Renats Trubins

My research aims at advancing our understanding of various contemporary forestry problems and supporting forestry decision makers at all levels. It spans from methodological (simulation modelling, scenario methodologies, use of data and information in forest decision making) to substantive problems such as comparative performance of silvicultural practices with regard to various goals (production possibility assessments, trade-offs between ecosystem services, 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 participated 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. Two ongoing comitments are the projects ForestPath and "Diversification of Swedish forest to ensure its resilience and multifunctionality", both funded by FORMAS.

I have extenisve experience of operating forest simulation/ decision support tools such as LandSim, EFDM and Heureka.

7.5 ECTS master level course "Forest modelling"