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Head: Prof. Dr. Irmi Seidl
The Economics and Social Sciences Research Unit is concerned with economic, institutional and societal questions of WSL-Research topics, in particular with landscape, natural resources, spatial development and natural hazards. It addresses real and specific problems and deals with them in an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary or disciplinary way.
The work of the research unit is undertaken in accordance with the idea of sustainability and improves the knowledge of systems, of objectives, and of transformation.
The researchers
- investigate societal claims, attitudes, valuations, and participation and decision processes regarding the topics mentioned above;
- analyze economic, societal, and spatial processes, as well as societal structures, institutions, and relevant policies (e.g. governance) as to their effects on the environment, resources, and life quality;
- develop and evaluate communicative, persuasive, regulative, institutional, and economic measures, instruments and strategies.
Publications
Sandström, C.; Ring, I.; Olschewski, R.; Simoncini, R.; Albert, C.; Acar, S.; Adeishvili, M.; Allard, C.; Anker, Y.; Arlettaz, R.; Bela, G.; Coscieme, L.; Fischer, A.; Fürst, C.; Galil, B.; Hynes, S.; Kasymov, U.; Marta-Pedroso, C.; Mendes, A.; ... Pergl, J., 2023: Mainstreaming biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people in Europe and Central Asia: insights from IPBES to inform the CBD post-2020 agenda. Ecosystems and People, 19, 1: 2138553 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1080/26395916.2022.2138553
Pütz, M.; Fujara, J.; Braunschweiger, D., 2023: Schweizer Städte bereiten sich ungenügend auf Hitze vor. ProClim-Flash, 14-15.
Willi, Y.; Pütz, M.; Jongerden, J., 2023: Unpacking legitimacy in regional development: asymmetric justification and the functioning of regional development agencies. Territory, Politics, Governance, 11, 1: 158-173. doi: 10.1080/21622671.2020.1805352
Gubler, L.; Ismail, S., 2022: Biodiversitätsschädigende Subventionen in der Schweiz. Aqua Viva, 64, 4: 26-27.
Kleiner, A.; Wanja Freuler, B.; Arnberger, A.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 40: 100563 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2022.100563
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Staff
Economics and Social Sciences
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Regional Economics and Development
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Social Sciences in Landscape Research
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Environmental and Resource Economics
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