Researcher Project E10

e-mail

birgit.mueller@ufz.de
http://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=15522

Address

Helmholtzzentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Department Ökologische Systemanalyse

Permoserstr. 15
D-04318 Leipzig
Germany

www.ufz.de

Staff - 3rd phase of research

Dr. Birgit Müller

Main fields of research:

Ecological-economic modelling: Sustainable range management in semi-arid areas • ecological and economic forms of risk management in highly variable environments (e.g. rain-index-insurances).

Since July 2008 researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre "Difference and Integration" • Since 2006 researcher at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig Department Ecological Modelling • 10/2002-01/2006 PhD at Department Ecological Modelling of UFZ and University of Osnabrück, subject: "Sustainable grazing management in semi-arid regions. An ecological-economic modelling approach" • 2000 Diploma Thesis in Economical Mathematics, subject: "Multi-criteria approaches for an optimization problem in the socio-cultural sector" • 1996-1997 Studies at the University Rennes I (France) in Mathematics • 1993-2000 Studies of Economical Mathematics at the University of Leipzig.

Selected Publications:

Drees, R., Linstädter, A., Frank, K., Müller, B., (2012). Which household tolerates droughts? - Strategies to secure pastoral livelihoods. Proceedings of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), 8 pages.

Dressler, G., Müller, B., Frank, K. (2012). Mobility – a panacea for pastoralism? An ecological-economic modelling approach. Proceedings of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), 8 pages.

Groeneveld, J., Müller, B., Angermüller, F., Drees, R., Dressler, G., Klassert, C., Schlüter, M., Schulze, J., Weise, H., Schwarz, N. (2012). Good modelling practice: expanding the ODD model description protocol for socio-environmental agent based models. Proceedings of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs), 5 pages.

Müller, B., Quaas, M.F., Frank, K., Baumgärtner, S. (2011a). Pitfalls and Potential of Institutional Change: Rain-Index Insurance and the Sustainability of Rangeland Management. Ecological Economics (70), 2137-2144. (Link: doi:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800911002436)

Müller, B., Angermüller, F., Drees, R., Dressler, G., Groeneveld, J., Klassert, C., Schlüter, M., Schulze, J., Weise, H., Schwarz, N., (2012). Describing Human Decisions in Agent-Based Social-Ecological Models - ODD+D an Extension of the ODD Protocol, Working paper, available online at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2044736.

Schlüter, M., McAllister, R.R.J., Arlinghaus, R., Bunnefeld, N., Eisenach, K., Hölker, F., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Müller, B., Nicholson, E., Quaas, M., Stöven, M., 2012b. New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social-ecological systems modeling. Natural Resource Modeling 25 (1), 219-272.

Schlüter, M., Müller, B., Frank, K., (2012a). MORE - Modeling for Resilience Thinking and Ecosystem Stewardship, Working paper, available online at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2037723.

Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K., Müller, B. & M.F Quaas (2008). Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics. The role of concepts, models and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research. UFZ Diskussionspapier 2/2008. pdf

Müller, B., Frank, K. & Wissel, C. (2007). Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems - a modelling analysis. Agricultural Systems 92: 295-317. doi

Müller, B., Linstädter, A., Frank, K., Bollig, M. & C. Wissel (2007). Learning from local ecological knowledge: modeling the pastoral-nomadic range management of the Himba, Namibia. Ecological Applications 17(7): 1857-1875. doi

Quaas, M., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K. & Müller, B. (2007). Uncertainty and sustainability in the management of rangelands. Ecological Economics (62): 251-266. doi

Müller, B. (2006) Sustainable grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. An ecological-economic modelling approach. PhD Dissertation 02/2006, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, ISSN 1860-0387. Summary/ PDF (4.8MB)