Susan Karlebowski

Tasks

Scientist

Projects

I am involved in the following current projects:

• Berlin’s Community Gardens promote Pollinator Conservation (2025-2028)
• BioDivHubs - Biodiversität ins Quartier (2023-2028)
• Forschen für Wildbienen - Gemeinschaftsgärten gemeinsam gestalten (2020-2024)
• DMP4CS - Datenmanagementpläne in Citizen Science-Projekten (2022-2024)
• Naturblick - Stadtnatur entdecken (seit 2015)

As an urban ecologist (M.Sc.), my work focuses on the exploration and conservation of urban biodiversity through evidence-based nature conservation interventions. As part of my research activities, I also address the topics of citizen science, science communication and the involvement of other societal stakeholders in scientific processes.

Publications

Sexton, A.N., Conitz, F., Karlebowski, S., Neumann, A. E., Schmack, J. M., Sturm, U. & Egerer, M. (2025) Urban pollinator communities are structured by local-scale garden features, not landscape context. Landscape Ecology, 40, 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02062-8

Karlebowski, S., Egerer, M., Neumann, A. E., Schmack, J. M. & Sturm, U. (2024) Co-creation for change: engaging urban community gardeners in the development of insect conservation interventions. ARPHA Proceedings, 6: 55-59. https://doi.org/10.3897/ap.e126596

Egerer, M., Karlebowski, S., Schoo, D. & Sturm, U. (2024) Growing gardens into neighborhoods through transdisciplinary research. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 100, 128481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128481

Neumann, A. E., Conitz, F., Karlebowski, S., Sturm, U., Schmack, J. M. & Egerer, M (2024) Flower richness is key to pollinator abundance: The role of garden features in cities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 79, 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2024.06.004

Egerer, M., Karlebowski, S., Conitz, F., Neumann, A. E., Schmack, J. M., & Sturm, U. (2024). In defence of urban community gardens. People and Nature, 6, 367–376. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10612

Schmack, J. M., Egerer, M., Karlebowski, S., Neumann, A. E. & Sturm, U. (2024) Overlooked and misunderstood: how urban community gardeners perceive social wasps and their ecosystem functions. Journal of Insect Conservation, 28, 283–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00548-5

Karlebowski, S., Egerer, M., Neumann, A. E., Schmack, J. M., & Sturm, U. (2023). Citizen Science and Pollination Research: Lessons Learned from a Research Collaboration in Community Gardens in Berlin and Munich. Proceedings of Science, PoS (ACSC2023) 009. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.442.0009