Marc J. Metzger

Marc is a Lecturer in Environment and Society within the Research Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment. He joined Edinburgh University in 2007 as a Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Change Modelling. Before he was a lecturer in Environmental Assessment at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He studied ecosystem biology between 1995 and 2000, and undertook his PhD in European vulnerability to global change impacts on ecosystem services from 2001-2005, also at Wageningen University. Over the past 10 years Marc has worked in a wide range of interdisciplinary projects focusing on the potential impacts of global environmental change on ecosystems and the services they provide to society.

Research interests

Graphic summary of my scientific papers

Some recent papers

• Rounsevell M.D.A., Pedroli B., Erb K.-H., Gramberger G., Gravsholt Busck A., Haberl H., Kristensen S., Kuemmerle T., Lavorel S., Lindner M., Lotze-Campen H., Metzger M.J. , Murray-Rust D., Popp A., Pérez-Soba M., Reenberg A., Vadineanu A., Verburg P.H., Wolfslehner B. (2012) Challenges for land system science. Land Use Policy 29: 899-910.
• Eupen, M. van, Metzger M.J. , Pérez-Soba M., Verburg P.H., Doorn, A. van, Bunce R.G.H. (2012) A Rural Typology for Strategic European Policies. Land Use Policy 29: 473-482.
• Ortega M., Metzger M.J., Bunce R.G.H., Wrbka T., Allard A., Jongman R.H.G., Elena-Rosselló R. (2012) The potential for integration of environmental data from regional stratifications into a European monitoring framework. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 55: 39-57.
• Metzger M.J., Rounsevell M.D.A. (2011) A need for planned adaptation to climate change in the wine industry. Environmental Research Letters 6: 031001.
• Hazeu G.W., Metzger M.J., Mücher C.A., Perez-Soba M., Renetzeder Ch., Andersen E. (2011) European environmental stratifications: An overview. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 142: 29-39.
• Locatelli B., Imbach P., Vignola R., Metzger M.J., Leguía Hidalgo E.J. (2011) Ecosystem services and hydroelectricity in Central America: Modelling service flows with fuzzy logic and expert knowledge. Regional Environmental Change 11: 393-404.
• Vicente J., Randin C.F., Gonçalves J., Metzger M.J., Lomba A., Honrado J., Guisan A. (2011) Where will conflicts between alien and rare species occur after climate and land-use change? A test with a novel combined modelling approach. Biological Invasions 13: 1209-1227.
• Rickebusch S., Metzger M.J., Xu G., Vogiatzakis I.N., Potts S.G., Stirpe M.T., Rounsevell M. (2011) A qualitative method for the spatial and thematic downscaling of land-use change scenarios. Environmental Science and Policy 14: 268-278.
• Rounsevell M.D.A., Metzger M.J. (2010) Developing qualitative scenario storylines for environmental change assessment. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 1: 606-619.
• Hermans C.M.L., Geijzendorffer I.R., Ewert F., Metzger M.J., Vereijken P.H., Woltjer G.B., Verhagen A. (2010) Exploring the future of European crop production in a liberalised market, with specific consideration of climate change and regional competitiveness. Ecological Modelling 221: 2177-2187.
• Metzger M.J., Rounsevell M.D.A., van den Heiligenberg H.A.R.M., Perez-Soba M., Soto Hardiman P. (2010) How Personal Judgment Influences Scenario Development: an Example for Future Rural Development in Europe. Ecology and Society 15: 5.[online]
• Metzger M.J., Bunce R.G.H., van Eupen M., Mirtl M. (2010) An assessment of long term ecosystem research activities across European socio-ecological gradients. Journal of Environmental Management 91: 1357-1365.
• Patt A.G., Tadros M., Nussbaumer P., Asante K., Metzger M.J., Rafael J., Goujon A., Brundrit G. (2010) Estimating least-developed countries' vulnerability to climate-related extreme events over the next 50 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 1333-1337.

Current research projects