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URPP GCB Seminars focused on a variety of topics related to global change, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Topics of the seminars were necessarily broad due to the interdisciplinary character of the GCB programme. External speakers of international renown in their research fields are invited to these events. The scope of the seminars is to broaden horizons in research, to foster collaboration between academics of different disciplines and to strengthen links between research and policy. Since 2019 the seminar series has been integrated into the resepective departments of the URPP GCB members to broaden the reach of the URPP GCB:
| Speaker | Title | Date | Location | Affiliation |
| Emily A. Poppenborg Martin | Harnessing functional agrobiodiversity to build ecosystem services in crops Abstract |
10 September 2019; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room | University of Wuerzburg | JMU, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Germany |
| Marty Anderies | Robust Governance for Global Change: Tools for Navigating Uncertainty in the Anthropocene Abstract |
26 March 2019; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | 34-J-01, University Zurich-Irchel Room | School Of Human Evolution And Social Change, Arizona State University , U.S.A. |
| Stephanie Pau | Feeling the Heat: Climate Change Impacts on the Phenology and Productivity of a Panamanian Tropical Forest Abstract |
22 November, 2018; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room 34-J-02 | Department of Geography, Florida State University, U.S.A. |
| Yasuhiro Sato | Neighbor effects enhance anti-herbivore defense in Arabidopsis Abstract |
09 August, 2018; 10:30am - 11:30am | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-01 | JST PRESTO/Ryukoku University, Japan |
| Emma Sayer | From micro to macro - microbial processes & forest ecosystem function Abstract |
06 July, 2018; 14:00pm - 15:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-92 | Environment Centre, Lancaster University, U.K |
| Jens-Christian Svenning | Paleoclimate supplements contemporary environment in driving plant functional diversity and vegetation-related ecosystem structure across broad spatial scales Abstract |
17 May, 2018; 15:00pm - 16:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y15-G-40 | Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Rogier De Jong and Claudia Röösli | Introduction to the ESA GlobDiversity project - informing terrestrial Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) using remote sensing Abstract |
23 November, 2017; 12:30pm - 1:30pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-02 | ESA GlobDiversity project |
| Marc Schmid | Genetic and Epigenetic Diversity: From Model Organisms to Field Experiments Abstract |
8 June, 2017; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-01 | Community History and Ecosystem Functioning, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH; Zurich, Switzerland |
| Catherine Graham | Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Neotropical hummingbirds. Abstract | 1 June, 2017; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-01 | Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf, Switzerland |
| Christian Rossi | A plant functional diversity approach in a regional ecosystem service assessment of grasslands. Abstract | 18 May, 2017; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-01 | Community Ecology Plant-Animal Interactions, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf, Switzerland |
| Prof. Yusuke Onoda | Light competition and coexistence of trees in natural forests. Abstract | 7 April, 2017; 12:00pm - 1:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y34-J-02 | Division of Environmental Science and Technology Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto |
| Prof. Dr. Paul Leadley | Research, Observation, Assessment and Policy: the four pillars of the science-policy interface. Abstract | 26 January, 2017; 12:30pm - 1:30pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-38 | University Paris-Sud, Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory (ESE)bioDISCOVERY |
| Dr. Karen Chong-Seng | Coral Reef Monitoring at Aldabra Atoll Abstract | May 06, 2016 12:15pm - 1:15pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-79 | ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Townsville; Queensland, Australia |
| Dr. Mizue Ohashi, Dr. Tomonori Kume, Dr. Kazuho Matsumoto and Dr. Ayumi Katayama |
