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Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit  +49 761 203-3712 Room 04058 Office hours by appointment |
Curriculum Vitae
Since 12/2014 | Professor for Forest and Environmental Policy at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
6/2010- 11/2014 | Assoc. Professor for Forest policy at SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in Uppsala |
06/2010 | Docentships at SLU |
02/2008 – 05/2010 | Assistant Professor for Forest Policy at SLU |
07/2007 – 02/2008 | Researcher in the project „Agricultural Policy between path dependency and path creation“ (supported by DFG) at the Chair Agribusiness Administration and agricultural Policy at the University of Göttingen |
12/2003- 02/2008 | Heading the junior research group on “Global Forest Discourses - Between Media and Science“ (supported amongst other by Volkswagenstiftung) at the Institute of Forest Policy at the University of Göttingen |
03/2003 – 12/2003 | Wissenschaftlerin in der Nachwuchsforschergruppe “AgChange. Konflikte der Agrarwende” an der Universität Hamburg |
07/2003 | Dissertation “Contribution of the media to political success. Forestry and Nature Conservation in the Policy Field Forest.” (in German) |
09/1998 – 02/2003 | Doctoral student at the Institute of Forest Policy at the University of Göttingen |
01/2000 - 12/2001 | Stipend of the Niedersächsischen Graduiertenförderung |
12/1999 – 07/2000 | Researcher in a project on Red List Species (supported by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation) |
08/1999 - 12/1999 | Researcher in a project on Forest die-back at the Institute of Socio-economy at the University of Life sciences (BOKU) in Vienna |
10/1993 – 08/1998 | Study of Forest Sciences at the University of Göttingen |
03/1998 – 02/2003 | Study of Social Sciences, with focus on Political Science and Communication Science at the University of Göttingen |
Research interest
My research is problem oriented and applied as well as theory driven. It comprises following areas linking research on ideas, interests and institutions:
- Policy studies in the area of land use, in particular on forest, agriculture, climate and nature conservation
- Interlinkages between land use policies at different political levels
- Policy integration
- Political communication in forest and environmental policy
- Democracy, participation and discourses
- Sustainability research, e.g. on bioeocnomy
Teaching
- Forest- und Environmental Policy
- International Forest Governance
- Communication and Public Relations