Selected Publications
- Exploring the Green Frontier within Europe’s Recent Forest Initiatives. Geoforum. 104242 A. Konczal, J. Asselin.
- Hands off our forests!” – The impact of the authoritarian rule on Polish forest policy in the context of the European Green Deal. Forest Policy and Economics. Vol. 171. K. Niedziałkowski, A. Konczal, M. Mielewczyk.
- Forest restoration paradigms and conflicts in Europe. International Forest Review. Vol. 27, Issue 1, p. 1-15. L. O’Brien, A. Konczal, A. Begemann, M. Lovrić, N. Lovrić, S. Fleckenstein, G. Winkel.
- Integrating nature conservation measures in European forest management–An exploratory study of barriers and drivers in 9 European countries. Journal of Environmental Management 325 (2023): 116619. A. Konczal, J. Derks, J. C. H. de Koning, G. Winkel.
- Exploring evolving spiritual values of forests in Europe and Asia: a transition hypothesis toward re-spiritualizing forests. Ecology and Society 27 (4). J. Roux, A. Konczal, A. Bernasconi, S. Bhagwat, R. De Vreese, I. Doimo, V. Marini Govigli, J. Kašpar, R. Kohsaka, D. Pettenella, T. Plieninger, Z. Shakeri, S. Shibata, K. Stara, T. Takahashi, M. Torralba, L. Tyrväinen, G. Weiss, G. Winkel.
FRIAS Project
Relational values within frameworks for social-ecological systems research in forests
This project is designed to complement the work on the frameworks for social-ecological systems (SES) research in forests by investigating the role of the forest relational values and how they can be included in developing a common basis for studies in different contexts across various case studies. Specifically, using my work on the cultural and spiritual values of forests (e.g. Roux et al. 2022, Konczal and Asselin 2025), including the first insights from newly established project (“Forest Spirituality in Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe”), I would like to help to conceptualise the role of relational values (with the focus on cultural and spiritual values) in decision-making for future forests, including principles for future forest decision making. This project’s results can inform frameworks for collaborative research on how forests and societies respond to management transformation and environmental changes. Including relational values is intended to ensure that various perspectives on the importance of forests and their ecosystem services are taken into account and carefully examined in both future forest research and decision-making processes. With this, the idea is to address a crucial, yet not widely investigated, dimension of forest SES, and bring together insights from natural and social science in order to tackle future challenges for forests and societies. The project builds on the collaboration with Future Forest researchers and other FRESCO Fellows.