Dr. Elke Kellner

Function

Postdoc

Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements

Contact

elke.kellner(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 20 48+41 44 739 20 48

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HV E 05

Research interests

Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Governance of resource uses, Water and climate change policies, Sustainable development

Education and Employment History

Since 11/2019	PostDoc, Economics and Social Sciences, Environmental and Resource Economics, 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. Bachelor Thesis: „Möglichkeiten der Beeinflussung des Entscheidungsverhaltens bei nachhaltigem Konsum“, Prof. Dr. Ulf Liebe.
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.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Mehrzweckspeicher als Zukunftsmodell?

Obwohl die Schweiz über reichlich Wasser verfügt, kann es zukünftig lokal zu Engpässen kommen. Mehrzweckspeicher stellen eine Möglichkeit dar, um auf zukünftige Wasserknappheit zu reagieren. Dieses Projekt untersucht die Chancen und Risiken einer gemeinsamen Bewirtschaftung.

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (2019): Polycentric governance compensates for incoherence of resource regimes: The case of water uses under climate change in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In Environmental Science & Policy 100, pp. 126–135. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901118310980
Kellner, Elke (2019): Social acceptance of a multi-purpose reservoir in a recently deglaciated landscape in the Swiss Alps. In Sustainability 11 (14), p. 3819. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3819
Kellner, Elke (2019): Soziale Akzeptanz der Talsperre Trift in den Schweizer Alpen. In Wasserwirtschaft 109 (5), pp. 26–29. https://www.springerprofessional.de/soziale-akzeptanz-der-talsperre-trift-in-den-schweizer-alpen/16693012

Publications in technical journals

Kellner, Elke; Weingartner, Rolf (2018): Chancen und Herausforderungen von Mehrzweckspeichern als Anpassung an den Klimawandel. In Wasser Energie Luft 110 (2), pp. 101–107. https://issuu.com/swv_wel/docs/wel_2_2018

Proceedings and reports

Kellner, Elke (2019): Factsheet: Multipurpose use of water and related management implications under a changing climate in high-mountain regions. In Yvonne Schaub, Alain Foehn, Javier Fluixá Sanmartín, Lucía Guardamino Soto (Eds.): Multipurpose use of water and related management implications under a changing climate in high-mountain regions, pp. 72–73.http://www.proyectoglaciares.pe/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Multipurpose-use-of-water-and-related-management-implications_2019_abril.pdf

Björnsen Gurung, Astrid; Brunner, Manuela; Stähli, Manfred; Kellner, Elke; Clivaz, Melanie; Reynard, Emmanuel et al. (2018): Alpine multi-purpose reservoirs: Future potential and relevance. In Leopold Füreder, Rolf Weingartner, Kati Heinrich, Valerie Braun, Günter Köck, Klaus Lanz, Thomas Scheurer (Eds.): Alpine water - common good or source of conflicts? Proceedings of the ForumAlpinum 2018 and the 7th Water Confernce. Breitenwand (Austria): Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pp. 77–78. https://austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003a30da.pdf

Conferences

Conference papers

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph (2019). Emerging collective action to resolve sustainability trade-offs in polycentric governance systems: Evidence from Trift, Switzerland. 6^th Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW6), Bloomington, IN, US. 19.-21.06.2019

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (2019). Polycentric governance compensates for incoherence of resource regimes: The case of water uses under climate change in Oberhasli, Switzerland. 6^th Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop (WOW6), Bloomington, IN, US. 19.-21.06.2019

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph (2019). Cooperation, competition and coercion in polycentric governance systems: The case of water-energy governance in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In: Cooperation, competition and coercion in polycentric governance systems. Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University Duisburg-Essen, DE. 10-11.03.2019.

Kellner, Elke (2019). Implications of orchestration for polycentric governance systems. The case of multifunctional water use in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. In: New Institutional Economics (NIÖ) – Network Meeting 2019. University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, DE. 14. - 15.02.2019.

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph (2018). Adaptive Capacity in polycentric climate governance: The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In: 2018 Earth System Governance Conference. Utrecht, NL. 05-08.11.2018.

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph (2018). Evolving polycentric climate governance: The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In: Polycentric Climate Governance after Paris: Expectations, Challenges and Pathways. University of Freiburg, DE. 12-14.04.2018.

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (2018). Evolving polycentric climate governance: The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In:Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action? Open University, Heerlen, NL. 04.-08.03.2018.

Oral contributions to conferences and workshops

06/2019	Cooperation, competition and coercion in polycentric governance systems: The case of water-energy governance in Oberhasli, Switzerland. Conference; Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop 6 (WOW 6), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US.
06/2019	Polycentric governance compensates for incoherence of resource regimes: The case of water uses under climate change in Oberhasli, Switzerland. Conference; Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop 6 (WOW 6), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US.
02/2019	Implications of orchestration for polycentric governance systems. The case of multifunctional water use in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. New Institutional Economics (NIÖ) – Network Meeting 2019, University of Kassel, DE.
11/2018	Adaptive capacity in processes of polycentric governance systems: The case of multifunctional water use in Switzerland. Conference; 2018 Earth System Governance. Utrecht, NL.
06/2018	Evolving polycentric climate governance. The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. Conference; Forum Alpinum, Breitenwang, AT.
06/2018	Polycentric governance can compensate an incoherent regime under climate change. The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. Workshop; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), implemented by CARE Peru and a Swiss science consortium led by University of Zurich, together with CREALP, EPFL and Meteodat. Sion, CH.
04/2018	Polycentric climate governance: The case of multifunctional water reservoirs in the Swiss Alps. Conference; Polycentric Climate Governance after Paris: Expectations, Challenges and Pathways, University of Freiburg, DE.

Teaching

Teaching activities

(ST: Summer Term, WT: Winter Term)
Since WT 1998	Organic Milk Processing. Section of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture. (Bachelor and Master, Lecture, University of Kassel, DE)
WT 2019	Nachhaltige Wassernutzung (MAS, Lecture, ETHZ, CH)
ST 2019	Theorie und Empirie: Werkzeuge der Wissenschaft (Bachelor, Lecture, University of Bern, CH)
WT 2018	Assessing Governance Initiatives for Sustainability Transformations in and by Switzerland (Master, Seminar, University of Bern, CH)
ST 2018	Theorie und Empirie: Werkzeuge der Wissenschaft (Bachelor, Lecture, University of Bern, CH)
WT 2014	Chemistry (Bachelor, Lecture, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, CH)
ST 2007 - WT 2012	Food Analysis, Food Chemistry, Milk Processing, Molecular Cuisine, Chemistry (Bachelor, Lectures and Lab Courses, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, CH)

Supervision of junior researchers at graduate and postgraduate levels

01/2019 – present	Master thesis: “Water conflicts under climate change in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland”; von Stokar Sielentz, Lukas; University of Bern, CH.
04/2019 – 09/2019	Bachelor thesis: “Trift project: Arguments of the actors”; Joos, Annina; ETH Zurich, CH.
01/2018 – 01/2019	Bachelor thesis: “Influence of site factors and water uses on the construction of water reservoirs”; Getzmann, Nico Fabrice; University of Bern, CH.