Projects
Projects I Participate in
Besides my own work and research, I am part of the following research projects: SNF Synergia PAPPUS, aimed at understanding plant-people-insect interactions across urban greenspaces; the DFG project CityBees, researching bee diversity and nutrition under urban heat stress; and the StMELF project StreuWiklim, investigating traditional orchard meadows under climate change.
Past projects
BioDiverCities: Social-ecological drivers of urban biodiversity and nature's contributions to people: new approaches to understand and manage urban ecosystems
This project focuses on understanding how social-ecological drivers impact biodiversity patterns, ecological processes, and nature's contributions to people in urban environments. Access
Role: PI
Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Program.
Funding: 104'000 CHF
BIOVEINS. Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy cities
Urban biodiversity across European cities. Access
Duration: 2017-2021
Role: PhD/ research staff
Funder: H2020 Biodiversa+.
Funding: 136,522 CHF
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City4Bees
Protecting wild bees in urban ecosystems and Switzerland.
Duration: 2019-2023
Role: co-PI with Marco Moretti
Funder: Federal Office for the Enviroment (BAFU), Ernst Göhner Stiftung.
Funding: 160'000 CHF
CitStadtbaume der Zukunft
Evaluation of the research possibilities of the future urban forest in Zürich.
Duration: 2020
Role: Research staff
Funder: Stadt Zürich / Grün Stadt Zürich .
Funding: 10'000 CHF