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Dr. Jessica Stubenrauch

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Dr. Jessica Stubenrauch AdjLec

Lecturer Sustainable Landscape Development

Mail: jessica.stubenrauch@ufz.de Tel: +49 (0)341 60252455 Consultation hours: by appointment

Focus Areas:

Sustainable land-use governance, Nature Restoration, Pollution-free environment

Research

  • Socio-ecological transformation of the land use sector and sustainable landscape development in line with international environmental targets
  • Governance research on biodiverse, climate-adapted, and resilient agriculture and forestry systems
  • Development of Planetary Solutions related to nature restoration and a pollution-free environment

Projects

  • SURVEY: Waldreallabore – Experimente, Synthese & Governance zur Optimierung des natürlichen Klimaschutzes in Waldökosystemen bzw. Forest Living Labs – Experiments, Synthesis, and Governance to Optimize Natural Climate Protection in Forest Ecosystems in Germany
  • SOILPROM: 2024-2028 (Modelling pollutant transport across the soil-water-atmosphere continuum, and impacts on ecosystem services)

Biography

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since March 2021: Research Associate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Leipzig, Department of Environmental and Planning Law

March 2018 – February 2021: Research Associate in the InnoSoilPhos project as a subproject of BonaRes (Soil as a Sustainable Resource in the Bioeconomy) at the Research Centre for Sustainability and Climate Policy (FNK), Leipzig, and the University of Rostock

April 2015 – February 2018: Research Associate at the Research Centre for Sustainability and Climate Policy (FNK), Leipzig

September 2004 – August 2017: Senior Civil Service in the Saxon Finance Administration

EDUCATION

April 2015 – June 2019: PhD at the Graduate School of the Phosphorus Research Science Campus at the University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, on the topic: “Phosphorus Governance in a Comparative Perspective – Germany, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. A Contribution to Sustainability and Soil Conservation Policy”

September 2004 – March 2011: Diploma in Geography at the University of Leipzig, minoring in Environmental and Planning Law and Economics, with a focus on Physical Geography and Soil and Water Management

September 2001 – September 2004: Diploma in Finance (FH) at the Saxon University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Meißen, majoring in Taxation and Public Finance

 
 
Teaching
 
 
Lecture in Sustainable Landscape Development II for Bachelor students
Seminar SES 7a: Research Exercise for Master students
 
Publications
 
 
 
