Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit

• Since 2014
  Professor of Forest and Environmental Policy, UFR
• 2010 – 2014
  Assoc. Prof., Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
• 2010
  Docentship (SLU)
• 2008 – 2010
  Assistant Professor, SLU
• 2003 – 2008
  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen
• 2003 – 2003
  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hamburg
• 1998 – 2003
  Doctorate, PhD, University of Göttingen
• 1993 – 1998
  Forest Sciences (Diplom), University of Göttingen

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  CV Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit

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For more than 25 years I have analyzed, taught and advised on the area of natural resource policy and governance. My research interests include amongst others the areas international forest governance and bioeconomy with a focus on legitimacy, discourses, communication and integration. I have initiated and coordinated various research projects and published several scientific papers, chapters and edited volumes. Being the head of the Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy, I have the pleasure to supervise diverse research studies of PhD students bringing in different research perspectives. My active involvement in the International Union of Forest Research (IUFRO) has provided me with an international disciplinary and interdisciplinary network fostering collaboration with colleagues around the globe. Additionally, I have always worked in close dialogue with decision-makers and stakeholders at different political levels (from local to international), eager to develop new research that has not only scientific value but as well high practical relevance. Apart from that, I have been highly involved in research management and acted as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment and as Vice-President on Internationalization and Sustainability of the University of Freiburg.

I am teaching in different undergraduate (BSc) courses dealing with Natural Resource Governance, including environmental and forest policy and governance as well as communication. Furthermore, I teach at the graduate level (MSc) diverse courses including a course on International Forest Governance. My problem-oriented teaching has been strongly influenced by trainings on higher education. One of my personal goals as a teacher is to help students develop their critical thinking skills.

As first and second supervisor I support a range of PhD students focusing on natural resource and environmental policy and governance, spanning different social scientific perspectives. Additionally, I am mentoring different scholars working on their habilitation project.

[Update in September 2025]

