Prof. Dr. Martin Welp

Professorship in Socioeconomics and Communication

Global Change Management (M.Sc.)
Wintersemester
    •    Condition and Tools: Change Management
    •    Objects and Dynamics: Global Systems Analysis
    •    Scientific Writing and Presenting

Sommersemester
    •    Response Strategies: Adaptation to Global Change
    •    Response Strategies: Mitigation of Global Change
    •    Natural Resource Management in Transformation Countries
    •    Research Colloquium

Forest Information Technology (M.Sc.)
Wintersemester
    •    Project Planning & Management
    •    Scientific Writing and Presenting

International Forest Ecosystem Management (B.Sc.)
Wintersemester
    •    Introduction to Socioeconomics
    •    Intercultural Communication
    •    Social Survey Methods

Sommersemester
    •    Social forestry & Extension Methods
    •    Project-based Conservation and Land-use Management

Forstwissenschaft (B.Sc.)
Wintersemester
    •    Kommunikation und Informationsmanagement
    •    Partizipatives Waldmanagement

  • Socioeconomics and Communication
  • Social-ecological transformations with regional focus on Asia
2000–2006

2000-2006 Senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Department of Global Change & Social Systems. Founding member and contact person of European Climate Forum (later renamed to Global Climate Forum)

1999–2000

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Technology at the Darmstadt University of Technology.

Project work a.o. at the Cooperation and Consultancy Point for Environmental Questions (Technical University Berlin), European Forest Institute (Joensuu, Finland), Service Centre for Development Cooperation (Helsinki) and Coalition for Environment and
Development (Helsinki).

1998

Doctoral Thesis at the Technical University Berlin, Institute for Management in Environmental Planning. Funded by the Academy of Finland and the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation.

1993

Masters Degree at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Land Use Economics.

Biosphere Reserves Institute

Centre of Econics and Ecosystem Management

2023

Key Actors’ Perspectives on Agroforestry’s Potential in North Eastern Germany

Litschel, Johannes ; Berendt, Ferréol ; Wagner, Hanna ; Heidenreich, Simon ; Bauer, David ; Welp, Martin ; Cremer, Tobias

 

2022

In Search for the Optimal Forest Use Behaviour: Riparian Forest Use in Central Asia, Using the Example of Ak-Tal, Naryn, Kyrgyzstan

Missall, Siegmund ; Welp, Martin ; Mehta, Kedar ; Degembaeva, Nadira ; Akmatov, Kuban ; Zörner, Wilfried

 

2022

Spatial distribution patterns of trunk internal decay of Euphrates poplar riparian forest along the Tarim River, northwest China

Wei, Zhicheng ; Halik, Ümüt ; Aishan, Tayierjiang ; Abliz, Abdulla ; Welp, Martin

 

2022

Potential of Agroforestry to Provide Wood Resources to Central Asia

Thevs, Niels ; Aliev, Kumar ; Emileva, Begayim ; Yuldasheva, Dilfuza ; Eshchanova, Guzal ; Welp, Martin

 

2021

Spatiotemporal investigation of the interactive coercing relationship between urbanization and ecosystem services in arid northwestern China

Shi, Lei ; Halik, Ümüt ; Mamat, Zulpiya ; Aishan, Tayierjiang ; Abliz, Abdulla ; Welp, Martin

 

2020

Urban Green Space Accessibility and Distribution Equity in an Arid Oasis City: Urumqi, China

Shi, Lei ; Halik, Ümüt ; Abliz, Abdulla ; Mamat, Zulpiya ; Welp, Martin

 

2018

Walk, H., Ott, H. E. & Welp, M. (2018). Die Beteiligten: zivilgesellschaftliche Systeme. In: Ibisch, P. L., Molitor, H., Conrad, A., Walk, H, Mihotovic, V. & Geyer, J. (eds.) Der Mensch im globalen Ökosystem. Eine Einführung in die nachhaltige Entwicklung. oekom, München. 414 p. 241-260.

