Ida-Maria Herdieckerhoff

Ida-Maria Herdieckerhoff is a Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Her work focuses on environmental governance, community-based resource management, and forest fire dynamics in East Africa.

• Active in the Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution (ECCR) teaching network since 2016
• Member of the Responsive Natural Resources Governance Research Group since 2012
• Participant in the Social Scientific Biosociety Research Network (SOBIO) since 2018

Her research addresses forest governance transformations in Tanzania through projects like MAKUTANO (2019-2023), with publications analyzing ambiguity in forest-based bioeconomy, uncertainty in forest concessions, and collaborative fire management strategies. Key themes include translocal collaboration, equitable resource access, and policy implementation challenges.

Recent publications highlight environmental justice frameworks, stakeholder engagement models, and conflict resolution mechanisms in Tanzanian and Mozambican contexts. Her work bridges academic research with practical policy recommendations through the University of Eastern Finland's international projects.