Papers in peer reviewed journals with impact factor

• Loch, T. K., Nagel, M., & Kleinschmit, D. (2025). From connections to conservation: Social networks in forest biodiversity management. Journal of Environmental Management, 392, 126701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126701
• Mack, P., Wallin, I., Zwickel, M. S., Pfistner, J., König, L., & Kleinschmit, D. (2025). Calling into the void? German forest dieback 2.0 debate on Twitter. A case study to operationalize the analysis of discursive power in hybrid media systems. Forest Policy and Economics, 172, 103447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103447
• Loch, T. K., & Kleinschmit, D. (2025). Building connections: Exploring social network research in forest sciences. Forest Policy and Economics, 170, 103382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103382
• Kleinschmit, D., Giurca, A., Lehmann, R., Rodríguez, F., & Sinaga, H. (2025). Bioeconomy governance in the global South: State of the art and the way forward. Forest Policy and Economics, 171, 103403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103403
• Shelton, M. R., Kanowski, P. J., Kleinschmit, D., & Ison, R. L. (2024). Critical Social Perspectives in Forest and Landscape Restoration-a systematic review. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, 1466758. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1466758
• Häublein, S., Seijger, C., Selter, A., Baycheva-Merger, T., & Kleinschmit, D. (2024). Disintegration and discourse: Cross-sectoral story-lines in the German water and forest debates. Environmental Science & Policy, 156, 103743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103743
• Geschke, J., Rillig, M. C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Potthast, T., Arth, A., Dicks, L. V., Habekuss, F., Kleinschmit, D., Lesch, H., Spehn, E.M., Wenzel, S., Fischer, M. & Klein, A. M, (2023): Science journalism and a multi-directional science-policy-society dialogue are needed to foster publicawareness for biodiversity and its conservation. PLOS Sustain Transform 2(10): e0000083. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000083.
• Mack, P., Leonhäuser, J. & Kleinschmit, D. (2023): Und wenn sie schon gestorben sind, dann sterben sie noch heute. Akteure und ihre Positionen in der Debatte um das Waldsterben 2.0. Allg. Forst- u. J.Ztg., 193, 7/8, 129-148.
• Mack, P., Kremer, J. & Kleinschmit, D. (2023): Forest dieback reframed and revisited? Forests (re)negotiated in the German media between forestry and nature conservation. Forest Policy and Economics, 147, 102883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102883
• Riemann, L., Giurca, A. & Kleinschmit, D. (2022). Contesting the framing of bioeconomy policy in Germany: the NGO perspective. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 24(6), 822–838. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2071689
• Edwards, P., Brukas, V., Hoogstra-Kleine, M., Secco, L. & Kleinschmit, D. (2022): Development of forest discourses across Europe: A longitudinal perspective. Forest Policy and Economics, 135, 102641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102641
• Baldy, J., Bornemann, B., Kleinschmit, D., & Kruse, S. (2021). Policy integration from a practice-theoretical perspective: integrated food policy in the making in two German cities. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 24(6), 598–611. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.2015305
• Kleinschmit, D., Ziegert, R. F., & Walther, L. (2021). Framing Illegal logging and its governance responses in Brazil – A structured review of diagnosis and prognosis. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.624072
• Seijger, C., Kleinschmit, D., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Mehmood-Ul-Hassan, M., & Martius, C. (2021). Water and sectoral policies in agriculture–forest frontiers: An expanded interdisciplinary research approach. AMBIO, 50(12), 2311–2321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01555-5
• Sonnhoff, M., Selter, A., Kleinschmit, D., & Schraml, U. (2021). Forest Management Cooperatives and their development under Uncertain Conditions: A Comprehensive analysis using an Actor-Centered Institutionalism approach. Small-scale Forestry, 20(2), 305–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-020-09469-y
• Sonnhoff, M., Selter, A., Kleinschmit, D., (2021): Soziale Innovation in Forstwirtschaftlichen Zusammenschlüssen in Baden-Württemberg: Eine Untersuchung auf Grundlage des Akteurzentrierten Institutionalismus. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, 191(3-4), 65-80. DOI: 10.23765/afjz0002058
• Ranacher, L., Wallin, I., Valsta, L., & Kleinschmit, D. (2020). Social dimensions of a forest-based bioeconomy: A summary and synthesis. AMBIO, 49(12), 1851–1859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01401-0
• Sotirov, M., Pokorny, B., Kleinschmit, D., & Kanowski, P. (2020). International Forest Governance and Policy: Institutional architecture and Pathways of Influence in Global Sustainability. Sustainability, 12(17), 7010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177010
• Stein, M., Giurca, A., & Kleinschmit, D. (2018). “Wir sind die Bioökonomie“ – Perspektiven von Akteuren aus dem deutschen Forst- und Holzsektor. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, 189(1-2), 30-40. DOI: 10.23765/afjz0002019
• Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H., Secco, L., Sergent, A., & Wallin, I. (2018). Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making. Forest Policy and Economics, 89, 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.12.011
• Kleinschmit, D., Arts, B., Giurca, A., Mustalahti, I., Sergent, A., & Pülzl, H. (2017). Environmental concerns in political bioeconomy discourses. The International Forestry Review, 19(1), 41–55. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554817822407420
