Bettina Matzdorf
Biographic Data
| ID | 1237278 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bettina Matzdorf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bettina |
| FAMILY NAME | Matzdorf |
| SIGNATURE | MATZDORF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6244-6724 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Agricultural living labs: Bridging theory and practice through transformative learning
Purpose This conceptual study addresses methodological and conceptual gaps in Agricultural Living Labs (ALLs) by integrating Mezirow’s Transformative Learning (TL) theory into their design. It aims to enhance agricultural education and knowledge co-creation, enabling stakeholder-driven resilience amid climate volatility.Design/methodology/approach This study follows a qualitative, conceptual, and meta-analytical design, developed through a four-s…
Private funding for soil health: Private individuals’ preferences for ecosystem services and biodiversity certificates
Achieving improvements in soil health and biodiversity on agricultural land in the European Union, as outlined in the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, requires bridging the current funding gap through increased private investment. Yet the funding potential of private individuals remains largely untapped, partly due to a lack of attractive funding opportunities and well-designed incentives. Conducting a Discrete…
Weak pulse: A Q-methodology study of stakeholder viewpoints on barriers in European food legume value chains
European ambitions for more sustainable food systems rely, in part, on expanding the production and consumption of food legumes. Yet European food legume value chains remain marginal, and EU and national level supporting policies are few. We apply Q–methodology to provide novel evidence about stakeholder perceptions of the relative importance of current value chain barriers and their interrelationship, while also exploring how these perceptions v…
Farmers’ views on the institutional design of agri-environmental collectives: A case study in Brandenburg, Germany
Collective agri-environmental schemes (cAES) have been introduced in Brandenburg, Germany. This study analyses how the institutional design of cAES should be developed according to the region’s farmers. The results of a Q study reveal three perspectives: a benefit-focused, a business-focused and a stewardship-focused viewpoint. Each viewpoint highlights different aspects essential to engage farmers in the new approach. Farmers agree about increas…
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on collective action: A case study on co-operation in Dutch agri-environment schemes
To improve the ecological effectiveness of agri-environment-climate measures (AECM), collective approaches to co-ordinate AECM beyond the farm level have emerged, which are characterised by different levels of co-operation between individual farmers. As participation is voluntary, understanding farmers’ perspectives on collective action in the context of these economic incentive instruments is crucial to improve existing or design novel approache…
Between farms and forks: Food industry perspectives on the future of EU food labelling
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study
Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers’ representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under…
More than spatial coordination – How Dutch agricultural collectives foster social capital for effective governance of agri-environmental measures
Collective approaches for agri-environmental measures are known for aiming at spatial coordination of measures to enhance ecological effectiveness. In the Netherlands, governance networks for agri-environmental measures are centered around agricultural collectives that function as intermediaries between individual farmers and governmental as well as non-governmental actors. Against the background that some agricultural collectives are bottom-up a…
Motivations of farmers to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes: The case of Dutch agricultural collectives
Collective agri-environmental schemes are designed to improve the spatial coordination and targeting of agri-environmental measures. However, policymakers must craft these programs carefully to motivate farmers to participate. This of course requires knowing what factors actually influence farmers, since they relate to ecosystems in different ways. In the Netherlands, agricultural collectives appear to play an important role in motivating farmers…
Addressing societal challenges through nature-based solutions: How can landscape planning and governance research contribute?
