Klara Johanna Winkler

Current position
Deputy Science Director: NSERC - ResNet

Education and Academic Appointments  
Postdoctoral Research: Bright Spots at McGill University
Supervisor: Prof. Elena M. Bennett
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PhD (2018)
Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
“Once more with feelings: Harnessing human-nature relationships for the governance of social-ecological systems”
Supervisors: Prof. Bernd Siebenhüner & Prof. Kimberly Nicholas (Lund University, Sweden)
 
MSc Environmental Studies and Sustainability Sciences (2014)
Lund University, Sweden
“More than wine: cultural ecosystem services in vineyard landscapes”
Supervisor: Prof. Kimberly Nicholas
 
BSc Environmental Sciences (2012)
Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
“Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services”
Supervisors: Prof. Stefan Baumgärtner & Prof. Alexandra-Maria Klein 
Research interests
  • Social-ecological systems research and sustainability sciences
  • Sustainability transformation
  • Governance of cultural/ working landscapes
  • Human-nature relationships
  • Implementation of the ecosystem services concept
  • Interlinkage between micro and macro level in governance
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Klara is a sustainability scientist interested in human-nature relationships and processes of sustainable transformation. She uses a governance perspective to research these phenomena on multiple levels of social-ecological systems – from local to supranational. With her research, Klara aims to better understand how actions of individuals fit into the broader network of societal activities and how they relate to and affect each other. Working landscapes in highly-developed countries are the focus of her research as they are the places where change is urgently needed in order to provide a stable ecological system that can contribute to human well-being today and in the future.

Scholarships, Awards, Grants (selection)

  • QCBS excellence award
  • PhD Scholarship in the Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Research Training Group of the Federal State of Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Various travel and conference scholarships: Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Wolfgang Schulenberg Scholarship, World Forum on Natural Capital
  • Study Scholarship for Bachelor and Master degree: Cusanuswerk Germany
  • Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Federal State of Lower Saxony, Germany

Publications

  • Partelow, S., Winkler, K.J., Thaler, G.. 2020. Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Environmental Discourse. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232945
  • Winkler, K.J., Hauck, J. 2019. Landscape stewardship for a German UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: a network approach to establishing stewardship governance. Ecology and Society. 24 (1). 12. doi: 10.5751/ES-10982-240312  
  • Winkler, K.J. 2019. The implementation of the conceptual shift in conservation: pathways of three German UNESCO biosphere reserves. Ecosystems and People. 15 (1). 173 - 180. doi: 10.1080/26395916.2019.1617351 (perspectives paper)
  • Mastrangelo, M., Perez-Harguindeguy, N., Enrico, L., Bennett, E., Lavorel, S., Cumming, G., …, Winkler, K.J., Zoeller, K.2019. Key knowledge gaps prevail at the core of linkages between People and Nature. Nature Sustainability. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0412-1
  • D’Amato, D., Droste, N., Winkler, K.J., Toppinen, A. 2019. Thinking green, circular, or bio: Eliciting researchers’ perspectives on a sustainable economy with Q method. Journal of Cleaner production. 230. 460 - 476. doi: 10.1016/ j.clepro.2019.05.099
  • Scown, M., Winkler, K.J., Nicholas, K.A. 2019. Towards consensus in research, policy, and practice for sustainable agriculture in Europe. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812100116 
  • Schleyer, C., Herrmann, S., Bouwma, I., Primmer, E., Winkler, K.J. 2019. European Union Policies and Standards as Drivers for Ecosystem Service Provision and Impairment. pp. 103 - 121. in: von Haaren, C. et al.. Landscape Planning with Ecosystem Services, Landscape Series 24. doi: 10.1007/978-94-1681-7_8
  • Winkler, K.J., Scown, M.W., Nicholas, K.A. 2018. A classification to align social-ecological land system research with policy in Europe. Land Use Policy. 79. 137-145. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.06.034
  • Bouwma, I., Schleyer, C., Primmer, E., Winkler, K.J., Berry, P., Young, J., Carmen, E., Špulerová, J., Bezák, P., Preda, E., Vadineanu, A. 2018. Adoption of the ecosystem services concept in EU policies. Ecosyst. Serv. 19B. 213-222. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.02.014
  • Winkler, K.J., Viers, J.H., Nicholas, K.A. 2017. Assessing ecosystem services and multifunctionality for vineyard systems. Front. Environ. Sci. 5. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00015 
  • Partelow, S., Winkler, K.J. 2016.Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom’s framework through orientation in sustainability research. Ecol. Soc. 21. doi: 10.5751/ES-08524-210327
  • Winkler, K.J., Nicholas, K.A. 2016. More than wine: Cultural ecosystem services in vineyard landscapes in England and California. Ecol. Econ. 124, 86–98. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.013 
  • Baumgärtner, S., Klein, A.M., Thiel, D., Winkler, K.. 2015. Ramsey Discounting of Ecosystem Services. Environ. Resour. Econ. 61, 273–296. doi: 10.1007/s10640-014-9792-x 
  • Hauck, J., Winkler, K.J., Priess, J.A. 2015. Reviewing drivers of ecosystem change as input for environmental and ecosystem services modelling. Sustain. Water Qual. Ecol. 5, 9–30. doi: 10.1016/j.swaqe.2015.01.003 
  • Schleyer, C., Görg, C., Hauck, J., Winkler, K.J.. 2015. Opportunities and challenges for mainstreaming the ecosystem services concept in the multi-level policy-making within the EU. Ecosyst. Serv. 16, 174–181. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.014 
  • Hauck, J., Schleyer, C., Winkler, K.J., Maes, J.2014. Shades of Greening: Reviewing the Impact of the new EU Agricultural Policy on Ecosystem Services. Chang. Adapt. Socio-Ecological Syst. 1, 51–62. doi: 10.2478/cass-2014-0006 

Contact information

E-mail: klara.winkler@mcgill.ca
Twitter: @kj_winkler