• Borrass, L., Kleinschmit, D., & Winkel, G. (2016). The “German model” of integrative multifunctional forest management—Analysing the emergence and political evolution of a forest management concept. Forest Policy and Economics, 77, 16–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.06.028
• Östberg, J., & Kleinschmit, D. (2016). Comparative Study of Local and National Media Reporting: Conflict around the TV Oak in Stockholm, Sweden. Forests, 7(10), 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/f7100233
• Kleinschmit, D., Böcher, M., & Giessen, L. (2016). Forest Policy Analysis: Advancing the analytical approach. Forest Policy and Economics, 68, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.001
• Hogl, K., Kleinschmit, D., & Rayner, J. (2016). Achieving policy integration across fragmented policy domains: Forests, agriculture, climate and energy. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, 34(3), 399–414. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774×16644815
• Park, M. S., & Kleinschmit, D. (2016). Framing forest conservation in the global media: An interest-based approach. Forest Policy and Economics, 68, 7–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.03.010
• Sjöstedt, V., & Kleinschmit, D. (2015). Frames in environmental policy integration: Are Swedish sectors on track? Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, 34(3), 515–528. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774×15602895
• Kleinschmit, D., Lindstad, B. H., Thorsen, B. J., Toppinen, A., Roos, A., & Baardsen, S. (2014). Shades of green: a social scientific view on bioeconomy in the forest sector. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 29(4), 402–410. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2014.921722
• Pülzl, H., Kleinschmit, D., & Arts, B. (2014). Bioeconomy – an emerging meta-discourse affecting forest discourses? Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 29(4), 386–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2014.920044
• Kleinschmit, D., & Sjöstedt, V. (2013). Between science and politics: Swedish newspaper reporting on forests in a changing climate. Environmental Science & Policy, 35, 117–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.011
• Kleinschmit, D. & Edwards, P. (2013). Die paneuropäische Waldpolitik auf dem Weg zum Regime: Strukturierte Betrachtung der Verhandlung eines rechtlich bindenden Waldinstruments. Allg. Forst Jagdztg., 184(3-4), 38-47.
• Sadath, N., Kleinschmit, D., & Giessen, L. (2013). Framing the tiger — A biodiversity concern in national and international media reporting. Forest Policy and Economics, 36, 37–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2013.03.001
• Johansson, K., Nantongo, C., Gondo, P., Roos, A., & Kleinschmit, D. (2013). Community based forest groups in Eastern and Southern Africa – a study of prospects for capacity improvement. The International Forestry Review, 15(4), 471–488. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554813809025720
• Edwards, P., & Kleinschmit, D. (2012). Towards a European forest policy — Conflicting courses. Forest Policy and Economics, 33, 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2012.06.002
• Hess, S., Von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Zschache, U., Theuvsen, L., & Kleinschmit, D. (2011). Explaining the puzzling persistence of restrictions on seasonal farm labour in Germany. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 39(4), 707–728. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbr057
• Kleinschmit, D., Alarcón-Ferrari, C., & Hansen, H. P. (2012). The social relevance of forest policy research – views from the Nordic countries. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 27(2), 105–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2011.635085
• Kleinschmit, D. (2012). Confronting the demands of a deliberative public sphere with media constraints. Forest Policy and Economics, 16, 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2010.02.013
• Kleinschmit, D., Ingemarson, F., & Holmgren, S. (2012). Research on forest policy in Sweden–Review. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 27(2), 120–129. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2011.635076
• Feindt, P. H., & Kleinschmit, D. (2011). The BSE crisis in German newspapers: Reframing responsibility. Science as Culture, 20(2), 183–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2011.563569
• Feindt, P.H. & Kleinschmit, D. (2010): Kommunikationsverhalten und Erscheinungsbild von Politikern in den Medien am Beispiel der Agrarpolitik. In: M. Edinger, M. & W. Patzelt (Eds.). Politik als Beruf, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 44, 396-415.
• Kleinschmit, D., Böcher, M., & Giessen, L. (2009). Discourse and expertise in forest and environmental governance – An overview. Forest Policy and Economics, 11(5–6), 309–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2009.08.001
• Giessen, L., Kleinschmit, D., & Böcher, M. (2009). Between power and legitimacy – Discourse and expertise in forest and environmental governance. Forest Policy and Economics, 11(5–6), 452–453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2009.08.002
• Kleinschmit, D., Ekayani, M., Park, M. & Real, A. (2007). Globaler medialer Walddiskurs – Beispiel für eine deliberative Öffentlichkeit? In: K. Jacob (Ed.): Politik und Umwelt, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 39, 430-451.
• Krumland, D. & Krott, M. (2004): Medienstar Forstwirtschaft. Politische Positionierung forstlicher Akteure durch Medienöffentlichkeit und Bevölkerungsmeinung. Allg. Forst und Jagdzeitung, 175(1-2), 34-38.

