In this episode, Stefan interviews Henrik von Wehrden.

Henrik is the Dean of the Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University in Germany, where he also holds a professorship in quantitative methods in sustainability science.

Henrik was one of the first guests on the podcast, and you can hear our previous interview in episode 003, which gives a more general overview of his background and work.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Henrik’s understanding of the COVID19 data, and how he used existing models to foresee its spread
  • The usefulness of using mixed methods to understand the data
  • The role of sustainability science
  • How COVID19 may change academia
  • What we can learn from this global challenge

Henrik’s university page

https://www.leuphana.de/en/institutes/institute-of-ecology/team/henrik-von-wehrden.html

Henrik’s lab page

https://henrikvonwehrden.leuphana.de/

Henrik's Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=RmW1avAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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