Laura Ebeler

Email: l.ebeler.1@research.gla.ac.uk

University of Glasgow

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852

Research title: Development of an interdisciplinary decision support tool to inform mangrove restoration/conservation in large Asian deltas

Research Summary

Mangroves are diverse yet vulnerable coastal forests that offer several ecosystem services, including coastal protection and habitat for biodiversity. However, they have faced severe degradation and conversion to other land uses. Many restoration and conservation efforts fail to fully consider the social-ecological complexities that influence mangrove health and sustainability. My research seeks to develop an interdisciplinary decision support tool that integrates these complexities to enhance the effectiveness of mangrove restoration and conservation strategies in Vietnam's Mekong and Red River deltas.

Publications

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2025

Ebeler, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Balke, Thorsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-5069, Laurie, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-2011, Le, Hue, Nguyen, Tanh and Renaud, Fabrice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196 (2025) Local-scale impacts of mangrove restoration and conservation on coastal communities in two Vietnamese deltas: socio-economic and institutional dynamics. Ocean and Coastal Management, 269, 107812. (doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107812)

2024

Mathers, H., Lacsny, A., Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Floyd, C. and Campbell, P. (2024) Reflections & Aspirations: Towards a Toolkit for Supporting GTA Teaching Identity. GTA Developers Forum, Sheffield, UK, 19 Jun 2024.

2023

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2023) Socio-Ecological Mangrove Typologies. 6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference (MMM6), Cartagena, Colombia, 24-28 Jul 2023.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2023) Social-Ecological Mangrove Typologies: Preliminary Findings. SAGES 2023 Annual Science Meeting (ASM), Aberdeen, UK, 16-17 May 2023.

2022

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2022) Mangrove Restoration and Conservation. Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 Aug 2022.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2022) Mangrove Restoration Frustration. UofG CoSS PGR Symposium, Glasgow, UK, 3-4 Mar 2022.

2021

Hermans, K. et al. (2021) Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection. GAiA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 30(2), pp. 72-76. (doi: 10.14512/gaia.30.2.3)

Renaud, F. et al. (2021) Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: Managing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards. Documentation. UK Government.

2019

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 and Reitz, A. (2019) The AtlantOS Project: Optimising and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing Systems. First International AtlantOS Symposium, Paris, France, 25-28 Mar 2019.

Ketelhake, S. et al. (2019) Report on the performance of AtlantOS observing system. Project Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. (doi: 10.3289/atlantos_d9.4).

2018

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2018) GEOMAR’s Underwater Glider Group. Connecting Glider Data Flows in Europe and Beyond, Genoa, Italy, 18-20 Sep 2018.

Turpin, Victor, Ebeler, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Barrera, Carlos, Dumont, Estelle, Fer, Ilker, Morales, Tania, Karstensen, Johannes, Pietri, Alice and Dilmahamod, Fehmi (2018) Eastern boundaries survey. Project Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. (doi: 10.3289/atlantos_d3.12).

2016

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Rulent, J., Lewis, M., Vafeidis, A., Scott, T., Masselink, G. and Neill, S.P. (2016) Inter-annual Variability of Headland Sandbanks Affecting Nearshore Wave Climates and Flood Risk. 17th Biennial Challenger Society for Marine Science Conference, Liverpool, UK, 05-08 Sep 2016.

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Ebeler, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Balke, Thorsten ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-5069, Laurie, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-2011, Le, Hue, Nguyen, Tanh and Renaud, Fabrice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196 (2025) Local-scale impacts of mangrove restoration and conservation on coastal communities in two Vietnamese deltas: socio-economic and institutional dynamics. Ocean and Coastal Management, 269, 107812. (doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107812)

Hermans, K. et al. (2021) Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection. GAiA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 30(2), pp. 72-76. (doi: 10.14512/gaia.30.2.3)

Research Reports or Papers

Renaud, F. et al. (2021) Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: Managing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards. Documentation. UK Government.

Ketelhake, S. et al. (2019) Report on the performance of AtlantOS observing system. Project Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. (doi: 10.3289/atlantos_d9.4).

Turpin, Victor, Ebeler, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Barrera, Carlos, Dumont, Estelle, Fer, Ilker, Morales, Tania, Karstensen, Johannes, Pietri, Alice and Dilmahamod, Fehmi (2018) Eastern boundaries survey. Project Report. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. (doi: 10.3289/atlantos_d3.12).