  • Stubenrauch, J., Markus, T. (2026): Pursuing Global Conservation Objectives Unilaterally: Lessons from the EU Deforestation Regulation on Designing Measures that Respect the Interests of Third Countries, Transnational Environmental Law 2026:1-27, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102526100363.
  • Heyl, K., Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J., Ehlers, K. (2026): Turning the EU’s agricultural vision into environmental action: A performance-oriented CAP after 2027, AMBIO 55:204–210, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02281-y.
  • Kreuer, D., Stubenrauch, J., Bortic, F., Schwarzer, D., Berghöfer, A., Wittmer, H. (2025): From crisis to transformation: Exploring pathways for German forest policy. People and Nature 7:3344–3356, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70200
  • Stubenrauch, J., Heyl, K. (2026): Plastic pollution of soils – assessing EU policies to address a poorly regulated field, Environmental Science Europe 38:40, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-025-01317-0.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Heyl, K. (2025): Supporting data of the paper: Plastic pollution of soils – assessing EU policies to address a poorly regulated field, zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15187632.
  • Monikh, F.A., Materić, D., Valsami-Jones, E., Grossart, H.P., Altmann, C., Holzinger, R., Lynch, I., Stubenrauch, J., Pejnenburg, W. (2025): Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain. Nature Medicine 31: 4034–4035, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04045-3.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2025): Die Reform des Bundeswaldgesetzes – Status quo und Perspektiven, Recht der Landwirtschaft, 01/02, 2025, S. 5-10.
  • Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A. (2024): A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis, Environment International 193: 109059, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109059.
  • Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A., 2024. Supporting data of the Short communication: a multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11065802.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2024): Die umstrittene Reform des Bundeswaldgesetzes – Einordnung der aktuellen Debatte, Natur und Landschaft 99, 11/2024, S. 561-563.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2024): Die europäische Verordnung über die Wiederherstellung der Natur, Natur und Landschaft 99, 11/2024, S. 563-566.
  • Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., Baaken, M.C. (2024): Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – praktische Maßnahmen und ihre Wirksamkeit im Vergleich. NuR 46, 13–24, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10357-023-4282-y.
  • Möckel, S., Baaken, M., Bartkowski, B., Henn, E.V., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J. (2024): Sustainable Cultivated Landscapes in Germany: Goals and Requirements from an Ecological, Economic and Legal Perspective, UFZ Discussion paper 1/2024, 10.5281/zenodo.13766727.
  • Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., Baaken, M.C. (2024): Sustainable Cultivated Landscapes in Germany: Comparison of 27 Practical Measures for more Sustainability and their Effectiveness, UFZ Discussion paper 2/2024, 10.5281/zenodo.13766763.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B. (2023): Forest protection in the EU’s renewable energy directive and nature conservation legislation in light of the climate and biodiversity crisis – Identifying legal shortcomings and solutions. Forest Policy and Economics 153: 102996, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102996.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2023): Die gute fachliche Praxis in der Waldbewirtschaftung – Regulierungsbedarf im novellierten Bundeswaldgesetz unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Klima- und Biodiversitätsschutzerfordernissen. NuR 45, 813–821, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10357-023-4286-7.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B., Ekardt, F., Hagemann, K. (2022): European Forest Governance: Status Quo and Optimising Options with Regard to the Paris Climate Target. Sustainability, 14(7), 4365; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074365.
  • Möckel, S., Baaken, M., Bartkowski, B., Henn, E.V., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J. (2022): Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – Ziele und Anforderungen aus ökologischer, ökonomischer und rechtlicher Sicht. NuR 44, 611–621, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10357-022-4073-x
  • Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F.  (2021): Zur Ausgestaltung eines nationalen Verbots giftiger Chemikalien bei Kunststoffen. Rechtsvergleichende und EU-rechtliche Aspekte, EurUP 19 (4), S. 406-425.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2021): Übertragbarkeit des BVerfG-Beschlusses zum Klimaschutz auf andere Umweltbereiche am Beispiel Phosphor, ZUR 32 (11) S. 617-623.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F., Heyl, K., Garske, B., Schott, V.L., Ober, S. (2021): How to legally overcome the distinction between organic and conventional farming – Governance approaches for sustainable farming on 100% of the land. Sustainable Production and Consumption 28: 716–725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.06.006.
  • Heyl, K., Ekardt, F., Roos, P., Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B. (2021): Free Trade, Environment, Agriculture, and Plurilateral Treaties: The Ambivalent Example of Mercosur, CETA and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement; Sustainability 13(6), 3153; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063153
  • Wieding, J., Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F. (2020): Human Rights and Precautionary Principle: Limits to Geoengineering, SRM, and IPCC Scenarios; Sustainability, 12 (21), 8858, https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218858.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F. (2020): Plastic Pollution in Soils: Governance Approaches to Foster Soil Health and Closed Nutrient Cycles; Environments, 7(5), 38, DOI: 10.3390/environments7050038.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B., Ekardt, F. (2020): Kunststoffe in Meeren und Böden: Regulierungsansätze im Wasser-, Naturschutz-, Bodenschutz- und Agrarrecht, Teil 1; Natur und Recht 2020(42), 395-402.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B., Ekardt, F. (2020): Kunststoffe in Meeren und Böden: Regulierungsansätze im Wasser-, Naturschutz-, Bodenschutz- und Agrarrecht, Teil 2; Natur und Recht 2020(42), 457-464.
  • Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F., Weisse, C.F., Lorenz, M. (2020): Kunststoff-Governance im europäischen Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Stoffrecht; Zeitschrift für Umwelt- und Planungsrecht 2020 (4), 215-224.
  • Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F. (2020): Sustainable Phosphorus Management in European Agricultural and Environmental Law; Review of European, Comparative and International Law, 1-11, DOI:10.1111/reel.12318.
  • Heyl, K., Döring, T., Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F. (2020): The Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: A critical review in light of global environmental goals; Review of European, Comparative and International Law 2020, DOI: 10.1111/reel.12351.
  • Weishaupt, A., Ekardt, F., Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J., Wieding, J. (2020): Land Use, Livestock, Quantity Governance and Economic Instruments: Sustainability Beyond Big Livestock Herds and Fossil Fuels; Sustainability, 12(5), 2053, DOI:  3390/su12052053.
  • Ekardt, F., Jacobs, B., Stubenrauch, J., Garske, B. (2020): Peatland Governance: The Problem of Depicting in Sustainability Governance, Regulatory Law, and Economic Instruments; Land, 9(3), 83, DOI: 10.3390/land9030083.
  • Stubenrauch, J., B., Ekardt, F. (2018): Sustainable Land Use, Soil Protection and Phosphorus Management from a Cross-National Perspective; Sustainability, 10 (6), 1988, https://doi.org/10.3390/su10061988.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Garske. B., Ekardt, F. (2018): Landnutzung und Phosphor in der EU, Deutschland und Mittelamerika – rechtsvergleichende Perspektiven; Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, 16(3), 325-335, https://eurup.lexxion.eu/article/EURUP/2018/3/10.
  • Ekardt, F., Wieding, J., Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J. (2018): Agriculture related Climate Policies – Law and Governance Issues on the European and Global Level; Carbon & Climate Law Review, 12 (4), 316-331, https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2018/4/7.
  • Ekardt, F., Wieding, J., Garske, B., Stubenrauch, J. (2018): Landnutzungs- und düngungsbezogener Klimaschutz in europa- und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive; Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht, 3, 143-154.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2010). Ein Menschenrecht auf Wasser; Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht, 11, 521-139.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Ekardt, F., Hagemann, K., Garske, B. (2022): Forest Governance – Overcoming Trade-Offs between Land Use Pressures, Climate and Biodiversity Protection, Environmental Humanities: Transformation, Governance, Ethics, Law (Vol. 3), Springer International Publishing, Cham, 241 pp.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2019): Phosphor-Governance in ländervergleichender Perspektive – Deutschland, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. Ein Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeits- und Bodenschutzpolitik; Beiträge zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, Bd. 29, metropolis Verlag, Marburg.
  • Stubenrauch, J., Köck, W. (2022): Klimaschutz, Walderhaltung und der Schutz der Biodiversität, in: Czybulka, D., Köck, W. (Hrsg.) Die Biodiversität des Waldes und ihre rechtliche Sicherung, S. 197-238.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2022): Innovative Phosphorus Governance: How to Address Recurring Regulatory Shortfalls. The Example of Germany, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in: Ginzky, H., Dooley, E., Heuser, I.L., Kasimbazi, E., Kibugi, R., Markus, T., Qin, T., Ruppel, O. (eds., 2021): International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2019, Springer International Publishing, Cham.
  • Stubenrauch, J. (2021): Mögliche Wege der Phosphor-Governance, in: Emeis, S., Schlögl-Flierl (Hrsg.): Phosphor. Fluch und Segen eines Elements, Stoffgeschichten, Band 14, oekom Verlag, S. 235-248.