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
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
- 2023 Visiting Researcher, School of Botany, Trinity College Dublin
- 2020 (to date) PostDoc Researcher and Lecturer, Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning
- 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
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
Media
Presentations
Year: 2025 - Transforming human-nature relationships through rewilding? (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: REWILDING FUTURES Shaping Tomorrow's Wild 2025
Period: 17.01.2025 - 18.01.2025 | Location: Cambridge UK | Organizer:
Citizen ZooYear: 2025 - From landscape-scale restoration to species conservation: Unravelling the diversity of rewilding practices across Europe from a social-ecological perspective (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM; Busse von Colbe, J; Loos, J
Event: Rethinking Wild Europe: European Perspectives on Wilderness, Rewilding and Biodiversity Conservation 2025
Period: 07.02.2025 - 08.02.2025 | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
Universität Wien | Organizer: The International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) and the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P)Year: 2025 - Rewilding in Cities? Potential and Challenges of a Novel Restoration Approach (Lecture)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Seminars in Ecology and Evolution WS 24/25
Period: 03.02.2025 - 03.02.2025 | Location: Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland | Organizer:
Freie Universität BerlinYear: 2024 - Natur in der Stadt Raum geben: Herausforderungen & Vorteile von „Stadtwildnis“ (Lecture)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Studieninfotag BOKU University 2024
Period: 21.03.2024 - 21.03.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) | Organizer: BOKU - Universität für Bodenkultur WienYear: 2024 - Stadtwildnis und Rewilding in Wien (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Projektvorstellung "SUCCESS"
Period: 21.03.2024 - 21.03.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)Year: 2024 - From landscape-scale restoration to species conservation: Unraveling the diversity of rewilding initiatives in Europe (Vortrag)
Autoren: Busse von Colbe, J; Loos, J; Zoderer, BM
Event: 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology 2024
Period: 17.06.2024 - 21.07.2024 | Location: Bologna. Italy | Location: Bologna, Bologna, Italien | Organizer:
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna | Organizer: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNAYear: 2024 - The acceptability of urban rewilding initiatives among local communities and the significance of user experiences (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM; Hainz-Renetzeder, C; Vuolo, F.; Wieser, H
Event: 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology 2024
Period: 17.06.2024 - 21.07.2024 | Location: Bologna. Italy | Location: Bologna, Bologna, Italien | Organizer:
Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna | Organizer: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNAYear: 2024 - Urban Rewilding in Vienna: Insights from the SUCCESS Project (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Workshop "Urban Rewilding" - Kellogg College Oxford
Period: 19.07.2024 - 19.07.2024 | Location: Oxford, United Kingdom | Organizer:
Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg CollegeYear: 2024 - Herausforderungen bei der Erfassung dynamischer und ergebnisoffener Landschaftsveränderungen: Das Beispiel "Urban Rewilding" (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M
Event: Resilienz vs. Transformation in Stadt und Land - was kann die Landschaftsökologie beitragen? IALE-D Jahrestagung 2024
Period: 29.10.2024 - 30.10.2024 | Location: Bernburg | Organizer:
Hochschule Anhalt, BernburgYear: 2024 - Wildnis in den Alpen: Aktuelles Vorkommen, Schutzstatus und Potenziale für die Zukunft (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Forum Wildnis Schweiz
Period: 14.11.2024 - 14.11.2024 | Location: Schweiz | Organizer:
Forum Wildnis SchweizYear: 2024 - Stadtwildnis und Rewilding in Wien (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: APCE (Association des Paysagistes Conseils de l'Etat) Wien Exkursion 2024
Period: 18.09.2024 - 18.09.2024 | Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich | Organizer:
Association des Paysagistes Conseils de l'EtaYear: 2024 - Contribution to Panel: Wild Spaces in Cities: worries, weeds, or welcome? (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: The Nature of Cities Festival 2024
Period: 03.06.2024 - 07.06.2024 | Location: Berlin | Organizer:
Atelier GardensYear: 2024 - Stadtwildnis und Rewilding in Wien (Lecture)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Seminar "Motive der Natur und der Wildnis in der Gartenkunst"
