Dr. rer. nat. Werner Rolf

Werner Rolf was research associate and lecturer at TUM from 2012 til 2024, with visits to Universities in Bratislava, Ghent, Lisbon, Turin and Warsaw. Amonst others, he was member of the executive committee of IALE-Europe, secretary-general of IALE Germany, and co-editor-in-chief of the community-owned, non-profit, peer-reviewed open-access e-journal Landscape Online. He has also served as a reviewer for several international journals, as well as for TEEB-DE and IPBES. 

Werner Rolf's research interests focus on multifunctional landscape and spatial planning approaches, collaborative and participatory planning and land use scenarios, including analysis and modelling of complex spatial and functional interrelations using GIS. His research focus at our chair was on innovative nature conservation approaches like green infrastructure planning and nature-based solutions. Through many years of applied research, he has gained experience in collaborative and transformative research approaches in sustainable land management, and spatial planning. He has international experience in rural and urban landscapes at different scales across Europe. 

Since August 2024, Werner Rolf is head of the unit Landscape Planning, Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation at the Sustainable Campus Höxter of the TH OWL in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.

Research activities (2012-2024)

• GREEN SURGE – Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy (Funding: EU FP7 Projekt, 2013-2017)
• GreenInfra: Urban Green Infrastructure – Basics, Planning and implementation in integrated city planning (Funding: German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation - BfN, 2016-2017)
• LUIGI: Linking Urban and Inner-Alpine Green Infrastructure – Multifunctional Ecosystem Services for more liveable territories (Funding: Interreg Alpine Space, 2019-2022)

Teaching (2012-2024)

Werner Rolf taught the following courses at the chair in 2012-2024. 

• Leading projects in Landscape Planning (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
• Leading seminars about topics of valorization of nature and landscapes (M.Sc.), landscape planning stratgegies for climate change adaptation (M.Sc.) as well as green infrastructure planning (M.Sc.)
• Contribution to lectures such as basic landscape planning (B.Sc.), theories and methods (B.Sc./M.Sc.) and ecological basics for nature conservation and planning (M.Sc.)
• Member of examination board Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning (B.Sc.), Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning (M.Sc.) and Ecological Engineering (M.Sc.)