Position: scientist
Branch: Department of the Human Dimensions of Global Change
Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00
Email: vano.s@czechglobe.cz
Phone:
Research Focus
Environmental planning, governance and policy; Systems analysis; Climate change adaptation; Nature-based solutions
Education
(09/2018 – 06/2022) PhD: Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Technical University Munich; ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Doctoral thesis: Sustainable urban development in the context of global environmental changes: Green infrastrucutre planning and governance
(09/2016 – 08/2018) Master degree: University of Copenhagen, programme in Nature Management – Biodiversity, Landscape and Planning
Master thesis: Nature-based planning for sustainable urban development: state of art and potentials in Slovakia
(09/2010 – 08/2013) Bachelor degree: Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, programme in Environmental sicence
Important research visits and fellowships
Research stay:
Utrecht University (2 months, 2025), granted by COST Action TransformERS
PhD research stays:
ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona (3 months, 2019)
Technical University Munich (3 months, 2019)
IPR Prague (8 months, 2020)
Membership
Brief scientometrics
H-index 6 (as of October2025)
Lazurko, A., Kim, H., Linney, G., Díaz-General, E., Vaňo, S., Harmáčková, Z. V., Rounsevell, M., & Harrison, P. A. (2025). Enriching the European shared socio-economic pathways with considerations of biodiversity and nature using a nexus approach. Climate Risk Management, 100741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2025.100741
Vaňo, S., Duchková, H., Bašta, P., Jančovič, M., Geletič, J., Lorencová, E. K., & Suchá, L. (2025). From scenarios to strategies. Integrated methodology addressing urban heat vulnerability in uncertain future. Sustainable Cities and Society, 121, 106202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106202
Kim, H., Lazurko, A., Linney, G., Maskell, L., Díaz-General, E., Březovská, R. J., Keune, H., Laspidou, C., Malinen, H., Oinonen, S., Raymond, J., Rounsevell, M., Vaňo, S., Venâncio, M. D., Viesca-Ramirez, A., Wijesekera, A., Wilson, K., Ziliaskopoulos, K., & Harrison, P. A. (2024). Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe. The Science of the Total Environment, 925, 171692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171692
Suchá, L., Vaňo, S., Jančovič, M., Aubrechtová, T., Bašta, P., Duchková, H., & Lorencová, E. K. (2022). Collaborative scenario building: Engaging stakeholders to unravel opportunities for urban adaptation planning. Urban Climate, 45, 101277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101277
Leventon, J., Suchá, L., Nohlová, B., Vaňo, S., & Harmáčková, Z. V. (2022). Participation as a pathway to pluralism: A critical view over diverse disciplines. In Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research (pp. 175–199). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2022.04.006
Vaňo, S., Olafsson, A. S., & Mederly, P. (2021). Advancing urban green infrastructure through participatory integrated planning: A case from Slovakia. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 58, 126957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126957
De Luca, C., Langemeyer, J., Vaňo, S., Baró, F., & Andersson, E. (2021). Adaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: a transdisciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelona. Ecology and Society, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-12535-260438