Paper in Journals with peer review – without impact factor

• Schulze, H., Böhm, J., Kleinschmit, D. , Spiller, A. & Nowak, B. (2008). Öffentliche Wahrnehmung der Primärverantwortung für Lebensmittelsicherheit. Agrarwirtschaft 57(7), 334-345.
• Kleinschmit, D. & Feindt, P.H. (2004). Verursacher, Opfer und Helfer. BSE und Agrarpolitik in deutschen Zeitungen. Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 3, 93- 98.

Chapter in edited books with peer review

• Kleinschmit, D., Blum, M., Brockhaus, M., Karambiri, M., Kröger, M., Ramcilovic-Suominen, Reinecke, S. and Ongolo, S. (2024): Forest (landscape) restoration governance – Institutions, interests, ideas, and their interlinked logics. In P. Katila, C.J. Pierce Colfer, W. de Jong, G. Galloway, P. Pacheco & G. Winkel (Eds.), Restoring Forests and Trees for Sustainable Development: Policies, Practices, Impacts, and Ways Forward (pp. 47-73). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197683958.003.0003
• Kleinschmit, D., Arts, B., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Böcher, M., Brockhaus, M., Cordova-Pineda, D. A., … & Ziegert, R. F. (2024). International Forest Governance for the Future: From Criticism to Alternatives. In D. Kleinschmit, C. Wildburger, N. Grima & B. Fisher (Eds.), International Forest Governance: A Critical Review of Trends, Drawbacks, and New Approaches (pp. 119-145). IUFRO World Series Volume 43.
• Pülzl, H., Wydra, D., Obeng-Odoom, F., Arts, B., Edwards, P., Kleinschmit, D., … & Park, M. S. (2024). Current Forest-related Discourses. In D. Kleinschmit, C. Wildburger, N. Grima & B. Fisher (Eds.), International Forest Governance: A Critical Review of Trends, Drawbacks, and New Approaches (pp. 83-117). IUFRO World Series Volume 43.
• Kleinschmit, D., Blum, M., Brockhaus, M., Karambiri, M., Kröger, M., Ramcilovic-Suominen, S., & Reinecke, S. (2023). “3: Key Logics of International Forest Governance and SDG 15”. In L. Partzsch (Ed.), The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance (pp. 47-71). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529228021.ch004
• Louman, B., Keenan, R.J., Kleinschmit, D., Atmadja, S. , Sitoe, A.A., Nhantumbo, I., de Camino Velozo, R. & Morales, J.P. (2019). Chapter 13 – SDG 13: Climate Action – Impacts on Forests and People. In P. Katila, C.J. Pierce Colfer, W. de Jong, G. Galloway, P. Pacheco & G. Winkel (Eds), Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People (pp. 419-444), Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Kleinschmit, D., Leipold, S. & Sotirov, M. (2016). Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Illegal Logging and Associated Timber Trade. In D. Kleinschmit, S. Mansourian, C. Wildbruger & A. Purret. (Eds.), lllegal Logging and Related Timber Trade – Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses. A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report (pp. 13-20), IUFRO World Series Volume 35.
• Kleinschmit, D., Mansourian, S., Wildburger, C., Boekhout van Solinge, T., Cashore, B., Cerutti, P.O., Gan, J.,Leipold, S., Pacheco, P., Pokorny, B., Purret, A., Sotirov, M. & Tacconi, L. (2016). Conclusion. In D. Kleinschmit, S. Mansourian, C. Wildbruger & A. Purret. (Eds.), lllegal Logging and Related Timber Trade – Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses. A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report (pp. 133-136), IUFRO World Series Volume 35.
• Vira, B., Jamnadass, R., Kleinschmit, D., McMullin, S., Mansourian, S., Neufeldt, H., Parotta, J.A., Sunderlands, T. & Wildburger, C. (2015). Conclusion. In B. Vira, C. Wildburger & S. Mansourian (Eds.), Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition – A Global Assessment Report (pp. 153-156). IUFRO World Series 33.
• Kleinschmit, D., Sijapati Basnett, B., Martin, A., Rai, N.D., Smith-Hall, C., Dawson, N.M., Hickey, G., Neufeldt, H., Ojha, H.R., & Walelign, S.Z. (2015). Drivers of Forests and Tree-based Systems for Food Security and Nutrition. In B. Vira, C. Wildburger & S. Mansourian (Eds.), Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition: A Global Assessment Report (pp. 87-110). IUFRO World Series 33.
• Neufeldt, H., Pacheco, P., Ojha, H.R., Ogalleh, S.A., Donovan, J., Fuchs, L., Kleinschmit, D., Kristjanson, P., Kowero, G., Oeba, V.O., Powell, B. (2015). Public Sector, Private Sector and Socio-Cultural Response Options. In B. Vira, C. Wildburger & S. Mansourian (Eds.), Forest, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition – A Global Assessment Report (pp. 129-151). IUFRO World Series 33.
• Pülzl, H., Wydra, D., Arts, B. & Kleinschmit, D. (2013). Innovations for European Forest Governance. In H. Pülzl, K. Hogl, D. Kleinschmit, D. Wydra, B. Arts, P. Mayer, M. Palahi, G. Winkel & B. Wolfslehner (Eds.), European Forest Governance: issues at stake and the way forward (pp. 45-51). European Forest Institute, Joensuu.
• Kleinschmit, D. & Edwards, P. (2013): Pan-European forest-focused and forest-related policies. In H. Pülzl, K. Hogl, D. Kleinschmit, D. Wydra, B. Arts, P. Mayer, M. Palahi, G. Winkel & B. Wolfslehner (Eds.), European Forest Governance: issues at stake and the way forward (pp. 81-100). European Forest Institute, Joensuu.
• Arts, B., Appelstrand, M., Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Eba’a Atyi, R., Enters, T., McGinley, K. & Yasmi, Y. (2010). Discourses, actors and instruments in international forest governance. In J. Rayner, A. Buck & P. Katila (Eds.), Embracing complexity: meeting the challenges of international forest governance (pp. 55-73). IUFRO World Series vol 28.
• Hess, S., Kleinschmit, D., Theuvsen, L., Cramon-Taubadel, S. von & Zschache, U. (2010). Explaining Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany. In G. Schreyögg & J. Sydow (Eds.), Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependency. Organizational and Institutional Path Processes (pp. 197-216). Palgrave.
• Kleinschmit,D. & Krott, M. (2008). The media in forestry: Government, governance and social visibility. In T. Sikor (Ed.), Public and Private in Natural Resource Governance: A False Dichotomy? (pp. 127-141). Earthscan.

