Dr. Jana Zscheischler
Head of project
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Eberswalder Str. 84
15374 Müncheberg
Germany
T | +49 (0) 33432 82 399
E | jana.zscheischler@zalf.de
Research Focus:
Innovations for Sustainable Land Management, Transformative Sustainability Science, Environmental conflicts and justice, Urban-rural interlinkages, Future agricultural systems (Digitalization)
Experiences and Education:
since 2019 Junior research group BioKum
2018 -2019 Head of project „Innovations for Sustainable Land Management“ (Scientific Coordination Project)
2016 – 2018 ginkoo-project, Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft, Technische Universität Berlin
2014 -2017 PhD project at Thaer Institute (final grade: „summa cum laude“) , Humboldt Universität Berlin
2011 M.Sc. Environmental Protection| Universität Rostock
2008 PR-Volontariat, Reporters without Borders, e.V.
2007 DAAD Fellowship UNAN León, Nicaragua
2006 M.A. Communication Sciences | Technische Universität Berlin
Selected Publications:
peer-reviewed
2021
Friedrich, J., Zscheischler, J., Faust, H. Social-ecological transformation and Covid-19: The need to revisit working-class environmentalism in Germany. In GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 30/1: 18-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.30.1.5
Rogga,S., Zscheischler, J. (2021). Opportunity, balancing act, challenge – doing PhDs in transdisciplinary research projects. In Environmental Science and Policy, 120 (2021,) 138-144. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.03.009
2020
Zscheischler, J. (2020) Zur Gestaltung transdisziplinärer und transformativer Forschungsprozesse: Lernen von Beispielen aus der Forschungspraxis. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 29/3: 186–187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.29.3.10 
2019
Zscheischler, J., Busse, M. How to build up a Collaborative Landscape Management-Lessons from a transdisciplinary case study in Germany. In Environmental Management. Online First
Weith, T., Rogga,S., Zscheischler,J. Gaasch, N. Benefits of research accompanying research. In GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society.
Busse, M., Kernecker, M., Zscheischler, J., Zoll, F., Siebert, R.: Ethical concerns in poultry production – A German consumer survey about dual purpose chickens. In Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Kernecker, M., Busse, M., Zscheischler, J. (2019): Avert collapse of research co-production systems. In: Nature 573 (7775), p. 495.
2018
Jaeger-Erben, M., Nagy, E., Schäfer, M., Süßbauer, E., Zscheischler, J. From talking politics to analysing practice: A plea for a grounded theory of transformation oriented research [Von der Programmatik zur Praxis – Ein Plädoyer für eine „Grounded Theory“ transformationsorientierter Forschung]. In GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 27 (1), 117- 121.
Rogga, S., Zscheischler, J., Gaasch, N. How much real world lab is hidden in current transdisciplinary research practice. In GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 27(1), 18-22.
Zscheischler, J., Rogga, S., Lange, A. The success of transdisciplinary research for sustainable land use – individual perceptions and assessment. In Sustainability Science, Online First.
2017
Zscheischler, J., Rogga, S., Busse, M. The Adoption and Implementation of Transdisciplinary Research in the Field of Land-Use Science—A Comparative Case Study. In Sustainability 2017, 9(11), 1926
2015
Zscheischler, J., & Rogga, S. Transdisciplinarity in land use science–A review of concepts, empirical findings and current practices. Futures, 65, 28-44.
2014
Zscheischler, J., Rogga, S., & Weith, T. Experiences with transdisciplinary research. Systems research and behavioral Science, 31(6), 751-756.