Friedensakademie Rheinland-Pfalz

Dr. Lisa Lehnen

Portrait Dr. Lisa Lehnen
© K. Hiller

Associate Fellow

Fortstraße 7, 76829 Landau
Gebäude I, Raum 2.28

Kontakt

E-Mail: lisa.lehnen[at]rptu.de

RPTU (Research Group Human Geography)

Sprechstunde

nach Vereinbarung

03/2025 – todayPostdoctoral Researcher in the Research Group Human Geography, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
09/2019 - todayPostdoctoral Researcher in the working group Movement Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Germany
07/2020 - todayExternal Lecturer at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
04/2015 – 11/2018PhD candidate at Greifswald University, Germany
04/2015 – 06/2018Research assistant in the working group Applied Zoology and Conservation, Greifswald University, Germany
01/2017-02/2017Visiting researcher at the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Health, INRAE, Rennes, France
01/2016-04/2016Visiting researcher at the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Health, INRAE, Rennes, France
04/2024-10/2014Research intern at the Ecology working group of Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
10/2010 – 09/2013Master of Science in Organism Biology and Evolution at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
04/2012-07/2012Conservation and research volunteer at Naturschutzstation Rhinluch, Linum, Germany
10/2007 – 09/2010Bachelor of Science in Biology at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Projects

  • Kili-SES2: “The role of nature for human well-being in the Kilimanjaro social-ecological system”, sub-project “Supply of beneficial and detrimental nature’s contributions to people and their regulation through ecological networks”. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Period: 2025-2029. Role: PI of the work package “Perceived versus potential supply of beneficial and detrimental nature’s contributions to people” and co-PI of two other work packages.
     

Research Focus

  • Human-nature relationships
  • Conflict and coexistence with wildlife, particularly wolves
  • Conservation conflicts
  • Impacts of nature on people’s quality of life
  • Pathways to sustainable behavior
     

Geographic focus

  • Tanzania
  • Germany
     

Theories

  • Conceptual Framework of IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)
  • Nature Futures Framework
  • Theory of Planned Behavior
  • Wildlife Hazard Acceptance Model
     

Concepts

  • Value pluralism; intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values
  • Wildlife Value Orientations
  • Attitude and behavior change
     

Methods

  • Interdisciplinary, social-ecological research
  • Face-to-face surveys and interviews with local communities
  • Large-scale online surveys
  • Non-verbal qualitative methods (e.g., using visuals)

University of Kaiserlautern-Landau (RPTU), Landau

Seminar and guided field trip: 

Regionalgeographie Europa/Außereuropa, Master, (every summer semester)

Goethe University FrankfurtPractical: Species distribution modelling, Bachelor, (summer semesters 2020-2025)

Journal articles

Arbieu, U.; Taysse, L.; Gimenez, O.; Lehnen, L.; Mueller, T. (2024): Emotional States Elicited by Wolf Videos are Diverse and Explain General Attitudes Towards Wolves. People and Nature, 6(3), 1288-1302. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10637 . Open access.

Arbieu, U.; Albrecht, J.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Lehnen, L.; Schleuning, M.; Mueller, T. (2023): The Attitudinal Space Framework: Embracing the Multidimensionality of Attitudinal Diversity. iScience, 26(8), 107340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107340 . Open access.

Naef, T.; Besnard, A.-L.; Lehnen, L.; Petit, E. J.; van Schaik, J.; Puechmaille, S. J. (2023): How to Quantify Factors Degrading DNA in the Environment and Predict Degradation for Effective Sampling Design. Environmental DNA, 5(3), 403–416. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.414 .

Lehnen, L.; Arbieu, U.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Díaz, S.; Glikman, J. A.; Mueller, T. (2022): Rethinking Individual Relationships with Entities of Nature. People and Nature, 4(3), 596–611. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10296 . Open access. 

Lehnen, L.§; Jan, P.-L. §; Besnard, A.-L.; Fourcy, D.; Kerth, G.; Biedermann, M.; Nyssen, P.; Schorcht, W.; Petit, E. J.; Puechmaille, S. J. (2021): Genetic Diversity in a Long-lived Mammal is Explained by the Past’s Demographic Shadow and Current Connectivity. Molecular Ecology, 30(20), 5048–5063. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16123 . Open access §Lehnen & Jan contributed equally to this work.

Lehnen, L.; Mueller, T.; Reinhardt, I.; Kaczensky, P.; Arbieu, U. (2021): Gesellschaftliche Einstellungen zur Rückkehr des Wolfs nach Deutschland. Natur und Landschaft, Schwerpunktausgabe: Luchs und Wolf zurück in Deutschland, 27–33. https://shop.kohlhammer.de/gesellschaftliche-einstellungen-zur-ruckkehr-des-wolfs-nach-deutschland-978-3-00-153871-0.html

de Boon, A.; Sandström, C.; Arbieu, U.; Hansen, I.; Lehnen, L.; Marino, A.; Pohja-Mykrä, M.; Risvoll, C.; Strand, G.-H.; Rønningen, K. (2021): Governing Dual Objectives Within Single Policy Mixes: An Empirical Analysis of Large Carnivore Policies in Six European Countries. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 23(4), 399–413. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1841614 . Open access.

Jan, P.-L. §; Lehnen, L. §; Besnard, A.-L.; Kerth, G.; Biedermann, M.; Schorcht, W.; Petit, E. J.; Le Gouar, P.; Puechmaille, S. J. (2019): Range Expansion is Associated with Increased Survival and Fecundity in a Long-lived Bat Species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1906), 20190384. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0384 §Lehnen & Jan contributed equally to this work.

Zarzoso‐Lacoste, D.; Jan, P.; Lehnen, L.; Girard, T.; Besnard, A.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Petit, E. J. (2018): Combining Noninvasive Genetics and a New Mammalian Sex‐linked Marker Provides New Tools to Investigate Population Size, Structure and Individual Behaviour: An Application to Bats. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(2), 217–228. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12727 

Lehnen, L.; Schorcht, W.; Karst, I.; Biedermann, M.; Kerth, G.; Puechmaille, S. J. (2018): Using Approximate Bayesian Computation to Infer Sex Ratios from Acoustic Data. PLOS ONE, 13(6), e0199428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199428 . Open access.