Chapter in edited books – not peer reviewed

• Giurca, A. & Kleinschmit, D. (2020). Transition to a forest-based bio-economy? A comparison of Germany and Finland. In W. Konrad, D. Scheer & A. Weidtmann (Eds.), Making the bio-economy sustainable (pp. 163-183). Springer. (in German)
• Arts, B., Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H. (2016). Forest governance: connecting global to local practices. In G. Spaargaren, D. Weenink & M. Lamer (Eds.), Practice Theory and Research: Exploring the dynamics of social life (pp. 202-228). Routledge.
• Kleinschmit, D. (2010). Die Bedeutung der Öffentlichkeit durch Print-und Onlinemedien für eine demokratische Politik. Eine Ernährungspolitische Perspektive. In J. Böhm, M. Kayser & A. Spiller (Eds.), Die Ernährungswirtschaft im Scheinwerferlicht (pp. 27-40). EUL Verlag.
• Böhm, J., Schulze, H., Kleinschmit, D., Spiller, A. & Nowak, B. (2009). Wer darf Lebensmittelkrisen managen? Einfluss der Medienberichterstattung auf die Wege aus den Gammelfleischskandalen. In J. Böhm, M. Kayser & A. Spiller (Eds.), Die Ernährungswirtschaft im Scheinwerferlicht (pp. 273-297). EUL Verlag.
• Feindt, P.H., Kleinschmit, D. & Stirn, S. (2009). Der publizistische Konflikt um die gruene Gentechnik. In J. Böhm, M. Kayser & A. Spiller (Eds.), Die Ernährungswirtschaft im Scheinwerferlicht (pp. 153-184). EUL Verlag.
• Böcher, M., Giessen L. & Kleinschmit, D. (2008). The role of discourses and expertise in environmental and forest governance. In ibid. (Eds.): Environmental and Forest Governance – The role of discourses and expertise (pp. 1-7). Universitätsverlag Göttingen.
• Feindt, P. & Kleinschmit, D. (2007). Die Rolle der Medien in der Agrarpolitik. In S. Koch-Baumgarten, L. Mez (Eds.), Medien und Policy. Neue Machtkonstellationen in ausgewählten Politikfeldern (pp. 121-142). Peter Lang Verlag.
• Krott, M., Böcher, M., Hubo, C. & Kleinschmit, D. (2006). Ökologische Gestaltungskraft durch politisch intelligente Naturschutzaktionen. In K.-H. Erdmann, H.-R. Bork & T. Hopf (Eds.), Naturschutz im gesellschaftlichen Kontext (pp. 55-65). Bundesamt für Naturschutz.
• Feindt, P.H. & Kleinschmit, D. (2005): Medienöffentlichkeit und Partizipation. Zentrum und Peripherie, Sektor- und Allgemeininteresse am Beispiel der Zeitungsberichterstattung über BSE 2000/2001. In P.H. Feindt & J. Newig (Eds.), Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit. Perspektiven der politischen Ökonomie. Metropolis.

