Carsten Mann

Carsten Mann is a Professor at the Department of Sustainable Forest Resources Economics, College of Forest and Environment, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. His work focuses on environmental economics, forest governance, and sustainability transformations through innovative policy mechanisms.

• Key roles include Dean of the College of Forest and Environment
• Research areas: Ecosystem services, socio-technical systems, and EU forest policy

Current research projects:

• INTERCEDE (2024–2028): EU-funded initiative on market-based incentives for forest ecosystem services
• LIFE Promoting Forest PES (2023–2026): Developing policy recommendations for Payments for Ecosystem Services in Europe

Selected publications (2020–2024) address governance innovations, biosphere reserve frameworks, and socio-ecological-technical systems analysis in European forests.

Professional affiliations:

• Co-founder of the Biosphere Reserves Institute at HNEE
• Member of Innovationsnetzwerk Ökosystemleistungen Deutschland (ESP-DE)