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Dr. Michael Kiehn

  • Core Facility Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna (Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis, HBV)
  • Director
  • Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design, Policy, Public Engagement
  • WIEN, AT
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– a.o.-Professor for Botany, University of Vienna
– i.a., research in ex-situ/in-situ conservation and in International Conservation Conventions (like CBD or CITES) and their implications for BGs
– Leading positions at the Botanical Garden, University of Vienna since 1991 (director since 2006)
– Elected speaker of the Austrian Botanic Gardens Working Group; e.g., as representative in the European Consortium of Botanical Gardens (since 1991)
– Head of the International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN) Coordination Group
– Vice-President, International Association of Botanical Gardens (IABG)
– Member of the European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET) Consortium Steering Committee

Areas of Expertise
Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design
  • Botanic Garden Planning, Concept, and Strategic Development Expertise
    • Formulation of purpose and objectives (vision and mission)
    • Logical framework development
    • Strategic plan development
  • Botanic Garden Design Expertise
    • Master plan
  • Botanic Garden Governance Expertise
    • Academia
Public Engagement
  • Educational Expertise
    • Climate change
    • Pollination
    • Biodiversity conservation
    • Plant science
  • Audience Development and Social Inclusion Expertise
    • Capacity building
    • Benefit Sharing
    • Co-creation
    • Team-based inquiry
  • Educational Practices Expertise
    • Science communication
    • Interpretation
    • Evaluation
    • Inquiry Based Science Education
    • Science cafes
    • Citizen science
    • Working with diverse audiences
Research
  • Research Expertise
    • Climate change
    • Education
    • Ex situ conservation
    • In situ conservation
    • Invasive species biology and control
    • Phenology
    • Systematics and taxonomy
    • Pollination biology
    • Seed biology and conservation
    • Evaluation
Geographic
  • Geographic Region Expertise
    • Europe
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Oceania
  • Habitat Type Expertise
    • Islands
    • Montane grasslands and shrublands
    • Temperate broad leaf and mixed forests
    • Temperate coniferous forest
    • Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Services
  • Services Available
    • Advice
    • Consultancy
    • Mentorship
    • Partnership opportunity
    • Research
    • Training
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