Prof. Dr. Thomas Knoke
Academic Career and Research Areas
Thomas Knoke (b. 1965) explores sustainable use concepts for forest and other landscapes. His particular interest lies in risk modeling and diversification strategy planning. Methodologies drawn from decision theory, operations research and modern finance theory are applied to forest science issues and land use problems in general.
Having studied forest science at LMU Munich, Knoke completed his doctorate in 1998. He acquired his postdoctoral teaching qualification (habilitation) at TUM in 2003. His research interests have led him to the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (South Africa), the Instituto Forestal (Chile) and the Chinese Academy of Forestry. He also traveled to Ecuador as a member of the FOR 816 research group. In 2013 he declined the offer of an appointment to Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg as professor of “Forest Economics and Forest Planning”. Knoke’s other activities include acting as a court expert, being in charge of LMU Munich’s university forest and giving expert advice to forest owners.
Awards
- Thurn und Taxis Award for Forest Science (2004)
- Nominee for the German Forest Science Prize (2004)
- Karl Abetz Prize of the University of Freiburg (1999)
Key Publications (all publications)
Knoke T, Gosling E, Reith E, Gerique A, Pohle P, Valle Carrión L, et al. Confronting sustainable intensification with uncertainty and extreme values on smallholder tropical farms. Sustain Sci. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s11625-022-01133-y.
AbstractCalvas B, Castro LM, Kindu M, Bingham L, Pintado K, Torres Celi J, et al. Large differences between observed and expected Ecuadorian deforestation from 2001 to 2009: a counterfactual simulation approach. Reg Environ Change. 2024; 24. doi: 10.1007/s10113-024-02253-0.
AbstractKnoke T, Elsasser P, Kindu M. Considering the land-cover elasticity of ecosystem service value coefficients improves assessments of large land-use changes. Ecosystem Services. 2024; 68:101645. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101645.
AbstractKnoke T, Paul C, Gosling E, Jarisch I, Mohr J, Seidl R. Assessing the Economic Resilience of Different Management Systems to Severe Forest Disturbance. Environ Resource Econ. 2023; 84:343–81. Epub 2022/09/06. doi: 10.1007/s10640-022-00719-5 PMID: 36712582.
AbstractKnoke T, Hanley N, Roman-Cuesta RM, Groom B, Venmans F, Paul C. Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions. Nat Sustain. 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41893-023-01175-9.
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