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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
Bou Dagher Kharrat, M.; Pötzelsberger, E.; Nabuurs, G.; Bauhus, J.; O'Hara, J.; Alberdi, I.; Horstmann, N.; Hunziker, M.; Lundhede, T.; Schifferdecker, G.; Lovrić, N.; Khalabuzar, K.; Svensson, J., 2023: SUPERB's policy recommendations for the EU Nature restoration Law. Towards biodiverse and adaptive forest landscapes for Europe's people. 4 p.
Wilkes-Allemann, J.; Kopp, M.; Van der Velde, R.; Bernasconi, A.; Karaca, E.; Čepić, S.; Tomićević-Dubljević, J.; Bauer, N.; Petit-Boix, A.; Coleman Brantschen, E.; Cueva, J.; Leipold, S.; Saha, S.; Živojinović, I., 2023: Envisioning the future - creating sustainable, healthy and resilient BioCities. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 84: 127935 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127935
Braunschweiger, D.; Ingold, K., 2023: What drives local climate change adaptation? A qualitative comparative analysis. Environmental Science and Policy, 145: 40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.03.013
Mann, S.; Hunziker, M.; Torregroza, L.; Wartmann, F.; Kienast, F.; Schüpbach, B., 2023: Landscape quality payments in Switzerland: the congruence between policy and preferences. Journal of Policy Modeling, 45, 2: 251-265. doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.03.007
Wunderlich, A.C.; Salak, B.; Hegetschweiler, K.T.; Bauer, N.; Hunziker, M., 2023: Impacts of rising COVID-19 incidence and changed working conditions on forest visits in early 2020 of the pandemic: evidence from Switzerland. Forest Policy and Economics, 153: 102978 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102978
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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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