Conference or Workshop Item

Mathers, H., Lacsny, A., Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Floyd, C. and Campbell, P. (2024) Reflections & Aspirations: Towards a Toolkit for Supporting GTA Teaching Identity. GTA Developers Forum, Sheffield, UK, 19 Jun 2024.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2023) Socio-Ecological Mangrove Typologies. 6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference (MMM6), Cartagena, Colombia, 24-28 Jul 2023.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2023) Social-Ecological Mangrove Typologies: Preliminary Findings. SAGES 2023 Annual Science Meeting (ASM), Aberdeen, UK, 16-17 May 2023.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2022) Mangrove Restoration and Conservation. Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 Aug 2022.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2022) Mangrove Restoration Frustration. UofG CoSS PGR Symposium, Glasgow, UK, 3-4 Mar 2022.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 and Reitz, A. (2019) The AtlantOS Project: Optimising and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing Systems. First International AtlantOS Symposium, Paris, France, 25-28 Mar 2019.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852 (2018) GEOMAR’s Underwater Glider Group. Connecting Glider Data Flows in Europe and Beyond, Genoa, Italy, 18-20 Sep 2018.

Ebeler, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7852, Rulent, J., Lewis, M., Vafeidis, A., Scott, T., Masselink, G. and Neill, S.P. (2016) Inter-annual Variability of Headland Sandbanks Affecting Nearshore Wave Climates and Flood Risk. 17th Biennial Challenger Society for Marine Science Conference, Liverpool, UK, 05-08 Sep 2016.

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Supervisors

Grants

  • PhD Scholarship, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • Writing Retreat Award, Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (2024)
  • Small Grants Scheme, Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (2023)
  • Travel Grant, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow (2022)
  • Travel Grant, Newcastle University (2021)
  • Research and Mobility Grant, ERASMUS+ (2015–2016)
  • Research and Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2013)

Conferences

  • Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference (REDS), 2024, hosted online by the University of Leeds, UK
  • GTA Developers Forum, 2024, Sheffield, UK
  • 6th Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management Conference (MMM6), 2023, Cartagena, CO
  • SGSSS Summer School, 2023, Edinburgh, UK
  • SAGES Annual Science Meeting (ASM), 2023, Aberdeen, UK
  • SAGES Annual Science Meeting (ASM), 2022, Dundee, UK
  • Delta Futures: (In)Visibilities in Audiovisual Culture, 2022, Durham, UK
  • CoSS PGR Symposium, 2022, Glasgow, UK
  • Workshop: Building Ecological Resilience in Vulnerable Mangroves of the Indian Sundarbans: Sustainable and Equitable Management of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the era of Climate Change, 2021, Newcastle, UK
  • Workshop: Place-based socio-ecological research in times of COVID-19, 2020, online
  • UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) September Sessions, 2020, online
  • German Congress for Geography, 2019, Kiel, DE
  • First International AtlantOS Symposium, 2019, Paris, FRA
  • Workshop: Climate Change Adaptation Finance: How to Govern and Distribute Scarce Funding, 2018, Kiel, DE
  • EOOS Conference, 2018, Brussels, BEL
  • IMDIS Conference, 2018, Barcelona, ESP
  • Connecting glider data flows in Europe and beyond – An international conference on glider data management, 2018, Genoa, ITA
  • Workshop: Marine Social Science, 2018, Kiel, DE
  • Workshop: Decadal Climate Forecasts, 2018, Hamburg, DE
  • Workshop: Coastal Ocean Modelling, 2018, Hamburg, DE
  • Workshop: Tidal Lagoons, 2016, Menai Bridge, UK
  • Oceanology International, 2016, London, UK

Teaching

I am a Postgraduate Tutor for Widening Participation and a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in both the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences (GES) and the School of Modern Languages & Cultures (SMLC). My application for Associate Fellowship of Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET) is currently pending. Previously, I contributed to the Learning & Teaching Development Fund (LTDF) project "Enhancing the Undergraduate Classroom Experience: A Training Model Evaluation for the Development of GTAs", where I supported the revision of the GTA development model in GES.

I have contributed to the following courses and programmes:

Additional Information

I hold a BSc in Geography from Giessen University and an MSc in Environmental Geography and Management from Kiel University. Before joining the University of Glasgow and the Living Deltas project, I gained research and civil service experience through roles at Kiel University, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, and Germany’s National Meteorological Service in Hamburg. My research interests focus on environmental challenges, particularly climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. I am especially drawn to interdisciplinary, applied, and collaborative projects with tangible societal impact. My previous work has explored adaptation finance, vulnerability to sea-level rise, ocean observation systems, and nearshore wave modelling.

I am a member of:

  • Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) 
  • Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
  • Scottish Graduate School for Social Science (SGSSS) 
  • GTA Developers Forum
  • Advance HE Connect
  • ScotGEESE

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