Martina Weiss

Personal profile

Management role

Programme Director, MSc in Environment and Natural Resources

Position at the ZHAW

Operational management of the Master's programme Environment and Natural Resources
Research Associate at the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources

www.zhaw.ch/iunr/master

Expertise and research interests

- Professional and organisational support and counselling of students, lecturers and employees
- Representation of the programme within the university and to educational and research institutes as well as cooperation partners
- Participation in the successful accreditation of the study programme and the further development of the curriculum
- Implementation of double degree programmes with partner universities in Germany, Norway and Slovenia
- Project manager "Digital Studyplaner" BSc and MSc Programme
- Research and teaching activities in the field of green space management, urban ecosystems

Educational background

CAS PHZH, Leading projects and study programmes, 2021
MSc. ZHF Life Sciences, specialisation Natural Resource Sciences, 2016
BSc. ZHF Environmental Engineering, specialisation Environmental Education, 2008

Professional milestones

Since 2019 Head of MSc Environment and Natural Resources
2014 - 2018 Member of the Executive Board, Head of Communication, Marketing and Acquisition Study Programmes IUNR
2013 - 2016 Research assistant, research group open space management: research projects in the field of urban green spaces and management, co-organisation of conference on green space management, acquisition activities for the bachelor's degree programme in environmental engineering
2009 - 2013 Research Assistant, Research Group Open Space Management

Projects

• Grüne Freiräume für Alle! / Team member / Project completed
• GRÜNSTADT SCHWEIZ / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Brack, Florian; Weiss, Martina,

  2016.

  Inklusive Grünräume für alle! : ein Forschungsprojekt zur Inklusion von Menschen mit körperlichen Behinderungen in öffentliche Freiräume.

  dergartenbau.

  2016(2), pp. 10-12.

• Weiss, Martina,

  2012.

  Wert und Nutzen von Grünräumen : Grünraum Stadt.

  Österreichische Gemeinde-Zeitung.

  2012(6), pp. 14.

• Weiss, Martina; Brack, Florian,

  2011.

  Wert und Nutzen von Grünräumen.

  Garten + Landschaft.

  2011(5), pp. 19-21.

• Weiss, Martina,

  2010.

  Freiraum für Visionen! : thematische und personelle Erweiterung der Fachstelle Grünflächenmanagement zur Fachstelle Freiraummanagement.

  Unr.intern.

  2010(3), pp. 4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2753

• Hagenbuch, Reto; Weiss, Martina,

  2014.

  Forschungsprojekt Grünstadt Schweiz : ein Projekt für nachhaltiges Stadtgrün.

  In:

  Tagung Grünflächenmanagement, Wädenswil, 6. November 2014.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Other publications

Weiss, Martina, 2015. Nachhaltiges Management von Stadtbäumen zur Optimierung der Lebenserwartung und der Vitalität. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Verfügbar unter doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23163

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