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M.Sc. Verena Schröder

Verena Schröder
M.Sc. Verena Schröder
Research associate
Phone +49 8421 93-21378
E-mail vschroeder@ku.de
Room: O18-202
Postal Address
Ostenstraße 18
85072 Eichstätt
Office hours
The Human Geography Group is not staffed for the time being. However, we are always available for you by email.

About

Verena Schröder studied the Master’s degree program in Geography: Global Change and Regional Sustainability at the University of Innsbruck, graduating in 2014. In her Master’s thesis she examined the regional corporate responsibility of cable car companies in Tyrol and analyzed the relationship between the cable cars and their social and natural environment, the companies’ sense of responsibility, and the tension between the use and protection of the natural environment. Following an interdisciplinary approach, she discussed the unequal balance of powers between actors in ski resorts and their stakeholders, and developed possible solutions in a proposed corporate regional responsibility policy.

Since graduating she has worked as a freelance consultant for sustainability and participated in various projects with companies and public bodies.

For her doctoral thesis she is conducting field research on animal geography and investigating questions concerning the relationship between humans and wild animals. She is studying how humans perceive the (new) presence of wild animals in the areas where they live, what conflicts this can result in, and how the two can coexist successfully.
  

Education and career

  • October 2016–present: Research associate and doctoral candidate at the Department of Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  • Sep. 2016–present: Certificate of advanced studies program ‘Mammals: Knowledge of Species, Ecology, and Management’ at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
  • Feb. 2015–present: Staff member and co-initiator of the applied geography platform regionalverantwortlich.at; responsible for analysis, consulting, and concept development in the field of sustainable regional development and corporate regional responsibility
  • Feb. 2015–Jan. 2016: Doctoral candidate at the University of Innsbruck (doctoral scholarship for young researchers)
  • Oct. 2014–Mar. 2015: Lecturer at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck
  • 2008–2014: Master’s degree program in Geography: Global Change and Regional Sustainability with electives in sociology and architecture at the University of Innsbruck. Master’s thesis on the topic ‘Cable car companies – responsible for the region? A differentiated examination of ski resorts in Tyrol and a draft corporate regional responsibility policy’ (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Coy; grade: very good). The thesis was awarded the Walter Christaller Prize 2015 of the Deutscher Verband für Angewandte Geographie (German Association for Applied Geography), the Graf Chotek Prize 2015 of Tiroler Sparkasse in the category ‘sustainability’, and the 2014 funding prize of the Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft (Austrian Geographical Society)
  • Oct. 2013–Oct. 2014: Tutor for the course ‘Humans and the Environment’ at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck
  • Oct. 2011–May 2013: Project member at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, in the research projects ‘CC-Snow II – Effects of Future Snow Conditions on Tourism and Economy in Tyrol and Styria’ (funded by the Austrian Climate Research Program of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund) and ‘A Study on Cemetery Space Requirements’ (commissioned by the Innsbruck city planning department)
  • 2007–2010: Internships at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research in Innsbruck, European Forum Alpbach, the Hamburg city planning department, and Welthaus in the diocese of Innsbruck
  • 2005–2008: Bachelor’s degree program in Geography at the University of Innsbruck
      

Awards, grants, and scholarships

  • 2016: Walter Christaller Prize 2015 of the Deutscher Verband für Angewandte Geographie
  • Feb. 2015–Jan. 2016: Doctoral scholarship for young researchers from the University of Innsbruck
  • 2015: Graf Chotek Prize 2015 of Tiroler Sparkasse in the category ‘sustainability’
  • 2015: 2014 funding prize of the Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft
      

Research interests: topics

  • Animal geography/more-than-human geography
  • Coexistence/wild animal management and protection
  • Human–environment relations research with a focus on sustainable regional development and corporate regional responsibility
Research interests: regions
  • Alps (especially Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
       

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