Monographies

• Krumland, D. (2004). Beitrag der Medien zum politischen Erfolg. Forstwirtschaft und Naturschutz im Politikfeld Wald. Peter Lang Verlag.

Editor

• Kleinschmit, D., Giurca, A., Lehmann, R., Rodríguez, F. & Sinaga, H. (Eds.). (2025). Bioeconomy Governance in the Global South: State of the Art and the Way Forward. Forest Policy and Economics 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103403
• Kleinschmit, D., Wildburger, C., Grima, N. & Fisher, B. (Eds.). (2024). International Forest Governance: A Critical Review of Trends, Drawbacks, and New Approaches. IUFRO World Series Volume 43.
• Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H., Secco, L., Sergent, A. & Wallin, I. (Eds.). (2018). Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making. Forest Policy and Economics 89.
• Kleinschmit, D., Mansourian, S., Wildbruger, C. & Purret, A. (Eds.). (2016): lllegal Logging and Related Timber Trade – Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses. A Global Scientific Rapid Response Assessment Report. IUFRO World Series Volume 35.
• Hogl, K., Kleinschmit, D. & Rayner, J. (Eds.). (2016): Achieving policy integration across fragmented policy domains: Forests, agriculture, climate and energy. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy 34.
• Edwards, P. & Kleinschmit, D. (Eds.). (2015): Forest Policy. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 30(3).
• Pülzl, H., Hogl, K., Kleinschmit, D., Wydra, D., Arts, B., Mayer, P., Palahi, M., Winkel, G. & Wolfslehner, B. (Eds.) (2013). European Forest Governance: issues at stake and the way forward. European Forest Institute, Joensuu.
• Kleinschmit, D., Alarcón Ferrari, C. & Hansen, H.P. (Eds.). (2012): Forest Policy Research. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 27(2).
• Böcher, M., Giessen, L. & Kleinschmit, D. (Eds.). (2009). Discourse and Expertise in Forest and Environmental Governance. Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 11, Issues 5-6, Pages 309-458.
• Böcher, M., Giessen L. & Kleinschmit, D. (2008): Environmental and Forest Governance – The role of discourses and expertise. Universitätsverlag Göttingen.
• Kleinschmit, D., Krott, M. & Real, A. (Eds.). (2008). Communicating Forest Science: A Daily Task. IUFRO Occasional Paper No. 20.
• Kleinschmit, D. & Krott, M. (Eds.). (2005). Public Relations for Forest Science. IUFRO.