How socioeconomic and institutional conditions at the household level shape the environmental effectiveness of governmental payments for ecosystem services program
As the world’s largest payments for ecosystem services (PES) program, China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is designed to combat soil erosion and land degradation by converting cropland on steep slopes into forests. Operating through an incentive-based approach, the SLCP involved 32 million rural households as core agents. This paper aims to fill a research gap regarding how socioeconomic and institutional conditions influence rural hou…
Strengths and weaknesses of the Net-Map tool for participatory social network analysis in resource management: Experience from case studies conducted on four continents
For researchers, conducting face-to-face interviews is always a challenge as it often turns into a one-way directed information retrieval. Therefore, interviewees not always are very motivated, enthusiastic and cooperative in responding to the questions. In the end, this has implications for the quality of the interview data. To improve the interview setting and the resulting data, in several projects the Net-Map tool was used to conduct particip…
Civil society actors at the nexus of the ecosystem services concept and agri-environmental policies
Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: A case study comparison from Latin America
Sattler, C., B. Schröter, A. Meyer, G. Giersch, C. Meyer, and B. Matzdorf. 2016. Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: a case study comparison from Latin America. Ecology and Society 21(4):24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08475-210424
Community-based management of environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Fournier, M., C. Larrue, M. Alexander, D. Hegger, M. Bakker, M. Pettersson, A. Crabbé, H. Mees, and A. Chorynski. 2016. Flood risk mitigation in Europe: how far away are we from the aspired forms of adaptive governance? Ecology and Society 21(4):49. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08991-210449
Environmental Foundations in Germany: Aims, Scope, and Financial Potential
Foundations in Germany were examined in the context of environmental issues. Data from environmental foundations show that there is huge difference between private and public foundations concerning financial settings. Furthermore, environment is often not the only objective and sometimes not even processed. Our analysis shows that there are different types of foundations with regard to environmental scopes and activities. Although “attractive top…
An analytical framework for assessing the potential of intermediaries to improve the performance of payments for ecosystem services
Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: Experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program
Ruppert-Winkel, C., R. Arlinghaus, S. Deppisch, K. Eisenack, D. Gottschlich, B. Hirschl, B. Matzdorf, T. Mölders, M. Padmanabhan, K. Selbmann, R. Ziegler, and T. Plieninger. 2015. Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program. Ecology and Society 20(3): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07739-200313
Scenarios of bioenergy provision: Technological developments in a landscape context and their social effects
Cross Compliance as payment for public goods? Understanding EU and US agricultural policies
The relevance of the ecosystem services framework for developed countries’ environmental policies: A comparative case study of the US and EU
Studies on Agri-environmental Measures: A Survey of the Literature
Payments for ecosystem services: A review and comparison of developing and industrialized countries
Ecosystem services and ethics
How cost-effective are result-oriented agri-environmental measures?—An empirical analysis in Germany
Institutional frameworks and governance structures of PES schemes
An analytical framework for assessing the potential of intermediaries to improve the performance of payments for ecosystem services
The relevance of the ecosystem services framework for developed countries’ environmental policies: A comparative case study of the US and EU
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
More than spatial coordination – How Dutch agricultural collectives foster social capital for effective governance of agri-environmental measures
Collective approaches for agri-environmental measures are known for aiming at spatial coordination of measures to enhance ecological effectiveness. In the Netherlands, governance networks for agri-environmental measures are centered around agricultural collectives that function as intermediaries between individual farmers and governmental as well as non-governmental actors. Against the background that some agricultural collectives are bottom-up a…
Civil society actors at the nexus of the ecosystem services concept and agri-environmental policies
The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study
Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers’ representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under…
Strengths and weaknesses of the Net-Map tool for participatory social network analysis in resource management: Experience from case studies conducted on four continents
For researchers, conducting face-to-face interviews is always a challenge as it often turns into a one-way directed information retrieval. Therefore, interviewees not always are very motivated, enthusiastic and cooperative in responding to the questions. In the end, this has implications for the quality of the interview data. To improve the interview setting and the resulting data, in several projects the Net-Map tool was used to conduct particip…
Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: A case study comparison from Latin America
Sattler, C., B. Schröter, A. Meyer, G. Giersch, C. Meyer, and B. Matzdorf. 2016. Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: a case study comparison from Latin America. Ecology and Society 21(4):24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08475-210424
How cost-effective are result-oriented agri-environmental measures?—An empirical analysis in Germany
Studies on Agri-environmental Measures: A Survey of the Literature
Payments for ecosystem services: A review and comparison of developing and industrialized countries
Ecosystem services and ethics
Institutional frameworks and governance structures of PES schemes
Scenarios of bioenergy provision: Technological developments in a landscape context and their social effects
Cross Compliance as payment for public goods? Understanding EU and US agricultural policies
The relevance of the ecosystem services framework for developed countries’ environmental policies: A comparative case study of the US and EU
