Tanya Baycheva

Tanya Baycheva-Merger is a Research Associate at the Forest and Environmental Policy Group at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany). Her research centers upon forest information exchange, integrated management of forests and water, and illegal use of water resources.  

Current Projects:

• Integriertes Management von Wald und Wasser unter sich ändernden klimatischen Bedingungen: Risiken, Maßnahmen, Übertragbarkeit (InteW2)
• Potenzialabschätzung Industrie 4.0 in der Forst-Holz-Bereitstellungskette– Smart Wood Supply Chain Management (WOOD SUPPLY 4.0)
• Distributed, integrated and harmonized forest information for bioeconomy outlooks (DIABOLO)

Teaching:                                                                                                                                                                                           
Co-coordination and teaching- “Environmental Policy Analysis” (Master Environmental Governance)

Work Experience
Since    
11/2019     Research Associate at the Forest and Environmental Policy Group at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany)
2015-2019    Phd Candidate at the Forest and Environmental Policy Group at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany)
2014-2015    Consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Germany
2010-2014    Researcher at the European Forest Institute (EFI), France and Germany
2009-2010  Project Assistant at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Environmental Law Centre, Germany
 
Education
    
11/2019    PhD, Albert-Ludwigs University,  Freiburg, Germany
Dissertation title: The politics of forest information exchange in Europe
09/2009    International Master of Environmental Science,  University of Cologne, Germany
05/2007    Bachelor of Science, Environmental and Resources Management, Technical University of Brandenburg, Cottbus, Germany

Publications

2020

• Baycheva-Merger, T, Sotirov, M. (2020): The politics of an EU forest information system: unpacking distributive conflicts associated with the strategic use of forest information. Forest Policy and Economics 112: 102-110. : http://10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102110

2019

• Baycheva-Merger, T. (2019). Forest policy information networks and the role of trust:  cooperative  and  competitive  orientations  and  underlying  causes. In Forests 2019, 10(4), 359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10040359  

2018

• Baycheva-Merger T., Sotirov M., Holmgren S and Selter A. (2018) Institutional and Actor-Oriented Factors Constraining Expert-Based Forest Information Exchange in Europe: A Policy Analysis from an Actor-Centred Institutionalist Approach. Forests 9(3), 129; doi: 10.3390/f9030129 

2017

• Baycheva-Merger T., Sotirov M., Holmgren S., Selter A. (2017). The institutional barriers of forest information exchange in the European Union. Abstract book of the  IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, 18 – 22 September 2017, Freiburg, Germany, p. 317
• Holmgren, S., Sotirov, M., Baycheva- Merger, T.,  Selter, A., Blum, M (2017). The politics of forest information in EU: mapping use, provision, gaps and challenges related to forest information exchange. Abstract book of the  IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, 18 – 22 September 2017, Freiburg, Germany, p. 72
• Linser, S.,  Payn, T.,  Baycheva-Merger, T.,  Lier,  Gritten, D., Robertson, G., Laclau, P., Jafari M., Wolfslehner B. (2017). 25 years of C&I for SFM - Did they make a difference? Abstract book of the  IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, 18 – 22 September 2017, Freiburg, Germany, p. 271
• Holmgren S. ,  Sotirov M., Baycheva-Merger T., Selter A., Blum M.,  Schadauer K., Freudenschuss A. (2017). Synthesis report on data demand and data provision, including data flows at the science-policy management interface and the barriers of data flows. DIABOLO D1.3

2016

• Holmgren S., Sotirov M., Baycheva-Merger T., Selter A. Kleinschmit D., Winkel G. (2016). List of data demanded by policies, political decision makers and key forest managers at different political levels and across different policy areas. DIABOLO D1.2

2015

• Baycheva-Merger T., Sotirov M., Winkel G., Kleinschmit D. (2015).List of policies relevant for sustainable multi-purpose forestry at EU level. DIABOLO D1.1
• Baycheva-Merger T. and Wolfslehner, B. (2015). Evaluating the implementation of the pan-European C&I for SFM – A SWOT Analysis. In:  Ecological Indicators 60 (2016) 1192–1199
• Baycheva-Merger, T. (2015).  B10 Public awareness and participation/ B11 Research, training and education. In: State of Europe´s Forests Report, 2015.  FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Madrid
• Sotirov, M., Storch, S., Aggestam, F., Giurca, A., Selter, A., Baycheva, T., Eriksson, O., Sallnäs, O., Schüll, O., Trubins, R., Borges, J., McDermott, C., Hoogstra-Klein, M., Hengeveld, G., Pettenella, D. (2015): Forest Policy Integration in Europe: Lessons Learnt, Challenges Ahead, and Strategies to Support Sustainable Forest Management and Multifunctional Forestry in the Future. INTEGRAL EU Policy Paper. Available online: http://www.integral-project.eu/materials/eu-policy-paper.html 
• Bosela, M,  Larocque G.,Baycheva T., Valbuena R., Lier M. (2015). Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management. In: Ecological Forest Management Handbook. CRC Press, 2015

2013 

• Wolfslehner, B., Baycheva T., Prins K., Lier M. 2013. Implementing Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Europe. European Forest Institute, 2013

2011

• Requardt, A., Baycheva T. 2011. Forest Policies, Institutions and Instruments by Policy Area. In: State of Europe´s Forests Report 2011 Part II Pan-European Qualitative indicators for Sustainable Forest Management. FOREST EUROPE/UNECE/FAO 2011.