Elisabeth Schaber

In the infrastructure project "SuedLink" I am responsible for soil issues. During the planning and implementation of this big infrastructure project, soil protection needs to be forstered in all phases (before, during and after the construction) so that soil funcitons are widely maintained.

PhD student in the field of soil protection. My interests are soils, soil functions, peatlands, ecosystem services, land use management, climate change and natural hazards.

In the project "Alpine Peatlands and Climate Protection" (orig. "Alpenmoore und Klimaschutz") we aim at forstering international knowledge exchange on Alpine peatlands and management options to mitigate climate change on the one hand and to adapt to it on the other hand.

Trainee in the department of Cartography working mainly on automation processes and database management of geodata

Intern at the Division of Agriculture. Developing of Python Scripts for ArcGIS and creation of print maps. Working with tiris.

Worked in the project "DynAlp - Dynamic Adaptation of Urban Water Infrastructure for Sustainable City Development in an Alpine Environment"

Worked in the project "SMHPP - Small and Medium Hydropower Climate Risk Assessment: SE Europe, Turkey, and the Caucasus"

Flood Risk Study in the Lourens River catchment. Research for my Master thesis

Natural Hazard Research and Development Research. Master thesis: "The impact of land use change on the flood risk in the Lourens River catchment, South Africa"

Exchange semester in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Bachelor thesis "Tourism at the Wild Coast, South Africa - An image problem?"