PhD @PLUS_ETH | All about environmental modelling, open science, and cruising by bicycle | he/him
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined August 2022
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A paper on land use change modelling without a single map in it: IMPOSSIBLE!
Well we did it with our latest article in Environmental Modelling & Software in which we highlight the benefits of thinking outside the 'status quo' for model calibration: doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.20…
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🌍 Our new research shows that climate policies have had a real impact in reducing GHG emissions, scaling up renewables & energy efficiency, & protecting forests. While current policies are far from sufficient, they put us in a much better position compared to a world w/out them
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Finally out: An investigation into public support for phasing out conventional cars (ICEVs) in Germany - finding that many people are in favour of phasing out ICEVs completely by 2040.
Good news? Well, yes and no. 🧵👇
As a PhD I often feel pressure to be pursuing research goals which can lead to neglecting other learning. Today, I took the time to go through a great resource on version control with GitHub from @ResulUmit: resulumit.com/teaching/git_w…. I will be recommending this to all colleagues!
9/10 We suggest that what is needed is a universal protocol for the calibration of statistical models as part of CAs that is generalisable across the popular software applications. Encouraging more consideration of direct validation without overwhelming practictioners ⚖️
10/10 Big thanks to all collaborators who helped in this project!
All analysis was conducted with #RStats and because #OpenScience is the way to go, data and code will be available here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.69129…
Next up: Future land use simulations for Switzerland 🇨🇭 until 2060
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A short 🧵on the UNFCCC's synthesis report.
Or: why global climate action is **not enough** but also **not nothing**.
I had a great time presenting at a session on scenarios for deliberative transformation of mountain socio-ecological systems at #IMC2022 in Innsbruck. Lots of diverse contributions from different scientific perspectives on offer!
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Massive status bias in peer review.
534 reviewers randomized to review the same paper revealing the low status, high status, or neither author. 65% reject low status, 23% reject high status.
Amazing work by Juergen Huber and colleagues. #prc9
Cambodia's protected areas (PAs) have gotten a bad rap over the years but they actually have a positive impact on reducing deforestation.
See our new paper in Global Ecology and Conservation in which we performed a counterfactual impact evaluation:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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11/12 More research is needed on how to mitigate the impact of spatial autocorrelation in PA impact assessments. We tested multiple approaches from the literature and nothing worked...
12/12 Interested in doing your own impact evaluation? We have made all our research data and R code available: zenodo.org/record/6554206#.Y…
Special thanks to @eklund_jo & @noah_greifer for advice on research design and coding!
#OpenScience @idoimpact