prof.dr.ir. L.L.J.M. Willemen (Wieteke)

Professor of Spatial Dynamics of Ecosystem Services. Current research includes RS-based ecosystem service mapping and monitoring, impact assessments of integrated restoration, citizen science integration in impact research, and prioritization of investments in land degradation neutrality actions. Website: About me.

PhD in spatial modelling of multifunctional landscapes from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Worked before at Bioversity International in Colombia, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy, Cornell University in the USA. Roles: (Coordinating) Lead Author of the Business and Biodiversity and Land Degradation & Restoration assessments of IPBES, Board of the Executive Committee of Ecosystem Services Partnership, and editorial work for several journals. Former board member of the JA@UT, the young academy of the University of Twente.

Expertise

• Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Ecosystem Service
  • Datum
  • Remote Sensing
  • Impact
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Landscape
  • Restoration

• Social Sciences

  • Ecosystem Services

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Ancillary activities

• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platfom on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)IPBES Lead Author Business and Biodiversity Assessment
• ElsevierAssociate Editor Ecosystem Services

Prof. Louise (Wieteke) Willemen holds the chair of Spatial Dynamics of Ecosystem Services. Her research primarily focuses on making quantitative spatial information on ecosystem services available to support multi-objective decision making. Her current research includes RS-based ecosystem service mapping and monitoring, impact assessments of integrated restoration, incorporating citizen science in impact research, and prioritization of investments in land degradation neutrality actions. She contributes to bridging science-policy through her roles as Coordinating Lead Author of the Land Degradation and Restoration & Lead Author of the Business and Biodiversity Assessments of IPBES, Board of the Executive Committee of Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP, an international network aiming at linking ecosystem service science with practice to enhance communication, coordination and cooperation), active science communication and editorial work for several journals.

Louise Willemen has a PhD in spatial modelling from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and an MSc degree from the same university in Tropical Land Use studies (specialization in plant production systems and GIS). She has worked at several science and policy organizations including Bioversity International in Colombia, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy, Cornell University in the USA, and has collaborated with many on-the-ground partners.

Read more about me here.

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

Address

University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1104
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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