Paper in popular science journals

• Selter, A., Sonnhoff, M. & Kleinschmit, D. (2019). Forstwirtschaftliche Zusammenschlüsse stärken. AFZ Der Wald, 1, 23-24.
• Kleinschmit, D. (2017). Grundlagen der Supranationalen Waldpolitik. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 67, 39-45.
• Kleinschmit, D. (2016). Internationale Waldpolitik – Prinzip Freiwilligkeit. Ökologisches Jahrbuch, 82-87.
• Böhm, J., Schulze, H., Kleinschmit, D., Spiller, A. & Nowak, B. (2009). Medienanalyse der Fleischskandale. Fleischwirtschaft, 7, 57-60.
• Krumland, D. & Schmetjen, B. (2002). Erfolgskontrolle forstlicher Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. AFZ Der Wald, 11, 576-578.
• Krott, M., Krumland, D. & Düker, A. (2002). Medienereignis Deutscher Waldgipfel. AFZ Der Wald, 15, 784-786.
• Krumland, D. & Beerbom, C. (2000). Der Wald als Medienbotschaft: Nachrichtenfaktoren in der forstlichen Pressearbeit. AFZ Der Wald, 24, 1275-1277.

Paper in proceedings

• Kleinschmit, D., Arts, B., Giurca, A., Mustalathi, I., Pülzl, H. & Sergent, A. (2015). Integrating Environmental Concerns in the Bioeconomy Discourse. Poster at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2015, Innovation, Growth and Sustainable Development/poster session, Berlin, Germany.
• Giurca, A. & Kleinschmit, D. (2015). Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Integrating Environmental Concerns in Germany’s Bioeconomy Discourse. Conference Paper for the conference on “Towards a sustainable Bioeconomy : Innovation, Methods and Solutions for the Agricultural and Forest Sectors, Barcelona, Spain.
• Kleinschmit, D. & Real, A. (2009). Communicating Forest Science. Proceedings of the World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires.
• Park, M. & Kleinschmit, D. (2009). The dual roles of media in communication about forest conservation. Poster at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vienna.
• Hess, S., Kleinschmit, D., Theuvsen, L., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. & Zschache, U. (2008). Conceptualizing Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany. Paper presented at the international conference European Association of Agricultural Economics, Ghent.
• Hess, S., Kleinschmit, D., Theuvsen, L., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. & Zschache, U. (2008). Conceptualizing Path Dependence through Discourse Analysis: The Case of Seasonal Farm Workers in Germany. Paper presented at the German conference GEWISOLA, Bonn.
• Feindt, P.H., Kleinschmit, D. & Theuvsen, L. (2005). Path Dependence and Creation in Agricultural Policy: Using Media Analysis for Exploring the Emergence of a New Dominant Political Paradigm. Paper Presented at the 21st Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), www.egosnet.de
• Krumland, D. (2001). Forest in the Media. In Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (Ed.): Seminar Forestry meets the Public (pp. 111-119). Proceedings. Bern.
• Krumland, D. (2000). Communication of Forest Restoration by Newspapers: An Austrian Case Study. In H. Hasenauer, H. (Ed.): Forest Ecosystem Restoration: Ecological and Economical Impacts of Restoration Processes in Secondary Coniferous Forests (pp. 167-174). Proceedings of the International Conference, Vienna, Austria. S.
• Krumland, D. (2000). Active Perception of Forestry in the Media. In Forests and Society: The Role of Research (pp. 309-311). Poster Abstracts vol 3. IUFRO World Congress 2000, Kuala Lumpur.

Reports

• Pokorny, B., Sotirov, M., Kleinschmit, D. & Kanowski, P. (2019). Forests as a Global Commons: International governance and the Role of Germany. Report to the Science Platform Sustainabilty 2030. Universität Freiburg. DOI 10.2312/iass.2019.036 https://www.wpn2030.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/W%C3%A4lder-1.pdf
• Johansson, K.-E., Gondo,P. , Nantongo, C., Roos, A. & Kleinschmit, D. (2013). Empowering Community Based Forest and Tree User and Producer Groups – An Outlook study of stakeholder groups in the management and use of forest and tree resources in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Skogsinitiativet. http://www.sifi.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Empowering-Community-Based-Forest-and-Tree-User-and-Producer-Groups.pdf
• Feindt, P.H., Gottschick, M., Krumland, D. & Thölke, S. (2003). Konflikte, Optionen, Wissen. „Agrarwende“ als transdisziplinärer Forschungsgegenstand. BIOGUM-Forschungsbericht/BIOGUM-Research Paper, FG Landwirtschaft, Nr. 6. Hamburg. Conflicts, Options, Knowledge. “Turnaround in Agriculture” as a transdisciplinary object of research.

