Dr. Elke Kellner
Function
Postdoc
Contact
+41 44 739 20 48
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi HV E 07
Research interests
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, governance of resource uses, social-ecological systems, water and climate change policies, sustainable development
Education and Employment History
Since 11/2019 PostDoc, Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, CH.
Since 01/2012 Elected Member of the Commission “Processing and trade of certified organic food” (MKV). Bio Suisse, Basel, CH.
Since 02/1999 Lecturer. Section of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, DE.
08/2016-10/2019 PhD in Climate Science (summa cum laude), Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, CH. Title: “Multi-purpose reservoirs for alleviating water shortages: Opportunities and challenges in the governance processes to coordinate competing resource uses under climate change”. Prof. Dr. Rolf Weingartner and Prof. Dr. Jean-David Gerber.
02/2018-04/2019 CAS in University Teaching, University of Bern, CH.
01/2016-07/2016 Training in Spatial Planning, Swiss Association of Spatial Planning, Bern, CH.
01/2015-12/2016 Research Assistant. Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), Bern, CH.
08-12/2014 Lecturer. School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, CH.
09/2013-3/2015 Bachelor Minor Sustainable Development, University of Bern, CH.
2006-2013 Lecturer and Research Assistant. School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, CH.
08/05-07/06 Nature Conservation and Experiential Education: BUND für Umwelt- und Naturschutz, Ravensburg, DE.
09/1998-06/1999 Guest Student in Organic Agricultural Sciences: University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, DE.
1995-1997 Diploma in Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, DE. Diploma Thesis at Biozentrum, University of Basel, Prof. Dr. Gottfried Schatz, CH.