Anna Schopf

Anna Schopf serves as a Scientific Researcher at the Chair of Land Management at the Technical University of Munich, where she combines academic expertise with practical experience in rural development and land use planning. Her professional journey includes two years at a private planning office in Carinthia, Austria, where she specialized in alpine region rural development, and valuable field experience in Brazil studying deforestation impacts on local water systems in the Atlantic Rainforest. At TUM, she has taken on multiple roles including study coordination, project management for both international and national initiatives, and lecturing. Her research focuses on critical areas of land management, including land use planning, rural development, land grabbing, and tenure security. She made significant contributions to the field through her work on the MOOC "Introduction to Land Management," where she was responsible for content development and coordination. Her expertise in rural development and land management is evidenced by her involvement in various research projects and her contributions to academic publications examining land tenure security and biodiversity conservation.