• 2020: Westoby Fellow Australian National University (ANU)
• Since 2015: Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA)
• 2000 – 2002: Niedersächsiche Graduiertenförderung (Stipend)

Academic Services (selected)

• 2021 – 2024
  Vice-President for Internationalization and Sustainability at UFR
• Since 2021
  Member of the Steering Committee of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
• 2018 – 2019
  Dean, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, UFR
• 2019 – 2021
  Member of the Permanent Senate Commission on Equal Opportunity
• 2019 – 2023
  Co-coordinator of the University Profile Field Environment & Sustainability, UFR
• 2016 – 2018
  Vice Dean, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, UFR

International Networks (selected)

• Since 2024
  President of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
• 2019 – 2024
  Vice President of IUFRO
• 2010 – 2019
  Coordinator of Division 9: Forest Policy and Economics (IUFRO)

Transfer, Advisory Services and Committees (selected)

• Since 2020
  Member of the Bioeconomy Council of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• Since 2023
  Member of the Strategy advisory council of Austrian Forest Research Institute (BFW)
• Since 2015
  Member of the advisory council of the Forest Research Institute Freiburg (FVA)
• Since 2015
  Member of the committee for public relations of the German Forestry Council
• Since 2015
  (Stellv.) Member of the Forest council of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 2016 – 2017
  Scientific Advisory Group of the Bioeconomy Strategy for the Austrian Ministry of Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW), Verkehr und Innovation (BMVIT) and Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW)

Reviews

• Reviewer for various international funding organizations and academic journals, as well as a member of research-supporting foundations.

[Update July 2025] – without social media

2025

• “Wir haben alle das gleiche Ziel: Den Walderhalt“, in: Waldwirtschaft (Germany), 2024/25
• IUFRO chief lauds Korea’s rehabilitated forests, advises on future management, in: Herald (South Korea), 9.5.2025

2024

• EU Entwaldungsverordnung – Forschende fordern zügige Umsetzung, in: ORF (Austria), 03.10.2024
• Forestry social science is failing the people who need it most, Nature Comment, 16. May 2024
• “Financialisation” of Africas’s forests is driving inequality, says report, in: African BUSINESS, 14.05.2024
• Studi: Hutan Dijadikan Alat Perdagangan Karbon Lemahkan Peran Rimba, Kompas (Indonesia), 13.05.2024
• Warum der Wald als reiner CO2 Speicher problematisch ist, in: Der Standard (Austria), 11.05.2024
• Forestry Governance Too Fixated on Carbon Sequestration, Study Warns, in: FORBES, 06.04.2024
• Informe pide a los lideres de la COP16 no caraterizar a los bosques exclusivamente como sumideros de carbono, in: EL TIEMPO (Colombia), 06.05.2024
• Report Exposes Risks of Valuing Forests Mainly as Carbon Sinks, in: Kenya Times, 06.05.2025
• Es ist gefährlich, Wald nur als Senke für Kohlendioxid zu sehen, in: Die Presse (Austria), 06.05.2024
• Beware the „financialisation of the forest sector”, in: Sustainable Views, 05.05.2025

2022

• Literarischen Salon: Daniela Kleinschmit und Hans Jürgen Böhmer über den Wald, in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), 14.06.2022

2021

• „Tausendsassa Wald, Forstpolitikexpertin: “Die Ansprüche an den Wald sind gestiegen”“, in: Der Standard (Austria), 25.10.2021
• „Erhobener Finger hilft nicht beim Waldschutz“, in: Der Standard – Forschung Spezial (Austria), 20.10.2021
• BZ Talk: Welche Rolle sollen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in der Öffentlichkeit spielen?, in: Badische Zeitung (Germany), 07.06.2021