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Cordula Mertens

2007 -: Szent István University of Gödöllő, Institute of Environmental and Landscape Management, Early-stage research fellow of GoverNat (Multi-level Governance of Natural Resources: Tools and Processes for Water and Biodiversity Governance in Europe)
2000 - 2006: University of Regensburg: Diplom in Biology, Major: Botany, Minors: Zoology, Cell- and Developmental Biology, History of Science
2003 - 2004: Universita degli Studi di Padova, Erasmus student

National park governance in Germany and Hungary (stakeholder analysis, power relations, historical context)
Effectiveness of nature conservation
Participation in European multi-level biodiversity governance (role of environmental NGOs during the implementation of Natura 2000 in Hungary)

2006 working as a volunteer at the Sustainable Development Department of FAO for six months, with the GIAHS initiative (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems)
2003- 2005 Student assistant with the Institute of Botany of the University of Regensburg (teaching assistant, work on data bases)

Bodorkós, B., Mertens, C. (2007): Institutional Analysis of Biodiversity Governance in Hungary - Local Farmers and the National Park in the Borsodi Mezőség. pp. 42-66, in Kluvánková-Oravská, T., Chobotová, V., Jílková, J., Šauer, P. (eds.) (2007): Institutional analysis of sustainability problems. Proceedings Book, Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, "Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research" (THEMES), ISBN978-80-86709-12-3.
Bodorkós, B., Mertens, C. (2009): Kié a föld? Intézményi elemzés a természetvédelem helyi irányításáról. Természetvédelmi Közlemények megjelenés folyamatban, közlésre elfogadva
Jongman, R.H.G., Bela, Gy., Pataki, Gy., Scholten, L., Mérő, Á., Mertens, C. (2008): Web report on the effectiveness and appropriateness of existing conservation policies and their integration into other policy sectors. Report for the RUBICODE project financed by the EU FP6.
Mertens, C. (2010): Agency of NGOs in the implementation of Natura 2000 in Hungary. GoverNat Conference, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (forthcoming)
Santaoja, M., Treffny, R., Mertens, C. and Jolibert, C. (2009): Looking for a place to anchor. Confusing thoughts along an interdisciplinary dissertation journey. In Farrell, K. N., van den Hove, S., Luzzati, T.: Beyond reductionism: interdisciplinary research in Ecological Economics. Routledge, London (forthcoming)