Luise Porst

Luise Porst serves in the Directorate of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Müncheberg, Germany, contributing to strategic leadership in agricultural landscape research.

Her academic background includes a Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) and a Master of Science in Regional Sciences and Spatial Planning.

Dr. Porst specializes in climate change adaptation, resilience, and empirical social research, with current focus on regional transformation processes in Lusatia. She leads the "Land-Innovation-Lausitz" project, employing co-design methodologies to study innovation in socio-ecological systems. Her interdisciplinary work bridges social science theory with practical applications for sustainable land governance under climate change pressures.

As part of ZALF's "Co-design of change and innovation" working group, she collaborates across research areas to address agricultural landscape challenges through participatory approaches, emphasizing community engagement in regional development initiatives.