MountainLab (MtnLab)

The MtnLab is a CREAF research group led by Bernat Claramunt and focused on mountain systems. In front of the environmental, social and economic challenges that mountain regions face, the members of the group use experimental, theoretical and observational approaches and methodologies to understand how global change will affect these ecosystems.

At MtnLab we understand mountains as complex socio-ecological systems, where natural communities cannot be separated from their social and economic context. For this reason, we have projects where we study in situ from the microbial activity to the community of large ungulates in areas with a gradient of human presence; and research projects in which we use theoretical models and complex systems approaches to understand the web of interactions between the natural, economic and social components of mountain regions. We explore how new governance and development systems can contribute to the sustainability of mountain regions, and we develop knowledge transfer tools, such as gamification, to take this reality closer to society.

MtnLab leads NEMOR, the Network for European Mountain Research.