Dr. Nele Lienhoop
Department of Economics
Working Group Social-science Water Research
Working Group Energy
Working Group Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: +49 341 6025 2693
Dr. Nele Lienhoop
Areas of Expertise & Research
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Economic valuation: preference-based valuation methods, deliberative approaches, cost-benefit-analysis
- Biodiversity & ecosystem services, water resources management, renewable energies & landscape aesthetics
Curriculum Vitae
since 2018
Professor of Economics at the Applied University of Bochum
WS 2016/17
Visiting professor at the Technical University Berlin (Department Landscape Economics)
2005 - 2018
Research scientist at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
2003 - 2004
Postdoc at the University of Aberdeen
2001 - 2004
PhD in Environmental Economics, University of Aberdeen. Thesis: “Valuing wilderness protection in Iceland: Enhancing the validity of Contingent Valuation results”
1999 - 2000
MSc in Environmental and Resource Management at the University of Aberdeen. Thesis: “Assessing the environmental costs of hydropower generation in wilderness areas using Contingent Valuation”
1996 - 1997
BSc in Geography at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands), Reykjavik. Thesis: Waste Management Strategies in Iceland and Germany: A Comparative Study (in Icelandic)
Completed Projects
Linking biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services: advancing insights in trade-offs and synergies for improved integrated biodiversity policy (CONNECT)
Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley (SMART II)
Impacts of global change on the hydrological cycle of the Elbe River Basin. Risks and options (GLOWA-Elbe II)
Impacts of global change on the hydrological cycle of the Elbe River Basin. Results and consequences (GLOWA-Elbe III)
Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley (SMART I)
The economic value of butterfly conservation: participant motivation in group-based approaches for Contingent Valuation (2006)