Position: Senior Scientist, Head of department VT12
Branch: Department of the Human Dimensions of Global Change
Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00
Email: leventon.j@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 702 012 023
Research Focus
Coordinator of the PLUS Change research project on Planning Land Use Strategies in a Changing World.
WP leader in the SSH Centre project on Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence.
WP leader in the FOSTA Health project on food systems transformation for One Health.
Action chair of the TransformERS COST Action.
Particular expertise in:
- Sustainability governance
- Societal transformations for sustainability
- Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research
- Place-based social ecological systems research
Education
PhD in Environmental Science and Policy, 2011, Central European University, Budapest, HU.
MSc in International Development (Environment and Development), 2007, University of Manchester, UK.
BSc (hons) in Environmental Science, 2006, University of Manchester, UK.
Appointments
2020 – present, Head of Department of Human Dimensions of Global Change, CzechGlobe, CZ.
2016 – 2020, Junior Professor in Sustainability Science, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, DE.
2014 – 2016, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, DE.
2011 – 2014, Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute, Leeds University, UK.
2007 – 2010, Marie Curie Early Career Researcher (AquaTRAIN network), Central European University, HU.
Important research visits and fellowships
2009, Research Fellow (6 months), Technical University of Crete, GR
2008, Grantholder (Cat. 20), European Commission Joint Research Centre, IT
Membership
Coordinating Lead Author: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment
Editor: Environmental Policy and Governance Journal
Scientific Advisor: Dresden Leibnitz Graduate School
Brief scientometrics
h-index: 24
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julia_Leventon
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=ivAxtHoAAAAJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2447-8522
