List of peer-reviewed publications (some available in German):

• Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Gray, K., Kuhn, L., Loos, J., Patru-Duse, I. A., Riechers, M., Temperton, V., & Martín-López, B. (2025). Navigating across individual and deliberative values: A dual Q-method approach to elicit diverse values in grassland restoration. People and Nature, 00, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70187 
• Dullau, S., Tischew, S., Schmidt, A. (2024) Effects of different fertilization intensities on species diversity and yield in mesophilic grassland under rainfall deficit – first findings from the Hayn grassland experiment. DVL-Rundbrief Summer 2024: 50-54. PDF
• Dullau, S., Kirmer, A., Tischew, S., Holz, F., Meyer, M.H., Schmidt, A. (2023) Effects of fertilizer levels and drought conditions on species assembly and biomass production in the restoration of a mesic temperate grassland on ex-arable land. Global Ecology and Conservation 48, e02730. DOI:10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02730 (open access)
• Gray, K., Loos, J., Martín-López, B., Riechers, M., Kirmer, A., Cebrián-Piqueras, M.A. (2025) A multi-layered values-based approach to advance social-ecological restoration: Insights from real-world laboratories in Germany. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02259-w
• Kollmann, J. (2021) Grassworks – Was sind erfolgreiche Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung artenreichen Grünlandes? Ein transdisziplinäres Projekt. Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 51(2), 2–3.
• Kuhn, L., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. Á., Riechers, M., Loos, J., Martín-López, B. (2025) How methods influence the nature’s values we find – A comparison of three elicitation methods, in: Ecological Economics. Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108721
• Meyer, M., Kirmer, A., Temperton, V.M., Twerski, A., Schmidt, A., Patru-Duse, I.A., Laschke,.C.J., Gray, K., Sturm, L., Unseld, L., Kuhn, L., Neudert, R., Tischew, S., Beckmann, V., Kollmann, J. (2025) Grünland kann was! Und was können wir für Grünland tun? Erkenntnisse aus dem inter- und transdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt Grassworks. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung. DOI: 10.1399/NuL.177584
• Temperton, V.M., Pătru-Dușe, I.A., Twerski, A., Laeseke, P., Neudert, R., Cebrián-Piqueras, M.A., Romero, M.P., Bauer, M., Beckmann, V., Fischer, J., Gray, K., Härdtle, W., Kollmann, J., Kuhn, L., Laschke, C.J., Loos, J., Lutz, L., May, F., Meyer, M., Martin-Lopez, B., Riechers, M., Ptacek, M., Seifert, D., Schmidt, A., Sturm, L., Thiele, J., Tischew, S., Unseld, L., Venus, T., Wiesmeier, M. and Kirmer, A. (2025), Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany—an overview and insights from the Grassworks Restor Ecol, 33: e70109. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70109 
• Unseld, L., Späth, J., Neudert, R., & Boller, J. (2025) Wiesen und Weiden artenreich anlegen – Praxisleitfaden für eine erfolgreiche Grünlandrenaturierung, Ratgeber-/Broschüren https://www.dvl.org/publikationen/artikelansicht/wiesen-und-weiden-artenreich-anlegen 

Workshops (Available in German)

• GRASSWORKS – Workshop on the restoration of species-rich grasslands at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Bernburg (June 1-2, 2023) Excursion Guide PDF

Talks and Conference Presentations (Some available in German)

