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Having a background both in the natural and the social sciences, my major research interests as a sustainability
scientist are related to the interaction of humans and the environment in a systems understanding - everything is connected to everything. More specific, I am interested in sustainable development from a theoretical and an applied perspective in a trandisciplinary understanding. My research focuses on developing a deeper understanding for interrelations within ecological-economical-social systems, how their resilience is affected by global environmental change and how policy and management strategies can balance such systems, applying both quantitative and qualitative methods. I have a strong interest in the spatial aspects of human-environment relations, including field work and embedded case studies.
Key words: human-environment systems, network analysis, social and industrial ecology, ecological economics, global environmental change, environmental governance
| Main research fields |
| Modelling socio-ecological-economic systems to develop a dynamic quantified network model |
| Resilience of socio-ecological-economic systems to global environmental change |
| Integrated assessment and quantification of sustainability |
| Ecological economics: qualitative economic growth, low carbon economy |
| Industrial ecology: holistic socio-ecologic product and process design |
| Social ecology and behavioral change: knowledge, awareness building and sustainable consumption, communication of sustainability |
| Current research projects |
| Socio-ecological networks and resilience of vulnerable communities to global environmental change: an Arctic-Alpine comparison of social network governance - ArcAlpNet. Financed by the Swiss Network of International Studies (2011-2013) >> SNIS |
| Addressing complexity with footprint accounting and network visualization while integrating open innovation in sustainability assessment of urban areas (AdCoNet) - financed by COST Action TU0902 (2011-2012) >> COST TU0902 |
| Climate change and tourism, an EU Interreg Alpine Space program ClimAlpTour >> www.climalptour.eu. |
| Is there a green tourist? Analysis of consumer behavior for sustainable tourism services in the Swiss National Park.
>>eco.mont |
| Combining life cycle assessment and virtual development for sustainable product design. >> www.grownskis.com |
| Enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of sustainability learning.>> www.sustainability-leadership.net |
| Finished research projects |
| Vulnerability to global change and sustainable adaptation of ski tourism - SkiSustain. >> www.skisustain.org. |
| Current academic teaching courses |
| Sustainability Leadership Training (SLT), Center for Key Qualifications, University of Freiburg, Germany. >> www.sustainability-leadership.net. |
| Human-Environment Systems, Environmental Change and Sustainable Tourism Management: University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Institute for Tourism and Leisure Research, Switzerland |
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