Carbon and water dynamics in a tropical rainforest: carbon balance, carbon allocation, soil respiration and evapo-transpiration Abstract | 26 April 2016 10:00am - 11:00am | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-38 | Mizue Ohashi Tomonori Kume Kazuho Matsumoto Ayumi Katayama |
| Dr. Meredith C. Schuman | The smell of spacetime? Plant volatiles in four dimensions. Abstract | March 04, 2016 1:30pm - 2:30pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-79 | iDiv-MPICE-Biodiversity project group, Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology |
| Dr. Glen Reynolds | The SE Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP) - exceptional science for rainforest conservation Abstract | December 16, 2015 2:00pm - 2:45pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y17-M-05 | The South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership |
| Prof. Dr. Monika Winder | Effects of climate change on aquatic food web dynamic Abstract | November 19, 2015 3:00pm-4:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-38 | The Winder Lab, Department of Ecology, Environmnent and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University |
| Dr. Janneke Hille Ris Lambers | Forest community reassembly with climate change Abstract | November 12, 2015 3:00pm-4:00pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25-H-92 | The Hille Ris Lambers Lab, Energy Research at the University of Washington |
| Prof. Dr. Kai M.A. Chan | Time for a new brand of environmental science engagement Abstract | December 3, 2014 3.30pm-4.30pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25H92 | Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia |
| Prof. Dr. Noboru Ishikawa | Human-Nature interactions of the riverine societies in Sarawak (Malaysia) Abstract | October 20, 2014 2pm-3.15pm | University of Zurich-Irchel Room Y10G03/04 | Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| Prof. Dr. Ryoji Soda | Thirty years of forest development and the responses of indigenous people in Sarawak Abstract | October 20, 2014 2pm-3.15pm | University of Zurich-Irchel Room Y10G03/04 | Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University |
| Dr. Yayoi Takeuchi | Biodiversity reservoirs in a human-modified landscape Abstract | October 20, 2014 2pm-3.15pm | University of Zurich-Irchel Room Y10G03/04 | National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan |
| Prof. Dr. Paul C. Stoy | Interpreting processes by observing patterns Data-intensive strategies for understanding the role of ecosystems in the climate system Abstract | October, 16, 2014 3pm-4pm | University of Zurich-Irchel Room Y03G85 | Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University |
| Dr. Kate A. Brauman | Hydrological Ecosystem Services: Managing Landscapes for Water, Nature and People Abstract | March 17, 2014 3pm-4pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y25H79 | Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota |
| Prof. F Stuart (Terry) Chapin, III | The Ecosystem and Societal Consequences of Northern Biodiversity Loss in a Rapidly Changing World Abstract | September 18, 2013 3pm-4pm | University Zurich-Irchel Room Y15G19 | University of Alaska Fairbanks terrychapin.org |
| Prof. Dr. Ilan Chabay | Thinking across boundaries: notes on transdisciplinary global change research Abstract | September 13, 2013 | URPP GCB Retreat 2013, Einsiedeln | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Francesca Cotrufo | From plant litter inputs to soil organic matter formation: through the eyes of isotopes | August 26, 2013, 9am-10am | University Zurich-irchel Y25H92 | Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University |
| Prof. Dr. Anatoly Gitelson | Physically based Models for Remote Estimation of Terrestrial and Acquatic (costal and inland waters) Ecosystem Production | May 30, 2013, 3pm-5pm | University Zurich-Irchel Y25H92 | School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA |
| Prof. Dr. Margaret Torn | Meet the URPP GCB advisory board member Margaret Torn Abstract | April 15, 2013, 9am-10am | University Zurich-Irchel Y25H38 | |
| Prof. Dr. Lars Hein | An ecosystem service approach to land and resource management | April 11, 2013, 3pm-5pm | University Zurich-Irchel Y25H92 | Environmental System Analysis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| Prof. Dr. Ülo Niimets | Within-canopy variation in foliage functional traits: from local to global patterns | February 21, 2013, 3pm-5pm | Y25H92 | Institute of Agricultural and Einvironmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia |
| Prof. Dr. Rik Leemans | Valuing ecosystem services for human well-being and sustainability Abstract | March 15, 2012 | University Zurich-Irchel Y03G95 | Wageningen University |
