Dr. Sabine Jordan, researcher

I hold a degree in Geography, Agricultural Sciences and Sociology from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2005) and wrote my undergraduate thesis on the rewetting of drained peatlands. In 2016, obtained my PhD in Soil Science (SLU) with a thesis entitled ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rewetted Extracted Peatlands in Sweden’.
In addition to my research, my involvement in student education as well as supervision and my role as coordinator of the climate programme within SLU’s environmental monitoring assessment, I am active in various national and international organisations working on issues relating to mires and peatlands, peat and greenhouse gas fluxes. Through this, I have built up a broad network within academia, society and amongst land users.

Since 2001, teaching has been an integral part of my academic career when I started working as a student teaching assistant. Since then, I have taught various courses in soil and natural sciences, in the classroom, in the laboratory and in the field. I also organise and lead excursions and study visits to peatlands for interested people, as well as within the framework of national and international conferences and seminars.

Particular importance is placed on active interaction with students, both during courses and when organising fieldwork campaigns together with interns, many of whom come from international exchange programmes.

In my research, I focus on land-use practices on organic soils, with regard to pedological aspects and greenhouse gas fluxes. I use natural and undisturbed peatlands as a reference for comparing cultivated and after-used/restored peatlands (rewetting, paludiculture) and their climate impact. I devote a large part of my working time to communication and knowledge transfer to stakeholders in politics and society, as peatlands (organogenic wetlands) must, for ecosystem reasons, be treated differently from minerotrophic wetlands. 

I also work with soil physical and chemical investigations in the context of farm conversion from abandoned agricultural land to regenerative agriculture. My other research areas are:

The consequences of peatland restoration for hydrochemistry, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus balances, greenhouse gas fluxes and hydrology

Paludiculture and sphagnum cultivation as climate-smart and productive uses of rewetted peatlands

The impact of the degree of peat decomposition on phosphorus forms in peat soils

Effects of chemical and physical changes in peatlands following drainage and rewetting

Production of lacquer profiles.

I am involved in numerous national and international research projects. This collaboration is also reflected in the diversity of my publications.

As part of SLU’s environmental monitoring assessment programme, my work focuses on monitoring and evaluating the environmental impact of organogenic soils, with particular emphasis on climate-related aspects. As coordinator of the "Climate" programme, I coordinate and develop activities aimed at measuring and analysing greenhouse gas fluxes from various peatland ecosystems, while also engaging in dialogue with relevant stakeholders on these ecosystems in the context of different forms of land use. Key areas of focus include risk assessment and the monitoring of measures aimed at climate adaptation and reducting climate impact.

since 2018: 1 Post-Doc, 1 PhD student, 17 students (B.Sc., M.Sc.) and 15 trainees

Keck, H., Meurer, K. H. E., Jordan, S., Kätterer, T., Hadden, D. & Grelle A. (2024): Setting-aside cropland did not reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a drained peat soil in Sweden. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1386134

Wilson, D., Hofer, B., Järveoja, J., Jordan, S., Niinistö, S., Purre, A.-H., Rankin, T., Shurpali, N. & Sirin, A. (2023): Climate impact of peat extraction for fuel and horticultural use. In book: Peatlands and Climate Change (Strack, M., editor). Publisher: International Peatland Society; ISBN 978-952-99401-8-9.

Jauhiainen, J., Heikkinen, J., Clarke, N., He, H., Dalsgaard, L., Minkkinen, K., Ojanen, P., Vesterdal, L., Alm, J., Butlers, A., Callesen, I., Jordan, S., Lohila, A., Mander, Ü., Óskarsson, H., Sigurdsson, B. D., Søgaard, G., Soosaar, K., Kasimir, Å., Bjarnadottir, B., Lazdins, A., and Laiho, R. (2023): Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas emissions from drained organic forest soils – synthesizing data for site-specific emission factors for boreal and cool temperate regions, Biogeosciences, 20, 4819–4839, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4819-2023

Daverkosen, L., Holzknecht, A., Friedel, J. K., Keller, T., Strobel, B.W., Wendeberg, A., & Jordan, S. (2022): The potential of regenerative agriculture to improve soil health on Gotland, Sweden. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185, 901-914. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200200

