Florian Gollnow

Florian Gollnow

Data Scientist

TRASE-SEI HQ

I am interested in the impact of environmental policies on nature conservation, agricultural development, and livelihoods. Currently, I investigate the effects of corporate zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in the Brazilian soybean sector. With this work, I contribute to a more precise understanding of current initiatives for forest conservation, and the development of more effective policies to reduce tropical deforestation. In my work, I apply spatial analysis, econometric modeling, and statistics to analyze large spatial and temporal datasets.

I joined Trase as a data scientist at SEI HQ in Stockholm in 2023. At Trase I am supporting the Spatial Intelligence and data team. Prior to joining Trase, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Cambridge evaluating impacts of environmental policies on conservation, agricultural development, and livelihoods using econometric and statistical analysis of large spatial and temporal dataset. I hold a PhD in Geography from Humboldt-University of Berlin (PhD, 2018). Before joining Trase, I worked at [University of Maryland] (2018-2020), Boston University (2020-2022), ETH Zurich (2022), and University of Cambridge (2022-2023).

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Interests
  • Land-use science
  • Environmental policy
  • Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments
  • Food security
  • Impact assessments
  • R, Google Earth Engine, Python, QGIS, ArcGIS
Education
  • PhD Geography, 2018

    Humboldt-University Berlin

  • Dipl. Geography, 2012

    Humboldt-University Berlin

All Publications

(2024). Georgia's potentials for sustainable intensification, increasing food security and rural incomes. In Environ. Res. Food Syst.

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(2024). What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot.. In ERL.

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(2024). Exploring natural and social drivers of forest degradation in post-Soviet Georgia. In Global Environmental Change.

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(2022). Leakage does not fully offset soy supply chain efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil. In NCC.

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(2021). Key challenges for land use planning strategies and their environmental assessments in the Abuja city-region, Nigeria. In Land.

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(2021). Have food supply chain policies improved forest conservation and rural livelihoods? A systematic review. In ERL.

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(2021). Enhancing synergies for effective large-scale forest restoration in Mato Grosso, Brazilian Amazon. In From deforestation to forest recovery - perspectives for the Amazon under the rule of the Brazilian Forest Code.

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(2021). Land tenure diversity and forest cover change in a deforestation frontier.. In From deforestation to forest recovery - perspectives for the Amazon under the rule of the Brazilian Forest Code.

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(2020). Simulating Urban Land Expansion in the Context of Land Use Planning in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria. In GeoJournal.

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(2019). Regrowing forests contribution to law compliance and carbon storage in private properties of the Brazilian Amazon. In Land Use Policy.

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(2019). Land Cover Change in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria - Integrating GIS and Remotely Sensed Data to Support Land Use Planning. In Sustainability.

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(2019). Synthesizing dam-induced land system change. In Ambio.

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(2018). Property-level direct and indirect deforestation for soybean production in the Amazon region of Mato Grosso, Brazil. In LUP.

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(2018). Spatial dimensions of recreational ecosystem service values - A review of meta-analyses and a combination of meta-analytic value-transfer and GIS. In ES.

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(2017). A model-based assessment of the environmental impact of land-use change across scales in Southern Amazonia. In REC.

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(2017). Inter- and transdisciplinary scenario construction to explore future land-use options in southern Amazonia. In Ecology and Society.

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(2017). Scenarios of land-use change in a deforestation corridor in the Brazilian Amazon - combining two scales of analysis. In REC.

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(2017). Scenarios of land-use change in a deforestation corridor in the Brazilian Amazon - combining two scales of analysis. In REC.

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(2016). Forest Degradation Associated with Logging Frontier Expansion in the Amazon - The BR-163 Region in Southwestern Pará, Brazil. In Earth Interactions.

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(2016). Forest Degradation Associated with Logging Frontier Expansion in the Amazon - The BR-163 Region in Southwestern Pará, Brazil. In Earth Interactions.

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Data Scientist
Aug 2023 – Present Sweden
Developing methods to assess the impact of agricultural commodities and leading Trase’s component on corporate sustainability
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nov 2022 – Aug 2023 United Kingdom
Tradeoffs and spillovers of forest-focused soy supply chain governance in Brazil (UKRI GCRF Trade Hub), Land use change and carbon cycles in the Caucasus (Funded by NASA)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jun 2020 – Aug 2022 Switzerland
Companies zero-deforestation commitments in food commodities (Funded by NSF), Land use change and carbon cycles in the Caucasus (Funded by NASA)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
May 2018 – May 2020 USA
Evaluating companies zero-deforestation commitments in food commodities (Funded by NSF)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Oct 2017 – Mar 2018 Germany
Land-prices and agricultural change in Brandenburg, Germany (Funded by DFG)
 
 
 
 
 
Guest Lecturer & Guest Researcher
Mar 2017 – Sep 2017 Germany
Head of the Applied Geoinformation Science Lab
 
 
 
 
 
Research Associate
Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 Germany
Land-prices and agricultural change in Brandenburg, Germany (Funded by DFG)
 
 
 
 
 
Research Associate
Nov 2010 – Aug 2016 Germany
Evaluating land use displacement and land use change in Southern Amazonia (Funded by BMBF)