Harald Pauli

Harald Pauli is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). He serves as head of the GLORIA coordination and vice-chair of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (ÖAW) since 2013. His career spans biodiversity monitoring and climate change research since the 1990s, with leadership roles in the international GLORIA network since 2005.

• University of Vienna PhD (1994-1998) on alpine plant distribution
• University of Vienna diploma thesis (1984-1993) on alpine grasslands

Research Focus: Pauli specializes in climate change impacts on alpine plant communities, using long-term monitoring networks like GLORIA to study species migration, biodiversity shifts, and ecological responses to warming. His work spans 120+ global sites across Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa, and Australasia.

Academic Activities: Supervised two doctoral theses on alpine vegetation dynamics. Extensive conference participation since 2013, including keynote presentations at European Vegetation Survey, International Association for Vegetation Science, and Global Biodiversity Assessment events.

Key Collaborations: Coordinated GLORIA network (2005-2023) with cross-continental fieldwork in Mediterranean, temperate, and boreal mountain regions. Led soil biota sampling projects at Schrankogel master site and contributed to summit biodiversity databases.