Dr. Bernd Demuth

Research Associate

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Since 2014                              

Research Associate at the Department of Landscape Planning and Development, Institute for Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (TU Berlin), Project Manager of the following projects:

• ‘Environmentally Sound Implementation of the German Energy System Transformation’, working package C, knowledge transfer, collaborative project with Leibniz University Hannover, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (12/2017-07/2020)
• ‘Elaboration of Regional and Local Energy Concepts under Consideration of Nature and Landscape Conservation’, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (2015-2018)
• ‘The Energy System Transformation Between Energy Policy Objectives, Public Acceptance and Requirements for Nature Conservation’, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (2014-2016)
• ‘KlimoPass’ – Climate Change Adaptation by Landscape Planning  (10/2014 - 01/2015)

06/2014 – 09/2014                    

Subject Specialist for the German Networking Agency for Rural Areas in the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)

• Topics: agri-environmental measures, contractual conservation management agreements, protection of natural heritage

2008 – 2014                             

Research Associate at the Department of Landscape Planning and Development, Institute for Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (TU Berlin), collaborating on the following projects:

• ‘Energy Landscapes – Cultural Landscapes of the Future?’, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (2012-2014)

• ‘Landscapes in Germany 2030’, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation  (BfN) (2009-2012)
• ‘Demographic Change and Nature Conservation’, project of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (2008-2009)
• ‘Young Cities – Developing Energy-Efficient Urban Fabric in the Tehran-Karaj Region’, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2008-2013)

2004 – 2008                             

Freelance work as landscape planner and advisor for learning programmes and educational software

2001 – 2004

Project Leader for the Lutheran “Landjugendakademie Altenkirchen e.V.”, federal initiative – learning on the farm, project of Federal Department for Consumer Affairs, Food and Agriculture (BMVEL)

1995 – 2000

Resarch Associate at the Institute for Landscape Development at TU Berlin; collaborating on the following projects:

• ‘Cultural Landscape Development on Agricultural Sites with Marginal Agricultural Yields’ (1999-2000)
• ‘Process Development for the Valuation of the Protective Good “Landscape Scenery” within Berlin Peripheries in the Context of the Conceptual Environmental Provision’ (1995-1998)

EDUCATION

1999

Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.): ‘Consideration of the Protective Good “Landscape Scenery” in Landscape Planning’, methodological assessment by means of selected examples of general landscape structure planning, investigating legal and methodological issues in four federal states of Germany

1989 – 1995

Diploma studies in ‘Landscape Planning’ at TU Berlin

1984 – 1986

Vocational training as Landscape Gardener

MEMBERSHIPS AND FUNCTIONS

• Member of the German Society for Garden Design and Landscape Culture (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gartenkunst und Landschaftskultur – DGGL)
• Member of the National Working Group for Nature and Environmental Education (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung – ANU)
• Member of Deutsche Landeskulturgesellschaft (DLKG)

PUBLICATIONS