institute for Landscape and Open Space / Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Landschaft und Freiraum (Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil)
2005 - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
2005 - Environmental Modelling & Software
2005 - Environmental Management
2003 - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2002 - Journal For Nature Conservation

Expert for external appointment/habilitation procedures

2017 Externe Berufung: Gutachter: Hochschule Bad Honnef, Bonn

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2020 -2020 Schweizer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung - Switzerland
2016 -2016 Swiss National Science Foundation - Switzerland
2015 -2015 Swiss National Science Foundation - Switzerland
2014 -2014 State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI; COST - Switzerland - Switzerland
2013 -2013 Staatssekretariat für Bildung und Forschung SBF - Switzerland

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2023 Studienstiftungsseminar - Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal
Member of the Organisation Committee
2023 Forests for Public Health 2023 World Congress
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2022 MMV 11
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2022 EuroMAB
Member of the Organisation Committee
2022 Effects of digitalisation on participatory governance of protected areas
Chair (Session)
2021 MMV 10 - Challenges and opportunities in visitor monitoring and management of UNESCO designated sites
Chair (Session)
2021 MMV 10
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2019 EuroMAB 2019 - Biosphere Reserves' Landscapes and Human Health
Chair (Session)
2019 Place, parks and pets: Dog owners in context across systems, sites and nations
Chair (Session)
2018 MMV9
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2017 Protected areas' landscapes as resources for human health and well-being
Chair (Session)
2017 3rd Intern. Conference on Landscape and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care
Organiser
2016 Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV8)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2016 Visitor Monitoring and Visitor Management
Chair (Session)
2016 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2016 Erneuerbare Energieformen in Biosphärenparks
Chair (Session)
2015 Biosphere reserves’ landscapes as resources for human health and well-being
Chair (Session)
2015 Socio-economic monitoring as basis for the development of a transboundary visitor management concept and fostering of regional economic activities
Chair (Session)
2015 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2014 Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV7)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2014 4th Summer School on Natural Resource and Recreation Management in Protected Areas
Member of the Organisation Committee
2014 17th European Forum for Urban Forestry
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2014 2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2014 Workshop für Bildungsgrundlagen zu Green Care WALD
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 2013 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2013 Biodiversität und Gesundheit
Member of the Organisation Committee
2013 3rd Summer School on Natural Resource and Recreation Management in Protected Areas
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 2nd Summer School on Natural Resource and Recreation Management in Protected Areas
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2012 Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV6)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2012 Landscape and Health
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 1. Österreichische Tagung Wald und Gesundheit
Member of the Organisation Committee
2011 2011 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 1st Summer School on Natural Resource and Recreation Management in Protected Areas
Member of the Organisation Committee
2011 Workshop on urban and peri-urban forestry
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2011 Expert Meeting on MAB Research Sites
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2010 Destination Wald 3. Workshop
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2010 13th European Forum on Urban Forestry
Member of the Organisation Committee
2010 Monitoring abnd Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV5)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2009 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2009 Destination Wald 2. Workshop
Member of the Organisation Committee
2009 EDEN AWARD
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2008 The 1st WSEAS International Conference on LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE The 4th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (EEESD'08)
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2008 Fourth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2008 Wer hat den kreativsten Lehrpfad in Österreich?
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 Living terrace landscapes; 14-15 February 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2008 Natur und Kultur auf dem Weg
Member of the Organisation Committee
2008 Destination Wald: touristische Potentiale und erfolgreiche Partnerschaften“
Organiser
2008 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2007 Destination Wald – Touristische Aktivitäten im forstlichen Umfeld
Member of the Organisation Committee
2006 Umweltbildung für Jugendliche - cool oder mega-out?
Member of the Organisation Committee
2006 Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2005 Japanese Landscapes and Parks
Organiser
2003 Wahlmodelle als Entscheidungshilfen in der raumbezogenene Planung
Organiser
2002 First International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV I)
Organiser
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