Period: 07.05.2024 - 07.05.2024 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)Year: 2024 - Wilde Natur in Wien: Eine sozialgeographische Analyse ihrer räumlichen Verteilung, sozialen Akzeptanz und Potenzial (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: Projektpräsentation "SUCCESS"
Period: 22.05.2024 - 22.05.2024 | Location: Wien, Austria | Organizer:
Stadt Wien, Magistratsabteilung 22Year: 2024 - The acceptability of urban rewilding among local communities (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM; Hainz-Renetzeder, C; Vuolo, F; Wieser, H
Event: 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society 2024
Period: 09.09.2024 - 13.09.2024 | Location: Freising, Freising, Deutschland | Organizer:
Technische Universität MünchenYear: 2023 - Workshop on Urban Rewilding (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: ELASA spring meeting 2023
Period: 03.05.2023 | Location: Vienna
Year: 2023 - Urban Rewilding in Vienna: Acceptability among local communities (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: NovelEco Reflexive Workshop
Period: 24.04.2023 - 26.04.2023 | Location: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Year: 2023 - Barriers to using urban wildscapes (Poster)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: 25th European Forum on Urban Forestry 2023
Period: 24.05.2023 - 26.05.2023 | Location: Krakow, Poland | Organizer:
European Forum on Urban ForestryYear: 2023 - Potenziale und Herausforderungen von Stadtwildnis (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: Schulbesuch Realgynasium Bruneck
Period: 10.03.2023 | Location: Bruneck, Südtirol
Year: 2023 - Urban Rewilding: Bringing back nature in our cities & towns (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: Together for the Climate Event
Period: 23.06.2023 - 24.06.2023 | Location: Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien
Year: 2023 - Landschaftsplanung und Naturschutz in Zeiten des Klimawandels (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer Brenda Maria
Event: BOKU-Studieninfotag 2023
Period: 31.03.2023 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
Universität für Bodenkultur WienYear: 2023 - The acceptability of urban rewilding among local communities (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: SER 2023 (World Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration)
Period: 07.11.2023 - 08.11.2023 | Location: Online
Year: 2022 - The biocultural diversity of urban wilderness (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B M; Hainz-Renetzeder, C
Event: ESP Europe 2022
Period: 10.10.2022 - 14.10.2022 | Location: Heraklion, Kreta
Year: 2021 - Mapping ecosystem service representations, perceptions and values for recognition justice: methodological and conceptual challenges (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M
Event: ESP Europe 2021
Period: 07.06.2021 - 10.06.2021 | Location: Tartu, Estonia
Year: 2020 - Ordering wilderness: Variations in public representations of wilderness and their spatial distributions (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM; Carver, S; Tappeiner, U; Tasser, E
Event: ISSRM Virtual Conference
Period: 11.07.2020 - 26.07.2020 | Location: Online
Year: 2019 - Integrating wilderness qualities into landscape monitoring (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: IALE WORLD CONGRESS International Association for Landscape Ecology 2019
Period: 01.07.2019 - 05.07.2019 | Location: Milan, Italy
Year: 2018 - In search of the 'wild'? The role of wilderness in tourism destinations (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, BM
Event: PECSRL
Period: 03.09.2018 - 09.09.2018 | Location: Clermont-Ferrand and Mende, France
Year: 2018 - Wildniserfahrung im Spannungsfeld von Natur- und Kulturlandschaft. Arbeitskreis für Landschaftsforschung in Hamburg (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: Arbeitskreis für Landschaftsforschung
Period: 19.09.2018 - 21.09.2018 | Location: Hamburg, Germany
Year: 2017 - Uncovering potential conflicts between stakeholder groups: differences in perception of ecosystem service delivery and socio-cultural values (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: Alter-Net conference
Period: 02.05.2017 - 04.05.2017 | Location: Ghent, Belgium
Year: 2016 - Disentangling public perceptions of wilderness: How can the ecosystem service approach contribute to the quantitative and spatial assessment of people's values (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: The Future of Wild Europe
Year: 2016 - Can we identify and map the tourists' perception of cultural ecosystem services? (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: European ES conference in Antwerp
Year: 2014 - Sozio-kulturelle Präferenzen in Bezug auf die Bewertung von Ökosystemdienstleistungs-Kategorien - ein nicht-ökonomischer Ansatz (Vortrag)
Autoren: Zoderer, B.M.
Event: IALE-D