• Gray, K. (2024) Images as a voice: A Photovoice study from the South Harz. IALE-D Annual Conference 2024, Bernburg, Germany.
• Schmidt, A., Sturm, L., Kirmer, A. (2024) Butterfly assemblages in restored grasslands: The role of restoration method, local factors, and landscape context. 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Tartu, Estonia.
• Twerski, A., Schmidt, A., May, F., Temperton, V., Kirmer, A., Kollmann, J. & the Grassworks consortium (2024) Understanding how restoration intensity controls grassland recovery. 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Tartu, Estonia.
• Pătru-Dușe I.A., Twerski A., Cebrian-Piqueras M.A., Temperton V. & the Grassworks consortium (2024) Navigating Grassland Restoration: A social-ecological approach to understanding success factors and leverage points. 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Tartu, Estonia.
• Laschke, C. J., Twerski, A., Temperton, V. & the Grassworks consortium (2024) What works best in grassland restoration? Plant diversity on restored grasslands across Germany. 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Tartu, Estonia.
• Gray, K., Masterson, V. (2024) Photovoice. Contribution to the symposium: Arts-based methods that harness subjective perspectives on social-ecological diversity: Moving from conflict to empathy (Jiménez Aceituno, A., Masterson, V., Enqvist, J.). PECS-3: Pathways to Sustainability, Montreal, Canada.
• Sturm, L., Schmidt, A., Temperton, V., Kirmer, A. (2024) How successful is grassland restoration in Germany? Insights from the Grassworks project. 9th Network Meeting on Restoration, Olm, Luxembourg. (Available in German)
• Twerski, A., Sturm, L. & the Grassworks Consortium (2024) What are successful concepts for restoring species-rich grasslands in Germany? A multi-regional assessment of social-ecological systems and pilot implementation. FEdA Status Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Available in German)
• Gray, K., Neudert, R. (2023) The who and how of grassland restoration: A conceptual note and transdisciplinary examples from the Grassworks Project. Making people part of ecosystem restoration in Europe, Bonn, Germany.
• Twerski, A., Temperton, V. & the Grassworks Consortium (2023) Grassworks: What are successful concepts for restoring species-rich grasslands in Germany? Blühwiesenforum, Lüneburg, Germany. (Available in German)
• Gray, K., Kuhn, L. (2022) Restoring the human-nature relationship through grassland restoration: Real-world laboratories as real-time experiments in the Grassworks Project. Sustainable impact – Real-world laboratories in transformation, Karlsruhe, Germany. (Available in German)

Posters (Available in German)

• Gray, K. (2025) Diverse landscapes for grassland restoration: A Photovoice study from the South Harz. Grassworks Final Event, Berlin, Germany.
• Sturm, L., Twerski, A., Kirmer, A., Temperton, V. (2024) Grassland restoration in Germany. FEdA Status Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Guidelines (Available in German)

• German Association for Landscape Management (DVL) e. V. (2025) Establishing species-rich meadows and pastures – A practical guide for successful grassland restoration, No. 32 of the DVL publication series “Landscape as a Living Space.” PDF

Other Associated Publications based on Grassworks Data

• Abraham, A., Grundmann, T. & Lehmann, L. (2025) Analyse der Förderfähigkeit und Betrachtung der Opportunitätskosten von 6 Grünlandflächen im Rahmen der Ökoregelung 5. Seminararbeit, Universität Greifswald.
• Boller, J. (2025) Investitionskosten und Einflussfaktoren der Grünlandrenaturierung. Masterarbeit, Universität Greifswald.
• Cord, A., Fricke, F., Daube, J., Velten, S., Mupepele, A-C., Feuerbacher, A., Temperton,V.M., Pătru-Dușe I.A., Kirmer, A., et al. Transdisziplinäre Forschung – Chancen und Herausforderungen. FEdA Publication (almost published 12/2025)
• Jonas Trotz (2024) Functional diversity of wild bees in restored grassland. Chair of Restoration Ecology, TUM (MSc thesis, Preis des Oberbürgermeisters von Freising).
• Svea Betker (2024) Looking beyond the site: the influence of surrounding vegetation on grassland restoration. Leuphana B.Sc. thesis. (a number of other B.Sc. theses were completed within Grassworks at Leuphana, so this is an example here).

A full and detailed list of the scientific and practice-oriented findings from the project can be accessed in our complete final report: Temperton, V., Kirmer, A., Kollmann, J., Beckmann, V., Thiele, J., Metzner, J., & May, F. (2025). GRASSWORKS-2: What works and why in grassland restoration in Germany? A multi-region social-ecological assessment and pilot implementation of successful approaches (BiodiWert II). Hannover: Technische Informationsbibliothek. https://doi.org/10.34657/25179