Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Postal address
Hendrik Stark
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Sektion Systemische Gesundheitsforschung
Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Hauptstr. 8
79104 Freiburg
GERMANY

Biographical sketch

Hendrik studied forest sciences at the University of Dresden with stays in Canada, Ecuador and Sweden. As part of his doctoral and postdoctoral research, Hendrik worked at the University of Freiburg in the field of forest ecology and was active in the graduate school "Environment, Society and Global Change". Inspired by years of private study of Buddhist meditation and psychology with teachers from India, he is interested in what we can learn from ancient Buddhist psychology and its very experience-based practice of meditation for the societal transformation towards social and ecological sustainability. Thus, Hendrik brought his professional and private backgrounds together and in 2016 initiated the seminar "Linking Mind and Environmental Sustainability" at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg. He has trained as an MBSR teacher (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) with the University of Bangor / the Mindfulness Network, Wales, GB, and with the mindfulness in schools project (MiSP) in London. In early 2019, Hendrik started working with the Meditation4Balance project as a freelancer and also started a PostDoc at the Systemic Health Research Section at the Freiburg University Medical Center looking at the topic of mindfulness and sustainability. Hendrik is employed as a forest scientist at the Forest Research Institute in Baden-Württemberg (FVA) since mid 2020 working on forest growth modeling and climate change.

Research Interests

 Mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, Sustainability
 

Publications

• Forrester, D.I., Tachauer, I.H.H., Annighoefer, P., Barbeito, I., Pretzsch, H., Ruiz-Peinado, R., Stark, H., Vacchiano, G., Zlatanov, T., Chakraborty, T., Saha, S. and Sileshi, G.W. (2017): Generalized biomass and leaf area allometric equations for European tree species incorporating stand structure, tree age and climate. Forest Ecology and Management 396, 160–175.
• Stark, H., Nothdurft, A., Block, J. und Bauhus, J. (2015): Forest restoration with Betula ssp. and Populus ssp. nurse crops increases productivity and soil fertility. Forest Ecology and Management, 339, 57-70.
• Stark, H., Nothdurft, A. and Bauhus, J. (2013): Allometries for widely spaced Populus ssp. and Betula ssp. in nurse crop systems. Forests, 4, 1003-1031.
• Ekberg, A., Arneth, A., Bäckstrand,K., Crill, P.M., Hakola, H. and Stark, H. (2008): BVOC emissions from high-latitude peatlands: Isoprene and monoterpene fluxes in plant communities defined by differences in surface hydrology. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10.
• Stark, H., Gärtner, S. und Reif, A. (Hrsg.) (2019) Naturnähe der Baumartenzusammensetzung in Deutschland: Auswirkungen von Referenz, Methode und Klimawandel. BfN-Skripten, Bonn - Bad Godesberg, 273 Seiten.
• Stark, H. und Pfisterer, C. (Hrsg.) (2018) Naturbewusstsein und Identität: Die Rolle von Selbstkonzepten und sozialen Identitäten und ihr Potenzial für Naturschutz und Umweltschutz. BfN-Skripten 508, Bonn - Bad Godesberg, 119 Seiten.