Ursula Caser
Mediator
Short Introduction
Originally, I am a physical Geographer (graduated in 1989) and I earned my graduation as a "European Master in Mediation" in 2000 from Institut Universaire Kurt Bösch in Switzerland. I work mainly as a Mediator of Complex Multiparty Conflicts (environmental, business, community), Facilitator of Public Planning Processes and Trainer for communication, Facilitation and Mediation. I am based in Lisbon, Hamburg and Munich. My working focus is Europe, however I am working worldwide.
About Work
I hold professional accreditations as a CEDR and I am also an IMI mediator. Since 2001 I collaborate with Universities around Europe, moderationg and mediation complex multi-actor projects or as faculty in facilitation and mediation courses. Since 2012 I am Managing Partner of the company MEDIATEDOMAIN, Lda. And since 2021 I collaborate additionally with the University of Hamburg in the team dedicated to co-creative research. My focus is on Moderation and Mediation and my style is mostly facilitative. I am intrinsically convinced, that my most noble task as a mediator is to create arenas for productive and genuine dialogue, among all involved stakeholders. be they fishermen or ministers, citizens or entrepreneurs. I create those arenas as "save spaces" where all actors have the chance do explore togehther their interest and values that originate the positions they defend often in a first phase of the process. I help them to gradually approach each other, enabling them to see and understand mutually their perspectives, finding common ground and developing together consensual solutions.
I am quite structured (as a German) and flexible (as a Portuguese). I intervene for about 25 years in multi stakeholder projects, that tackle very different topics from urban planning to nature resource protection and sustainable transformation of organizations or public bodies.
Expertise
- Commercial & Corporate
- Construction, Property & Planning
- Public Sector & Governance
- Industry, Energy & Environment
Languages
- English
- German
- Portuguese
Other Awards
- 2022
Nachhaltigkeitspreis – Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung an Hochschulen
(Education for Sustainable Development at Universities)
Awarded by the State and City of Hamburg, Germany.
1st Place (National/International Classification). - 2013
CAP Communication Awards
Category: “Communication to Stakeholders”
Project: Disseminação de boas práticas para a biodiversidade na aplicação de compromissos agro-ambientais
(Design and moderation of Participation and Stakeholder Dialogue components)
Awarded by the European Commission – DG Agriculture and Rural Development.
2nd Place (National/International Classification). - 2008
Galardão Gulbenkian / Oceanário (EUR 100,000) – Portugal
Project: MarGov – Sustainable Governance of Protected Marine Reserves
(Eco-social dialogue for capacity building of change agents towards ocean sustainability; Case Study: Parque Marinho Professor Luiz Saldanha)
Awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & Oceanário de Lisboa.
1st Place (National/International Classification).
Memberships
- FNMC – Federação Nacional de Mediação de Conflito
Member (since 2013). - Forum Cidadania und Território
Member, Working Group on Participatory Methodologies (since 2013). - Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos
Member (since 2010). - EMNI – European Mediation Network Initiative
Representative for Portugal; Executive Board Member (since 2008). - AMC – Associação de Mediadores de Conflitos
Member (since 2002). - DVAG – Deutscher Verband für angewandte Geographie
Member (since 1997).
Publications
- CABRAL, P.; CAMPOS, F.S.; DAVID, J.; CASER, U. (2021)
“Disentangling Ecosystems’ Services’ Perception by Stakeholders – An Integrated Assessment Based on Land Cover.”
Ecological Indicators, No. 126, 107660 (10 pp.), Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107660 - MATTEUCI, G.; CASER, U.; MINTO, H.; TSIPSTE, O.; GEVAERD, J. (2021)
“La Mediazione in Europe – Situazione e peculiarità culturale.”
Rivista La Mediazione, No. 25, pp. 21–26 (Rome). - MARQUES CEBOLA, C.; LOPES, D.; VASCONCELOS, L.; CASER, U. (2021)
“Environmental Mediation: Definition and Design.”
In: Leal Filho W. et al. (eds.), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 16). Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_113-1 - CASER, U. (2020)
“Methodencoaching zur Stakeholderintegration.”
In: Keller, R. et al., Stadteingang Regensburg – Studentische Entwürfe für den Bahnhofsvorplatz und das Keplerareal (pp. 8–9).
TUM / Morsbach Verlag Regensburg. ISBN 978-3-96018-101-9. - CEBOLA, C.; LOPES, D.; VASCONCELOS, L.; CASER, U. (2020)
“Mediação Ambiental – explorando a praticabilidade dos Princípios da Lei nº 29/2013.”
In: Mariana França Gouveia et al. (eds.), Anuário do ADR Lab / Yearbook of the ADR Lab 2019, pp. 87–122.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, CEDIS. ISSN 2184-6200. - MARQUES CEBOLA, C.; LOPES, D.; VASCONCELOS, L.; CASER, U. (2020)
Mediação Ambiental da lei à Prática: à Luz dos Princípios da Lei nº 29/2013.
213 pp., Coimbra: Gestlegal. ISBN 9789898951342. - CASER, U.; RAMOS, N. (2018)
“The Institutionalization of Mediation: Reflections from an Expert Panel.”
Oñati Socio-Legal Series (forthcoming at the time).
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3256902 - CASER, U. (2018)
“Togetherness and Co-creation in a VUCA-World – Chances and Challenges.”
EASST 2018 Conference: Meetings – Making Science, Technology and Society Together, Lancaster (25–28 July 2018). Participation and Presentation. - CASER, U.; VASCONCELOS, L. (2017)
“A Fatal Eight Final.”
In: Lela Love & Glen Parker (eds.), Stories Mediators Tell, pp. 311–326.
American Bar Association, Chicago. - CASER, U.; CEBOLA, C.; VASCONCELOS, L.; FERRO, F. (2017)
“Environmental Mediation – An Instrument for Collaborative Decision Making in Territorial Planning.”
Finisterra, Vol. LII, No. 104, pp. 109–120 (Lisbon).
https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis6969