DR. ZSOLT MOLNÁR

Areas of Expertise

Traditional, indigenous and local ecological knowledge of herders and farmers in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Mongolia and Iran, knowledge co-production with herders and farmers to avoid or resolve conflicts with conservation; traditional land management, perception of landscape change and nature’s contributions to people by locals; conservation management, monitoring using local indicators, conservation and agri-environmental policy; land-use and vegetation history of the Hungarian Plain (1780-present); habitat classifications, actual habitat mapping, trend analysis of Natura 2000 habitats (1783-2013).

Brief Bio

• 2015 - ongoing Scientific advisor, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
• 2015 Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, ethnoecology
• 2013 - ongoing Founder and head of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Research Group at CER
• 2013 Habilitation (Pécs University, Hungary)
• 2010 - 2011 Vice director, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2009 - 2015 Senior researcher, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2007 PhD (Pécs University, Hungary)
• 1991 - 1992 TEMPUS exchange program (Nottingham University, UK, 9 months)
• 1990 - 2009 Assistant researcher and researcher, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 1985 - 1990 BSc and MSc in Biology/Ecology (Szeged University, Hungary)

Some honours and awards include the following:

• 2016 - 2019 nominated and selected to be a coordinating lead author (CLA) of the IPBES Global Assessment
• 2016 selected as the head of the ILK liaison group of the IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment
• 2016 selected as the head of the ILK liaison group of the IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment
• 2013 Pro Natura award for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
• 2013 Best Rural Developer of the Year award, Hungarian Rural Development Network
• 2008 Boros Ádám award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Publications (Weblink only), if any:

• Inviting ecologists to delve deeper into traditional ecological knowledge. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
• https://ecolres.hu/en/munkatarsak/zsolt-molnar/