Environmental Foundations in Germany: Aims, Scope, and Financial Potential
Foundations in Germany were examined in the context of environmental issues. Data from environmental foundations show that there is huge difference between private and public foundations concerning financial settings. Furthermore, environment is often not the only objective and sometimes not even processed. Our analysis shows that there are different types of foundations with regard to environmental scopes and activities. Although “attractive top…
An analytical framework for assessing the potential of intermediaries to improve the performance of payments for ecosystem services
Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: Experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program
Ruppert-Winkel, C., R. Arlinghaus, S. Deppisch, K. Eisenack, D. Gottschlich, B. Hirschl, B. Matzdorf, T. Mölders, M. Padmanabhan, K. Selbmann, R. Ziegler, and T. Plieninger. 2015. Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program. Ecology and Society 20(3): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07739-200313
Civil society actors at the nexus of the ecosystem services concept and agri-environmental policies
Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: A case study comparison from Latin America
Sattler, C., B. Schröter, A. Meyer, G. Giersch, C. Meyer, and B. Matzdorf. 2016. Multilevel governance in community-based environmental management: a case study comparison from Latin America. Ecology and Society 21(4):24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08475-210424
Community-based management of environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Fournier, M., C. Larrue, M. Alexander, D. Hegger, M. Bakker, M. Pettersson, A. Crabbé, H. Mees, and A. Chorynski. 2016. Flood risk mitigation in Europe: how far away are we from the aspired forms of adaptive governance? Ecology and Society 21(4):49. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08991-210449
Strengths and weaknesses of the Net-Map tool for participatory social network analysis in resource management: Experience from case studies conducted on four continents
For researchers, conducting face-to-face interviews is always a challenge as it often turns into a one-way directed information retrieval. Therefore, interviewees not always are very motivated, enthusiastic and cooperative in responding to the questions. In the end, this has implications for the quality of the interview data. To improve the interview setting and the resulting data, in several projects the Net-Map tool was used to conduct particip…
Addressing societal challenges through nature-based solutions: How can landscape planning and governance research contribute?
How socioeconomic and institutional conditions at the household level shape the environmental effectiveness of governmental payments for ecosystem services program
As the world’s largest payments for ecosystem services (PES) program, China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is designed to combat soil erosion and land degradation by converting cropland on steep slopes into forests. Operating through an incentive-based approach, the SLCP involved 32 million rural households as core agents. This paper aims to fill a research gap regarding how socioeconomic and institutional conditions influence rural hou…
Motivations of farmers to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes: The case of Dutch agricultural collectives
Collective agri-environmental schemes are designed to improve the spatial coordination and targeting of agri-environmental measures. However, policymakers must craft these programs carefully to motivate farmers to participate. This of course requires knowing what factors actually influence farmers, since they relate to ecosystems in different ways. In the Netherlands, agricultural collectives appear to play an important role in motivating farmers…
More than spatial coordination – How Dutch agricultural collectives foster social capital for effective governance of agri-environmental measures
Collective approaches for agri-environmental measures are known for aiming at spatial coordination of measures to enhance ecological effectiveness. In the Netherlands, governance networks for agri-environmental measures are centered around agricultural collectives that function as intermediaries between individual farmers and governmental as well as non-governmental actors. Against the background that some agricultural collectives are bottom-up a…
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study
Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers’ representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under…
Exploring farmers’ perspectives on collective action: A case study on co-operation in Dutch agri-environment schemes
To improve the ecological effectiveness of agri-environment-climate measures (AECM), collective approaches to co-ordinate AECM beyond the farm level have emerged, which are characterised by different levels of co-operation between individual farmers. As participation is voluntary, understanding farmers’ perspectives on collective action in the context of these economic incentive instruments is crucial to improve existing or design novel approache…
Between farms and forks: Food industry perspectives on the future of EU food labelling
Farmers’ views on the institutional design of agri-environmental collectives: A case study in Brandenburg, Germany
Collective agri-environmental schemes (cAES) have been introduced in Brandenburg, Germany. This study analyses how the institutional design of cAES should be developed according to the region’s farmers. The results of a Q study reveal three perspectives: a benefit-focused, a business-focused and a stewardship-focused viewpoint. Each viewpoint highlights different aspects essential to engage farmers in the new approach. Farmers agree about increas…
Agricultural living labs: Bridging theory and practice through transformative learning
Purpose This conceptual study addresses methodological and conceptual gaps in Agricultural Living Labs (ALLs) by integrating Mezirow’s Transformative Learning (TL) theory into their design. It aims to enhance agricultural education and knowledge co-creation, enabling stakeholder-driven resilience amid climate volatility.Design/methodology/approach This study follows a qualitative, conceptual, and meta-analytical design, developed through a four-s…
Business (18 works) · Economics (18 works) · Environmental resource management (18 works) · Political science (15 works) · Environmental planning (14 works) · Geography (14 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works) · Ecosystem services (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works)