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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
Salak, B.; Kienast, F.; Olschewski, R.; Spielhofer, R.; Wissen Hayek, U.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Impact on the perceived landscape quality through renewable energy infrastructure. A discrete choice experiment in the context of the Swiss energy transition. Renewable Energy, 193: 299-308. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.04.154
Hegetschweiler, K.T.; Wartmann, F.M.; Dubernet, I.; Fischer, C.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Urban forest usage and perception of ecosystem services – a comparison between teenagers and adults. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 74: 127624 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127624
Müller, S.; Flacke, J.; Buchecker, M., 2022: Participatory mapping and counter-representations in wind energy planning: a radical democracy perspective. Case Studies in the Environment, 6, 1: 1561651 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1525/cse.2022.1561651
Kowasch, M.; Oettel, J.; Bauer, N.; Lapin, K., 2022: Forest education as contribution to education for environmental citizenship and non-anthropocentric perspectives. Environmental Education Research, doi: 10.1080/13504622.2022.2060940
Michel, A.H.; Pleger, L.E.; Von Atzigen, A.; Bosello, O.; Sager, F.; Hunziker, M.; Graefe, O.; Siegrist, D.; Backhaus, N., 2022: The role of trust in the participatory establishment of protected areas - lessons learnt from a failed national park project in Switzerland. Society and Natural Resources, 35, 5: 487-505. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2021.1994679
Hegetschweiler, K.T.; Stride, C.B.; Fischer, C.; Ginzler, C.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Integrating recreation into National Forest Inventories – Results from a forest visitor survey in winter and summer. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 39: 100489 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2022.100489
Hegetschweiler, T.; Salak, B.; Wunderlich, A.C.; Bauer, N.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Das Verhältnis der Schweizer Bevölkerung zum Wald. Waldmonitoring soziokulturell WaMos3. Ergebnisse der nationalen Umfrage. WSL Berichte, 120. 160 p. doi: 10.55419/wsl:30512
Hegetschweiler, T.; Salak, B.; Wunderlich, A.C.; Bauer, N.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Das Verhältnis der Schweizer Bevölkerung zum Wald. Waldmonitoring soziokulturell WaMos3. Ergebnisse der nationalen Umfrage. WSL Berichte, 120. 166 p. doi: 10.55419/wsl:29973
Tonellotto, M.; Fehr, V.; Conedera, M.; Hunziker, M.; Pezzatti, G.B., 2022: Iconic but invasive: the public perception of the Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) in Switzerland. Environmental Management, doi: 10.1007/s00267-022-01646-3
Gubler, L.; Seidl, I., 2022: Biodiversitätsschädigende Subventionen in der landwirtschaftlichen Strukturverbesserung. Geomatik Schweiz, Géomatique Suisse, Geomatica Svizzera, 120, 3-4: 14-16.
Seidl, I.; Zahrnt, A., 2022: Ernüchternde Bilanz nach einem halben Jahrhundert. Warnungen des Club of Rome blieben weitgehend folgenlos. Neue Gesellschaft, Frankfurter Hefte, 52-55.
Haßlacher, P.; Pütz, M.; Nischik, G.; Knauf, C.; Mayer, M.; Job, H., 2022: Alpine open spaces in spatial planning - a plea for greater cross-border cooperation. In: Chilla, T.; Sielker, F. (eds), 2022: Cross-border spatial development in Bavaria. Dynamics in cooperation - potentials of integration. Hannover, ARL. 23-43.
Kohler, A.; Wunderlich, A., 2022: How migrants' food tastes shape international agro-food trade. Applied Economics Letters, 29, 5: 469-476. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1912695
Jürgens, U.M., 2022: "I am wolf, I rule!" - Attributing intentions to animals in human-wildlife interactions. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3: 803074 (16 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2022.803074
Schaupp, J.; Geiger, S., 2022: Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well-being. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 14, 1: 196-214. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12298
Schulz, T.; Lieberherr, E.; Zabel, A., 2022: How national bioeconomy strategies address governance challenges arising from forest-related trade-offs. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 24, 1: 123-136. doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1967731
Müller, S.; Weber, M.; Buchecker, M., 2022: Wie soll die Energiestrategie 2050 lokal umgesetzt werden? Umfrage zur Energiewende und Mitwirkung bei der Umsetzung. WSL-Berichte, 117. 71 p.
Home, R.; Bauer, N., 2022: Researchers working with city administrations: reflecting on transdisciplinary collaboration under conditions of shared goals but different constraints. Urban Ecosystems, 25: 223-228. doi: 10.1007/s11252-021-01146-y
Seidl, I.; Zahrnt, A., 2022: Wachstumsunabhängigkeit und Einhaltung der planetaren Grenzen. Kennzeichen einer Postwachstumsgesellschaft. In: Franzini, L.; Herzog, R.; Rutz, S.; Ryser, F.; Ziltener, K.; Zwicky, P. (eds), 2022: Postwachstum? Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen um einen grundlegenden gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Zürich, Edition 8. 83-88.
Seidl, I.; Zahrnt, A., 2022: Eine kurze Geschichte der Wachstumskritik. In: Franzini, L.; Herzog, R.; Rutz, S.; Ryser, F.; Ziltener, K.; Zwicky, P. (eds), 2022: Postwachstum? Aktuelle Auseinandersetzungen um einen grundlegenden gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Zürich, Edition 8. 15-25.
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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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