2020

Farmers’ Perceptions of Tree Shelterbelts on Agricultural Land in Rural Kyrgyzstan

Ruppert, Daniel ; Welp, Martin ; Spies, Michael ; Thevs, Niels

 

2020

Coupling analysis of the major impact on sustainable development of the typical arid region of Turpan in Northwest China

Sun, Lingxiao ; Yu, Xiang ; Li, Boshan ; Zhang, Haiyan ; Sha, Dong ; Wang, Yao ; Lei, Jiaqiang ; Yu, Yang ; Welp, Martin ; Yu, Ruide

 

2017

Rouzi, A., Halik, Ü., Thevs, N., Welp, M., & Aishan, T. (2017). Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China. Sustainability, 10(1), 35.

2020

Climate change in Central Asia: Sino-German cooperative research findings

 Yu, Yang ; Chen, Xi ; Disse, Markus ; Cyffka, Bernd ; Lei, Jiaqiang ; Zhang, Haiyan ; Brieden, Andreas ; Welp, Martin ; Abuduwaili, Jilili ; Li, Yaoming ; Zeng, Fanjiang ; Gui, Dongwei ; Thevs, Niels ; Ta, Zhijie ; Gao, Xin ; Pi, Yuanyue ; Yu, Xiang ; Sun, Lingxiao ; Yu, Ruide

 

2015

Graef, F., Schneider, I., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Gevorgyan, E., Haule, F., Hoffmann, H., Kahimba, F.C., Kashaga, L., Kissoly, L., Lambert, C., Lana, M., Mahoo, H.F., Makoko, B., Mbaga, S.H., Mmbughu, A., Mkangwa, S., Mrosso, L., Mutabazi, K.D., Mwinuka, L., Ngazi, H., Nkonya, E., Said, S., Schaffert, A., Schäfer, M.P., Schindler, J., Sieber, S., Swamila, M., Welp, M., William, L. & Lambert, C. (2015). Assessment of upgrading strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania: Food processing, waste management and bioenergy, and income generation. Outlook on AGRICULTURE, 44(3), 179-186.

2014

Kuba, M, Halik, Ü., Welp, M. & Cyffka, B. (2014). Nachhaltigkeit von Dienstleistungen in Ökosystemen unter Stress. In: Müller, M, Hemmer, I & Trappe, M. (eds.). Nachhaltigkeit neu denken. Rio+X: Impulse für Bildung und Wissenschaft. oekom, München. 312 p. 101-106.

2012

Welp, M. and Frost, I. (2012). Non-knowledge and organisational learning. In: Ibisch, P., Geiger, L. and Cybulla, F. (eds.) Global Change Management: Knowledge Gaps, Blindspots and Unknowables. Nomos. 250 p. 213-222 (ISBN-10: 3832967141).

2012

Krause, G. and Welp, M. (2012). Systems Thinking in Social Learning for Sustainability. In: Glaser, M., Krause, G., Ratter, B., and Welp, M. (eds.) Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. Routledge. 232 p. 13-33.

2012

Glaser, M., Ratter, B., Krause, G. and Welp, M. (2012). New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations. In: Glaser, M., Ratter, B., Krause, G. and Welp, M. (eds.): Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. Routledge, New York, London. 256 p. 3-12.

2009

Welp, M. (2009). Forest-related Climate Mitigation Options: Dialogues for exploring opportunities and threats. In: Spathelf, P. (ed.): Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World: a European Perspective. Springer. 258 p. 155-168.

2008

Stoll-Kleemann, S. and Welp, M. (2008). Participatory and Integrated Management of Biosphere Reserves - Lessons from Case Studies and a Global Survey. GAIA S1/08: 161-168.

2004

Lotze-Campen, H. and Welp, M. (2004). Mehr Nahrungsmittel mit weniger Wasser erzeugen: Effizienzgewinne, Lebensstile, Handel. In: Lozán, J.L., Graßl, H., Hupfer, P., Menzel, L. and Schönwiese, C.-D . (eds.) Warnsignal Klima: Genug Wasser für alle?

1993

Welp, M. (1993). Metsälait ja metsäpolitiikka Saksan Liittotasavallassa (Forest Laws and Forest Policy in Germany). In: Palo, M. & Hellström, E. (eds.) 1993. Metsäpolitiikka valinkauhassa (Forest Policy in the Process of Change). Publications of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 471. 467 p. 23-73. (ISBN 951-40-1318-2).