Ecosystem Management News
Capture Soil Dynamics Through a Highland Field Season
From India’s agroforests to Scotland’s soils: over the past six months, SPROUT PhD students Erika and Alex, together with research assistant Valeria, have spent long stretches of time in the Western Scottish Highlands for the first season of fieldwork. Their projects seek to understand how native woodland restoration shapes both the abiotic and biotic properties of the region’s organic-rich soils.
Fieldwork in India’s Tropical Agroforests: Reflections from Our First Season
For eight weeks, Daisy and Rama, PhD students from POLNET, explored the coffee landscapes of Coorg, India, known for its biodiversity-friendly farms. Hosted by the College of Forestry in Ponnampet, they began fieldwork to identify case study areas and observe plants and pollinators — part of POLNET’s study on how landscape management and intensification affect pollination in agroforestry systems.
Maura Ganz presents her research at Food Day 2025
Maura Ganz is happy to present her research at the ETH Food Day 2025, which is about Planting Healthier Nutrition. She studies how diversification efforts in conventionally managed Swiss farming systems affect biodiversity, yield and biotic pest control. This knowledge is essential for agroecological policies that promote sustainable land use and resilient food production, directly supporting SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
Welcome Daisy Furrokh
Daisy Furrokh joins the group as a doctoral researcher in August 2024.
Welcome Rama Narayanan Harihara Subramanian!
Rama Narayanan Harihara Subramanian joins the group as a doctoral researcher in January 2024.
Welcome Erika Soans
Erika Soans joins the group as a doctoral researcher in May 2024.
Negotiating Landscape Change in Scotland
Our project with our partners Bioregioning Tayside is addressing the social and ecological dynamics of landscape transitions using participatory strategy game approaches. More information available at https://negotiating-landscape-scotland.com/.
Welcome Alexandra Werner!
Alexandra Werner joins the group as a doctoral researcher in April 2024.
Welcome Xuezhu Zhai!
Dr. Xuezhu Zhai joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2023.
Dukunu Mole serious game
Dukunu Mole is a serious game created through a collaboration between BirdLife International, LEAF Inspiring Change, ETH Zürich and CIRAD between 2021 and 2023.