Ecological and Environmental Change Research Group

Multidisciplinary research with a long time-scale perspective

Life on land and the ecosystem and functions and services it underpins are undergoing pronounced changes. Our research aims to provide a knowledge base that informs the prediction and mitigation of global change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, now and in the future.  We focus our research within three main areas: i) Ecological and evolutionary processes in the past, present and future; ii) Biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics under global change; iii) Socio-ecological systems. In doing so we aim to generate fundamental scientific insights that also contribute to scientifically informed and evidence-based decision-making in society. 

We collaborate in several large international ecological projects, including distributed experiments, knowledge-sharing platforms, and large research consortia. Reproducibility and open science are embedded in our approaches. We involve stakeholders in our science locally, nationally, and internationally. We are inclusive with regards to background, gender, and career stage. Further, we communicate our science across a broad spectrum of channels, from high-profile publications to the science-policy interface and popular science. This ensures that we reach the appropriate audiences and have impact within science and across society.