Maier, M., Weber, T.K.D., Fiedler, J., Fuß, R., Glatzel, S., Huth, V., Jordan, S., Jurasinski, G., Kutzbach, L., Schäfer, K., Weymann, D. & Hagemann, U. (2022): Introduction of a guideline for measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes from soils using non-steady-state chambers. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185, 447-461.https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200199

Jordan, S., Strömgren, M., Fiedler, J., Lode, E., Nilsson, T., and Lundin, L. (2020): Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emission Fluxes Along Water Level Gradients in Littoral Zones of Constructed Surface Water Bodies in a Rewetted Extracted Peatland in Sweden. Soil Syst., 4, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems4010017

Jauhiainen, J., Alm, J., Bjarnadottir, B., Callesen, I., Christiansen, J. R., Clarke, N., Dalsgaard, L., He, H., Jordan, S., Kazanavičiūtė, V., Klemedtsson, L., Lauren, A., Lazdins, A., Lehtonen, A., Lohila, A., Lupikis, A., Mander, Ü., Minkkinen, K., Kasimir, Å., Olsson, M., Ojanen, P., Óskarsson, H., Sigurdsson, B. D., Søgaard, G., Soosaar, K., Vesterdal, L., and Laiho, R. (2019): Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas exchange data from drained organic forest soils – a review of current approaches and recommendations for future research, Biogeosciences, 16, 4687–4703, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4687-2019

Peacock, M., Audet, J., Jordan, S., Smeds, J. and Wallin, M., B. (2019): Greenhouse gas emissions from urban ponds are driven by nutrient status and hydrology. Ecosphere 10(3):e02643. 10.1002/ecs2.2643.

Berglund, Ö., Berglund, K., Jordan, S. and Norberg, L. (2018): Carbon capture efficiency, yield, nutrient uptake and trafficability of different grass species on a cultivated peat soil. CATENA, 173, 175-182.

Lundin, L., Nilsson, T., Jordan, S., Lode, E. and Strömgren, M. (2017): Impacts of rewetting on peat, hydrology and water chemical composition over 15 years in two finished peat extraction areas in Sweden. Journal of Wetlands Ecology and Management 25, 405-419; DOI: 10.1007/s11273-016-9524-9.

Jordan, S., Strömgren, M., Fiedler, J., Lode, E., Nilsson, T. and Lundin, L. (2016): Ecosystem respiration, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from ecotopes in a rewetted extracted peatland in Sweden. Mires and Peat, Volume 17, Article 07, 1–23, DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2016.OMB.224.

Jordan, S., Velty, S. & Zeitz, J. (2007): The influence of degree of peat decomposition on phosphorus binding forms in fens. Mires and Peat, Volume 02, Article 07, 1–10 (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map02/map0207.php).

Popular science (until 2018)

Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö. & Purre, A.-H. (eds.; 2025): Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society. Proceedings. International Peatland Society Convention 2025. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.2ulieccdav

Müller, B., Passoth, V., Weber, E., Berglund Ö. & Jordan, S. (2025): Microbial Community Structure and Functional Groups in Rewetted and Cultivated Peatlands. Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society. Proceedings. International Peatland Society Convention 2025. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.2ulieccdav

Jordan, S., Kull, A., Küttim, M. & Hofer, B. (2025): Reliable and transparent tracking the use and re-use of raw materials and greenhouse gas inventories: fate and behaviour of peat after its ‘active’ utilisation phase. Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society. Proceedings. International Peatland Society Convention 2025. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.2ulieccdav

Jordan, S., Weber, E. & Berglund, Ö. (2025): Rewetting with integrated paludiculture vs. afforestation as after-uses for extracted peatlands in nemo-boreal Sweden: Assessing carbon-related ecosystem functions. Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society. Proceedings. International Peatland Society Convention 2025. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.2ulieccdav

Purre, A.-H. & Jordan, S. (2025): Welcome to the Land of Mires – Soomaa, Estonia: Investigating Different Ecosystem Services and Peat Soil Perspectives. Peatlands International 1/2025. ISSN: 1455-8491

Hartmann, A., Jordan, S., Iseskog, D., Keller, T. & Berglund, Ö. (2024): Soil compaction of peat soils under different moisture regimes rules greenhouse gas emissions. Poster presentation, 17th International Peatland Congress, Taizhou/China, 4-9 August 2024.

