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Dr. Thomas Schmitt
KIT-Campus Alpin
Landnutzungsänderung & Klima
- 11/2018-08/2023: Research Associate at the Professorship of Ecological Services, University of Bayreuth (SusAlps Project)
- 2017-2018: Student Research Assistant at the Professorship of Ecological Services, University of Bayreuth (SusAlps Project)
- 2017: Internship at WWF Germany – Department of International Biodiversity Policy
- 2016-2018: M.Sc Student Global Change Ecology at the University of Bayreuth
- 2015: Student (Minor in Forest and Nature Conservation) at Wageningen University, NL
- 2014: Internship at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Nürnberg) – Department of Innovation and Environment
- 2013-2016: B.Sc Student in Sustainability (Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) at Leiden University College The Hague, NL
KIT-Campus Alpin
Landnutzungsänderung & Klima
Current Research:
My current research within the SusAlps project relates to the sustainable management of grasslands in (pre-)Alpine Bavaria, Germany. I am particularly interested in the underlying perceptions and multiple values of ecosystem services and how these differ between actor groups and by means of different valuation techniques.
KIT-Campus Alpin
Landnutzungsänderung & Klima
Publications
2025
Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Aminian-Biquet, Juliette; Blinova, Polina; Jimenez, Yohana G.; Sinav, Lider; Vašková, Hana; Lorda Dumont, Ana Sofia; Pham, Trung Kien; Mathur, Vinamra; Mwale, Brenda; Frolley Soriano, Deign; Anantaprayoon, Nopparat; Arimiyaw, Abdul Wahid; Koech, Sheila; Conde Choque, Kantuta; Kim, Hye Jin; Kuiper, Jan J.; Pereira, Laura M.; Miller, Brian W.
The perspective of youth : envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people ...
in Sustainability Science (2025)
doi:10.1007/s11625-025-01693-9 ...
Kaim, Andrea; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Annuth, Sylvia Helena; Haensel, Maria; Koellner, Thomas
An agent-based model to simulate field-specific nitrogen fertilizer applications in grasslands (Vers ...
CoMSES Computational Model Library (2025)
https://www.comses.net/codebases/1fef1ba7-ba2b-4fa ...
Kaim, Andrea; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Annuth, Sylvia Helena; Haensel, Maria; Koellner, Thomas
An agent-based model to simulate field-specific nitrogen fertilizer applications in grasslands
in European Journal of Agronomy volume 165 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.eja.2025.127539 ...
2025
Schmitt, Thomas Michael
(Pre-)Alpine Grasslands & People : Perceptions of Ecosystem Services, Values, and Spatial Distr ...
Bayreuth, 2025. - X, 132 page
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007204 ...
(dissertation, 2023,
)
2024
Zindler, Manuela; Haensel, Maria; Fricke, Ute; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Tobisch, Cynthia; Koellner, Thomas
Improving Agri-environmental Schemes : Suggestions from Farmers and Nature Managers in a Centra ...
in Environmental Management volume 73 (2024) . - page 826-840
doi:10.1007/s00267-023-01922-w ...
Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Haensel, Maria; Kaim, Andrea; Lee, Heera; Reinermann, Sophie; Koellner, Thomas
Recreation and its synergies and trade‑offs with other ecosystem services of Alpine and pre‑Alp ...
in Regional Environmental Change volume 24 (2024)
doi:10.1007/s10113-024-02213-8 ...
2023
Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Bogenreuther, Jakob
Teaching the Modeling of Human–Environment Systems : Acknowledging Complexity with an Agent-Bas ...
in Journal of Science Education and Technology volume 32 (2023) . - page 256-266
doi:10.1007/s10956-022-10022-z ...
Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Bogenreuther, Jakob
World of Cows - Exploring land-use policies for a dairy-farm world (teaching modeling complex human- ...
CoMSES Computational Model Library (2023)
https://www.comses.net/codebases/b67c5833-96fb-4c1 ...
Landwehr, Theresa; Riebl, Rebekka; Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Thiemann, Miriam; Koellner, Thomas
Climate change perceptions in Bavaria : Revealing the influence of socio-demographic and local ...
in GAiA volume 32 (2023) issue 3. - page 312-321
doi:10.14512/gaia.32.3.8 ...
Küchen, Lisa; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Riebl, Rebekka; Haensel, Maria; Steinbauer, Manuel; Fricke, Ute; Redlich, Sarah; Koellner, Thomas
Where and why is landscape considered valuable? Societal actors' perceptions of ecosystem servi ...
in Ecosystems and People volume 19 (2023) issue 1
doi:10.1080/26395916.2023.2192813 ...
2022
Thiemann, Miriam; Riebl, Rebekka; Haensel, Maria; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Steinbauer, Manuel; Landwehr, Theresa; Fricke, Ute; Redlich, Sarah; Koellner, Thomas
Perceptions of ecosystem services : Comparing socio-cultural and environmental influences
in PLoS One volume 17 (2022) issue 10. - page e0276432
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276432 ...
Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Riebl, Rebekka; Martín-López, Berta; Haensel, Maria; Koellner, Thomas
Plural valuation in space : mapping values of grasslands and their ecosystem services
in Ecosystems and People volume 18 (2022) issue 1. - page 258-274
doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2065361 ...
2021
von Heßberg, Andreas; Jentsch, Anke; Berauer, Bernd; Ewald, Jörg; Fütterer, Sarah; Görgen, Armin; Kluth, Stefan; Krämer, Alexander; Koellner, Thomas; Scharmann, Marit; Schloter, Michael; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Schödl, Michael; Schuchardt, Max A.; Schucknecht, Anne; Steinberger, Siegfried; Vidal, Alix; Voith, Johannes; Wiesmeier, Martin; Dannenmann, Michael
Almen in Zeiten des Klimawandels : Schutz der Artenvielfalt durch (Wieder-) Beweidung? Die Fall ...
in Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung volume 53 (2021) issue 3. - page 28-36
doi:10.1399/NuL.2021.03.02 ...
Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Martín-López, Berta; Kaim, Andrea; Früh-Müller, Andrea; Koellner, Thomas
Ecosystem services from (pre-)Alpine grasslands : Matches and mismatches between citizens’ perc ...
in Ecosystem Services volume 49 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101284 ...
2019
Hoffmann, Samuel; Schmitt, Thomas Michael; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Irl, Severin D. H.; Rocchini, Duccio; Vetaas, Ole R.; Tanase, Mihai A.; Mermoz, Stéphane; Bouvet, Alexandre; Beierkuhnlein, Carl
Remote sensing of β-diversity : Evidence from plant communities in a semi-natural system
in Applied Vegetation Science volume 22 (2019) issue 1. - page 13-26
doi:10.1111/avsc.12403 ...
KIT-Campus Alpin
Landnutzungsänderung & Klima
Dr. Thomas Schmitt
Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
E-mail: thomas.schmitt@kit.edu