
Berta Martín López
Collaborator
Berta Martín López holds a degree in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Ecology and Environment from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is currently a professor in Sustainability Science at the Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany). She is a member of the scientific committees of the ecoSERVICES program and the Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS), both affiliated with Future Earth, as well as the advisory board of BiodivERsA, the European network of funding organizations for biodiversity and ecosystem services research.
At the science-policy interface, she is heavily involved in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), currently serving as coordinating lead author of the chapter on ‘Nature’s Contributions to Quality of Life’ for the Europe and Central Asia assessment. In the field of sustainability policy, Berta also contributed to the review of the Sustainable Development Goals conducted by the International Council for Science (ICSU).
Publications
Environmental justice gaps in human-wildlife conflict research from a social-ecological systems perspective
2025 – Biological Conservation
Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research
2025 – Ecology and Society
Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems
2024 – Sustainability Science
Carnivores’ contributions to people in Europe
2024 – Ecology and Society
The role of emotions in human–nature connectedness within Mediterranean landscapes in Spain
2023 – Sustainability Science
Repensar la conexión con la naturaleza a través de las emociones
2023 – Ecosistemas
The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
2022 – Ecosystems and People
Local Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Across Multiple Ecosystem Types in Spain
2020 – Land
Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review
2019 – Biological Conservation
Evaluating social learning in participatory mapping of ecosystem services
2019 – Ecosystems and People