Dr. rer. silv. Renke Coordes
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Interim chair
NameDr. rer. silv. Renke Coordes
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Academic qualifications
- PhD (Dr. rer. silv.) awarded by Dresden University of Technology (2013, summa cum laude)
- study in forest science at Dresden University of Technology graduating as Diploma in Forest Administration (2005 to 2010)
- Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Policy and Forest Resource Economics at Dresden University of Technology (2010 to 2013)
- project-funded postdoctoral position (including Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 2013 to 2015)
- Visiting Lecturer at Dresden University of Technology in the bachelor’s degree programme Forest Science (2015 to 2025) and at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt in the master’s degree programme Management of forest enterprises (2017 to 2025)
Non-academic professional career
- Desk Officer at the Saxon State Ministry of Environment and Agriculture (2024 to 2026)
- Head of the Executive Office, spokesman at the state enterprise Sachsenforst (2019 to 2024)
- Desk Officer at the state enterprise Sachsenforst (2017 to 2019)
- Legal traineeship with the Free State of Saxony graduating as Assessor in the Higher Forestry Service (2015 to 2017)
Primary Research Fields
- economics of silvicultural management
- development of forests and forest structures as shaped by market-based and political institutions
- provision of forest goods and services through market-based and political processes
Wissenschaftliche Publikationen
Coordes, R. 2016. The emergence of forest age structures as determined by uneven-aged stands and age class forests. Journal of Forest Economics 25(3):160-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2016.09.003.
Coordes, R. 2016. Coordination of forest management through market and political institutions. Forest Policy and Economics 72:66-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.06.016.
Coordes, R. 2014. Thinnings as Unequal Harvest Ages in Even-Aged Forest Stands. Forest Science 60(4):677-690, https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.13-004.
Coordes, R. 2014. Concerning the Relevant Domain of the Land Expectation Value. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44(8): 886-891, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2013-0467.
Coordes, R. 2014. Optimal Thinning within the Faustmann Approach. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden, 246 S., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06959-9.
Coordes, R. 2014. Waldbau und die Faustmann Theorie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 165(10):321-328. https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2014.0321.
Coordes, R. 2013. Influence of planting density and rotation age on the profitability of timber production for Norway spruce in Central Europe. European Journal of Forest Research, 132:297-311, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-012-0675-9.