Volker Mauerhofer

Senior Research Fellow

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  • Volker Mauerhofer
    INSTITUTE:
    UNU-IAS
    OFFICE:
    Pacifico-Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, 220-8502 Yokohama
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    NATIONALITY:
    Austria

    Research Interests

    Biodiversity conservation Environmental governance including public participation Strong sustainability practice

    Education

    Doctorate, Laws, University of Graz Master, Natural Science, University of Vienna Master, Laws, University of Graz M.A., Ecological Economics, University of Leeds

    Biographical Statement

    Volker Mauerhofer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Sustainable Development Governance initiative at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). He has also been a Lecturer at the Faculty Centre for Biodiversity of the University of Vienna, Austria from 2007 till 2012.

    His research focuses on biodiversity conservation through science, law, economics and policies, on environmental governance including public participation in environmental matters and on Strong Sustainability practice. Besides memberships in several international associations he is also a member of International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) joint Commission on Environmental Law/World Commission on Protected Areas Taskforce on Protected Areas Law and Policy.

    Before joining UNU-IAS, Mauerhofer gave numerous presentations in international settings and worked for over 10 years as a consultant and researcher for projects and programmes implemented by the European Union (EU), World Bank-GEF/UNDP, World Wide Fund for Nature, BirdLife and civil society in more than 30 countries on all five continents. Mauerhofer also practiced law for almost four years at courts and law firms prior to passing the bar exam of the Austrian Chamber of Attorneys in 2003. He has published 6 monographs as well as more than 50 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles (for a full list download CV).

    He holds a Master of Laws and a Doctoral degree in Laws from the University of Graz (Austria), a Master’s degree in natural science with a focus on zoology and ecology from the University of Vienna (Austria) as well as a Master of Arts in ecological economics from the University of Leeds (United Kingdom).

    For his Master of Laws he worked on agricultural land heritage contracts. In obtaining his doctoral degree, Mauerhofer conducted extensive research on national parks, EU and international environmental law in close collaboration with public protected area authorities and non-governmental organizations. His thesis in natural sciences concentrated on the phenomenological dynamics of a bird community in a cultural landscape over five years. In Leeds, Mauerhofer’s master’s thesis in ecological economics dealt with sustainable development and socially responsible investments.

    At UNU-IAS, Mauerhofer lectures in several compulsory and voluntary courses within the new Master of Science in Environmental Governance — Specialization in Biodiversity programme, and supervises master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral students. He also contributes to international presentations and peer-reviewed publications as well as to developing and implementing research proposals concentrating on biodiversity governance.

  • Peer-reviewed Books

    • Volker Mauerhofer, Nationalparkrecht – Im Spannungsfeld von bundesstaatlicher Kompetenzverteilung, Europarecht und Naturschutzpolitik [National Park Law – In the area of conflict between competence distribution in a Federal State, EU-law and Nature Conservation Politics], Umweltbundesamt [Federal Environmental Agency] (1998), Bericht [Report] Nr. 129, 375 pp. http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/BE129.pdf
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Schutz wandernder Tierarten im Aufwind: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung der Bonner Konvention in Österreich [Protection of migrating species in the upwind – basics for the implementation of the Bonn Convention – CMS in Austria], WWF-Studie Nr. 50 (2003) ISBN 3-901458-20-4 pp. 54 (excl. Annexe)
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Wildökologische Korridore in der österreichischen Raumordnung: Möglichkeiten zur raumplanerischen Sicherung wildökologischer Korridore mit Mitteln des öffentlichen und des Privatrechts [Ecologicals corridors for wild animals in the Austrian spatial planning: opportunities for ensurging ecologicals corridors for wild animals through civil and public law], ASFINAG/BMVIT/WWF (2006) pp. 85

    Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

    • Otto Samwald und Volker Mauerhofer, Steirisches Joglland [Styrian Joglland], in: Michael Dvorak und Eva Karner, Important Bird Areas in Österreich [Important Birds Areas in Austria], Umweltbundesamt (1995) Monographien Bd. 71 337-340
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Zur Umsetzung der Vogelschutz-Richtlinie in Österreich – rechtliche Aspekte [On the implementation of the Birds Directive in Austria – legal aspects], 112-169, in Karner/Ranner/Mauerhofer, Handlungsbedarf für Österreich zur Erfüllung der EU-Vogelschutzrichtlinie2 [Need for action in Austria on the implementation of the EU-Birds-Directive], Umweltbundesamt [Federal Environmental Agency] (1997), Report Nr. 144, 169 pp. http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/fileadmin/site/publikationen/R144.pdf
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Artentexte jeweils zu Sperlingskauz – Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum L.) [gemeinsam mit P. Sackl], Rauhfußkauz – Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus L.), Hohltaube – Stock Dove (Columba oeneas L.), Straßentaube – Feral Pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica, GMELIN), [Descriptions of four Bird Species], in Sackl P. und O. Samwald, Die Brutvögel der Steiermark [The Breeding Birds of Styria], BirdLife Landesgruppe Steiermark/Steirisches Landesmuseum Joaneum (Hsg.), Verlag Styria (1997) 152-155, 170-171, 176-177
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Rechtliche Instrumente zum Schutz des Lafnitztales [Legal instruments for the protection of the Lafnitz river valley]. In: Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg) [Federal Environmental Agency (Ed.)] Das Lafnitztal: Flusslandschaft im Herzen Europas, Ramsar Bericht [The Lafnitz river valley: riverine landscape in the heart of Europe – Ramsar report], NWV – Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag (2005) 32-34
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Austria: Lauteracher Ried. In: Justice and Environment European Network of Environmental Law Organisations (Ed.), Natura 2000 Case Study Collection (2007) 45-56
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Conservation of wildlife in the European Union with a focus on Austria, in: Raj Panjwani (Ed.), Wildlife Law – A global perspective, American Bar Association (ABA) – Publishing/Cleveland (2008) 1-55
    • Volker Mauerhofer and Otto Samwald, Steirisches Joglland [Styrian Joglland], in: Michael Dvorak (Hrsg.): Important Bird Areas in Österreich. Vorrangsgebiete für den Vogelschutz in Österreich [Important Birds Areas in Austria. Priority areas for Bird Protection in Austria], Verlag Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (2009) 446-451

    Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

    • Volker Mauerhofer, 3-D Sustainability: An approach for priority setting in situation of conflicting interests towards a Sustainable Development, Ecological Economics (Elsevier) 63 (2008) 496-506 [IF= 2,754]
    • Hubacek, Klaus and Volker Mauerhofer, Future Generations: economic, legal and institutional aspects, Futures (Elsevier) 40 (2008) 413–423 [IF= 0,973]
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Missing links: How individual’s can contribute to reserve policy enforcement on the example of the European Union”, Biodiversity and Conservation (Springer) Volume 19 (2010), 601-618 [IF= 2.146]
    • Volker Mauerhofer, A bottom-up ‘Convention-Check’ to improve top-down global protected area governance, Land Use Policy/Elsevier Volume 28 (2011) 877–886 [IF=2,070]
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Lose less instead of win more: The failure of decoupling and perspectives for competition in a degrowth economy, Environmental Values (White Horse Press/Cambridge) (Accepted) [IF=0.978]
    • Volker Mauerhofer, A legislation check based on ’3-D Sustainability’ – Addressing global precautionary land governance change, Land Use Policy/Elsevier (Accepted) [IF=2,070]

    Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, etc)

