Marion Pfeifer

Dr Pfeifer’s research has three main strands: restoration for social and biodiversity outcomes in human-modified landscapes, predicting and managing human wildlife interactions in coupled human-and natural systems, monitoring services and disservices from natural capital. The field aspects of the research in her TROPical landScapes lab include data collection in tropical forested and forest-agricultural landscapes. Her team uses tools and concepts from Earth Observation/Remote Sensing, social, ecosystem, and biodiversity sciences. The philosophy is to use fundamental science and participatory approaches in system model frameworks to generate and interpret evidence for sustainable use of tropical landscapes and resources within. This is topical and contributing to the global challenges addressing Food Security/Sovereignty, climate change and socio-ecological resilience. Our key sites are located in Eastern Africa (Tanzania), Brunei, Peru, Australia, and Malaysia and system Simulation Modelling (ABM/Predictive/Economic modelling) to understand complexity of drivers and interactions.