Research interests
- Agricultural and environmental history
- Geomorphology
- Geobotany
- vegetation dynamics
- Paleoenvironment
- Influence between environmental conditions and local cultural habits
- Human impact to landscapes
Doctoral candidate
Olshausenstrasse 75, D-24118 Kiel, R 124
Phone:
+49 431 880-5233
Telefax:
+49 (0) 431 880-4083
skiesow@ecology.uni-kiel.de
Since February 2013)
Member of the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” at Kiel University
September 2011
Master thesis on cocoa production on the island of São Tomé
September 2009 – September 2011
Master student at Kiel University, faculty of agronomy
September 2009
Thesis on hydrology and water use on the island of Madeira
October 2003 – September 2009
Student at Kiel University, faculty of agronomy
September 2002 – September 2003
Professional course in ecotourism in Portugal at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo da Madeira, Funchal (Tourism school in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
Summer 2012
Research assistant at the Institute of Ecosystem Research
February 2011 – March 2011
Student researcher in a field campaign for Agricultural/Environmental History in São Tomé, Africa
February – March 2004 - 2010
Tourism/ botany guide in Parque Natural da Madeira
June – August 2004 – 2006
Internship on a farm with crop cultivation and animal husbandry in Northern Germany
June 2002 – September 2003
Tourism guide for Ecological Hikes in Autonomous Region of Madeira
Kiesow, S. & Bork, H.-R., 2017. Agricultural terraces as a proxy to landscape history on Madeira island, Portugal, Ler História, Nr. 71, pp. 127-152
Kiesow, S., 2017. Cocoa Culture on São Tomé and Príncipe: The Rise and Fall of Cocoa on the Islands in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Agricultural History, Vol.91, N°1
Kiesow, S. & Dierssen, K., 2017. Vegetation Analysis as a Source of Historic Information – The Case of Madeira Island, Environmental History Series, Environmental History in the Making, Vol.I: Explaining, pp. 123-144, Springer
Kiesow, S., Uncovering Human-Landscape Interactions on Madeira Island, 4th CITCEM conference, Cruzar Fronteiras: Ligar as Margens da Historia Ambiental, 4-7th November, Porto
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Figueiredo, A. & Kiesow, S., How determinant are accessibility and distance to explain differences on the structure and composition of Mountain Vegetation Communities at Madeira Island? 4th CITCEM conference, Cruzar Fronteiras: Ligar as Margens da Historia Ambiental, 4-7th November, Porto
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