    • Volker Mauerhofer, Wars of values and labyrinths of definitions – criterion choice with Socially Responsible Investment, ISEE 2006 – Conference Proceedings, New Dehli/India, 16th – 18th December 2006 www.isee2006.com
    • Volker Mauerhofer, 3D-Sustainability: an approach for priority setting in situation of conflicting interests towards a Sustainable Development, ISEE 2006 – Conference Proceedings, New Dehli/India, 16th – 18th December 2006 www.isee2006.com
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Lose less instead of win more: The failure of decoupling and perspectives of a redirected competition in a de-growth economy, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Economic De-Growth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Paris/France, 18th – 19th April 2008 (2008) 208-212
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Missing links: how individual ornithologists could contribute to reserve policy enforcement – with a focus on the EU policies and laws, in: Birds in response to global change: from ornithology to policy, Proceedings of the BOU’s 150th anniversary conference held in April 2008
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘3-D Sustainability’ revisited: a further exploration of perspectives for a sustainable development decision support concept’, Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), entitled “ISEE 2008 Nairobi: Applying Ecological Economics for Social and Environmental Sustainability”, Nairobi/Kenya, 7th – 11th August 2008 http://www.ecoeco.org/conference08.php
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘The concept of 3-D Sustainability for priority setting within sustainable development and an exploration of its perspectives’ Proceedings of the international conference ‘Sustainable development twenty years on: New theoretical interpretations, methodological innovations, and fields of further exploration’, Lille (Villeneuve d’Ascq)/France, CLERSE (Lille Centre of sociological and economic studies), 20th-22nd November 2008
    • Volker Mauerhofer, The “Convention-Check” – an instrument for improving biodiversity governance of large scale conservation areas on the example of the National Park Thayatal/Austria, Proceedings of the International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics named ‘ Transformation, Innovation and Adaptation for Sustainability – Integrating Natural and Social Sciences ‘, Ljubljana/Slovenia, 29th June – 2nd July 2009 http://www.esee2009.si/ESEE2009.html
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘Legislation check based on ‚3-D Sustainability’ – an approach for global precautionary governance change’, Proceedings of the 15th International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2009 named ’15th AISDRC: Taking up the Global Challenge’ of the International Sustainable Development Research Society, Utrecht/The Netherlands, 5th July – -8th July 2009 http://globalchallenge2009.geo.uu.nl
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘The Convention-Check’-impact: Improved multi-level biodiversity governance on the example of the National Park Thaya Valley/Austria’, Proceedings of the Conference ‘Governance of Natural Resources in a Multi-Level Context’, Umweltforschungszentrum (UFZ), Leipzig/Germany, 20th – 22th January 2010 http://governat.eu/conference/
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘Social capital, capacity and carrying capacity: exploring basics of ‘socially sustainable economic degrowth’, Proceedings of the ‘2nd International Conference on Degrowth and Social Equity’, University of Barcelona, Barcelona/Spain, 26th -29th March 2010 http://www.degrowth.eu/v1/
    • In print: Volker Mauerhofer, ‘The legal impact of Multilateral Environmental Agreements on large scale biodiversity conservation areas: experiences from a ‘Convention Check’ of an Austrian National Park.’, Proceedings of the ‘16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010’, Hong Kong/China, 29.5.-01.06.2010 http://www.kadinst.hku.hk/sdconf10/
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘A Legislation check based on ‚3-D Sustainability’: addressing global precautionary governance change’, Proceedings of the 2010 International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Conference, Oldenburg and Bremen/Germany 22nd – 25th August 2010 http://www.isee2010.org/
    • Hubacek Klaus, Mauerhofer Volker & Alastor Coleby, ‘From polluter pays to beneficiary pays: Distribution of rights and costs under PES (payment for ecosystem services)’, Proceedings of the 2010 International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Conference, Oldenburg and Bremen/Germany 22nd – 25th August 2010 http://www.isee2010.org/
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘A legislation check based on ,3-D Sustainability’: addressing conservation governance of Small Island Developing States’, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Governance for Sustainable Development of Caribbean Small Island developing States, University of Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad/Curaçao 4th-7th March 2011 www.sidsgg.com
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘The ‘Governance Check’: assessing the adequacy of governance structures by ‘3-D Sustainability’, Extended abstract included in the proceedings of the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Earth Institute Columbia University, New York/USA 8th-10th May 2011 http://isdrc17.ei.columbia.edu/
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘Social capital, social capacity and social carrying capacity: exploring the social basics of a sustainable development’, Extended abstract included in the proceedings of the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Earth Institute Columbia University, New York/USA 8th-10th May 2011 http://isdrc17.ei.columbia.edu/
    • Volker Mauerhofer, ‘The ‘Governance-Check’: Assessing the adequacy of governance structures by ‘3-D Sustainability’, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul/Turkey 14th-17th June 2011 http://www.esee2011.org
    • Volker Mauerhofer, Social capital, social capacity and social carrying capacity: exploring the social basics of a sustainable development, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul/Turkey 14th-17th June 2011 http://www.esee2011.org

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