My research aims at advancing our understanding of various contemporary forestry problems, promoting efficient forest land use and supporting decision makers at all levels, including by providing computer-based decision support systems. It spans from methodological questions (simulation modelling, scenario methodologies, data and information in forest decision making) to substantive problems in forest management such as comparitive performance of silvicultural practices with regard to various goals (production possibility assessments, ecosystem service trade-offs, model-assisted silvicultural experiments) or the optimal spatial organization of forestry. In most of my research, I use quantitative models and simulation.
My broader science-related interests include science-policy interactions, political economy, statistical inference and philosophy of science.
I have been involved in several larger collaborative research projects such as development of the European Forestry Dynamics Model (in partnership with JRC, LUKE and ENFIN), the 7-th FP project INTEGRAL, the Horizon 2020 project DIABOLO, the ongoing Formas project ForestPath, and the competence centre Trees For Me.
I have extenisve experience of operating forest simulation/ decision support tools such as LandSim, EFDM and Heureka.