Jordan, S., Weber, E. & Berglund, Ö. (2024): Zur Einrichtung und Entwicklung von Paludikulturflächen in Schweden: die Beispiele Ekebymossen und Norrbomuren. Poster presentation, Konferenz Agrarforschung zum Klimawandel der Deutschen Agrarforschungsallianz; Universität Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee, Germany, 11-14 March 2024.

Bayer, L., Bandru, K., Chowdhury, S., Gómez, P., Sanchez, I., Nougues, L., Jordan, S., Maring, L., Barron, J., Keesstra, S., & Helming, K. (2023): Synthesizing soil needs and drivers of change across Europe and land use types. Wageningen University & Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/651649

Bauerochse, A. & Jordan, S. (2023): Die Moore Svealands entlang des Limes Norrlandicus – Exkursionsführer. – 113 S.; Hannover.

Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö. & Weber, E. (2023): Rewetting with integrated paludiculture and afforestation as after-uses for extracted peatlands in nemo-boreal Sweden: Assessing carbon-related ecosystem functions. Poster presentation, German Soil Science Society and Greifswald Mire Center: conference ”Moor muss nass, aber wie? (Peatlands must be wet but how?)” Lübbenau, Germany, 20.-21. Oktober 2023.

Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö. & Weber, E. (2023): Rewetting with integrated paludiculture and afforestation as after-uses for extracted peatlands in nemo-boreal Sweden: Assessing carbon-related ecosystem functions. Poster presentation, German Soil Science Society, Halle, Germany, 4-8 September 2023.

Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö. & Weber, E. (2023): Rewetting with integrated paludiculture and afforestation as after-uses for extracted peatlands in nemo-boreal Sweden: Assessing carbon-related ecosystem functions. Poster presentation, RE3 conference: reclaim, restore, rewild. Quebec, Canada, 11-15 June 2023.

Hartmann, A., Berglund, Ö., Jordan, S., & Berglund, K. (2022): Compaction of cultivated peat soils, how does it affect GHG emissions and yield?, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-2550, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-2550, 2022.

Hartmann, A., Jordan, S., & Berglund, Ö. (2022): Greenhouse gas emissions from compacted peat soils. Poster presentation, German Peatland Society 2022, Freiburg, Germany.

Paulrud, S., Wahlberg Roslund, C. & Jordan, S. (2022): Samverkan kring energigrödor, slam och aska i kretslopp. RISE rapport.

Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö., Parvin, N. & Koestel, J. (2021): Sphagnum mosses from rewetted extracted peatlands for growing media. Extended abstract. Proceedings of the 16th International Peat Congress, Tallinn, 3-6 May, 2021. 2 pp.

Weber, E., Berglund, Ö. & Jordan, S. (2021): Early stages of revegetation after two years of rewetting an extracted peatland in Sweden. Extended abstract. Proceedings of the 16th International Peat Congress, Tallinn, 3-6 May, 2021. 1 p.

Weber, E., Berglund, Ö. & Jordan, S. (2021): Early stages of revegetation of a terminated extracted peatland after two years of rewetting. Extended abstract. Proceedings of the RRR2021 virtual conference Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted Peatlands, Greifswald, 9-11 March, 2021. 1 p.

Weber, E. & Jordan, S. (2020): A miniature bog at the SLU Campus in Uppsala. TELMA, 50, 143-148 (in German and English).

Kling, M. & Jordan, S. (2020): Vitmossodlingen igång och utvidgad. Tidningen Svensk Torv 1, 4-5.

Kling, M. & Jordan, S. (2019): Sphagnum Farming in Focus. In: Peatlands International, 4, ISSN 1455-8491, International Peatland Society, Jyväskylä, 20-22.

Kling, M. & Jordan, S. (2019): Nya rön om vitmossodling väckte intresse. Tidningen Svensk Torv 3, 4-5. 

Lundin, L., Jordan, S., Lode, E., Nilsson, T. & Strömgren, M. (2018): Restoration of Terminated Peat Cuttings by Rewetting. In: Peatlands International, 4, ISSN 1455-8491, International Peatland Society, Jyväskylä, 27-31.