Sonja Hölzl, M.Sc.

Doctoral Candidate

 

Sonja Hölzl is a doctoral candidate at the department of Societal Transition and Agriculture at the University of Hohenheim and a researcher at the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation (Network Research for Practice). She studied political science, ecology, and environmental planning as well as natural resource management in Passau and Berlin. Her previous work has focused on land use decisions, human-wildlife conflicts, sustainable institutions and a wide range of nature conservation issues. Her PhD project focuses on farmers' experiential knowledge of biodiversity and its role in extension processes in the context of agri-environmental measures.

Research interests

  • Land use decisions
  • Agri-environmental schemes
  • Advisory processes
  • Motivation and behaviour
  • Grassland
  • Research-practice interface
  • Grazing

Career

Since 2025Doctoral candidate, HABIT, University of Hohenheim
Since 2020Network Research for Practice, Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management
2018-2020Biodiversity Team, adelphi
2016-2020M.Sc. Integrated Natural Resource Management, Humboldt University Berlin
2015-2021B.Sc. Ecology and Environmental Planning,Technical University Berlin
2011-2015B.A. Governance and Public Policy, University of Passau

Publications

Hölzl S. (2024): Wie Entscheidungen getroffen werden und wie man das für den Naturschutz nutzen kann. Anliegen Natur 46(1): 105-116.
Hölzl S., Lehmair T.A. (2023): Rückblick: Symposium Moorschutz – Forschung und Praxis verbinden. Anliegen Natur 45(2): 5-12.
Hölzl S. (2023): Naturschutzforschung in Bayern praxisrelevant gestalten. Anliegen Natur 45(1): 105-116.
Hölzl S.E., Veskov M., Scheibner T., Le T.T., Kleinschmit B. (2021): Vulnerable socioeconomic groups are disproportionately exposed to multiple environmental burden in Berlin – implications for planning. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 13(2): 334-350.
Hölzl S., Kollmann J. (2021): Blühstreifen und –flächen für die Insektenvielfalt – ein Dialog an der Schnittstelle zwischen Forschung und Praxis. Anliegen Natur 43(2): 59-68.

sonja.hoelzl@uni-hohenheim.de

Address:

University of Hohenheim
Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture
Societal Transition and Agriculture (430b)
Schloss Museumsflügel (4.15/1C, 134)
70599 Stuttgart, Germany