Dr. Yasmine Willi

2022

Lange B, Herlo B, Willi Y, Pütz M (2022): New working spaces in rural areas: designing a research agenda for regional sovereignty in post-pandemic times. In: Mariotti I, Bednar P, Di Marino M (Eds): The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Working Spaces (Routledge-RSA Regions & Cities Book Series – Regions, Cities and Covid-19)

2021

Willi G, Willi Y, Pütz M (2021): Wasserkraftnutzung in der Schweiz und ihre Perspektiven. In: Becker S, Klagge B, Naumann M (Hg.): Energiegeographie: Konzepte und Herausforderungen. Eugen Ulmer / UTB, p. 225-234

Halef M, Willi Y. 2021. Suffizienzorientierte Mobilitätslösungen für den ländlichen Raum der Schweiz. N + L inside, Nr. 03, p. 15

2020

Willi Y, Pütz M, Jongerden J (2020): Unpacking legitimacy in regional development: Asymmetric justification and the functioning of regional development agencies. Territory, Politics, Governance. >>> [PDF]

Willi Y (2020). Suffizienz in ländlichen Räumen. In: Flohr M, Markus L (eds): Suffizienz an Hochschulen im ländlichen Raum. Berlin: netzwerk n, p. 10-12. >>>

Willi Y, Nischik G, Braunschweiger D, Pütz M (2020): Responding to the Covid-19 Crisis: Transformative Governance in Switzerland. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 111(3):302-317. >>> [PDF]

2019

Willi Y, Pütz M (2019): Governance of regional development: How can regions unlock their potential? RSA Regions e-Zine, Issue 4, 1st June 2019. DOI: 10.1080/13673882.2018.00001040 >>>

2018

Willi Y, Pütz M (2018): Governance of regional development: How can regions unlock their potential [Governance der Regionalentwicklung: Wie Regionen ihr Potenzial nutzen können] [Gouvernance du développement régional: comment les régions peuvent-elles valoriser leur potentiel]. Swiss Academies Factsheet, 13(3). Bern. 6 p. >>> [PDF]

Willi Y, Pütz M, Müller M (2018): Towards a versatile and multi-dimensional framework to analyse regional governance.  Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36(5):775–795. >>> [PDF]

Willi Y, Pütz M, Mayer H (2018): Policy entrepreneurship and regional development. CRED Research Paper: Vol. 21. Bern: Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED). >>> [PDF]

2017

Pütz M, Gubler L, Willi Y (2017): New governance of protected areas. Regional Nature Parks in Switzerland. eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management, 9(1):75-84. >>> [PDF]

Wallner A, Willi, Y, Hammer T (2017): We are the political landscape – governance in European protected areas. Report on the tutorial held at the EUROPARC Conference 2016. eco.mont, 9(1):40-41. doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-9-1s40. >>> [PDF]

2016

Willi Y, Heeb J, Pütz M (2016): Governance in der Regionalentwicklung. Ergebnisblatt Forschungsreflexion, regiosuisse. >>> [PDF]

Pütz M, Willi Y (2016): Qualitätsmerkmale räumlich-strategischer Prozesse auf Regionsebene. Bern, Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO; Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung ARE. 35 p. >>> [PDF]

Presentations and Conference Contributions

2022

Willi Y (2022). The role of Swedish national and regional governmental levels in fostering sufficiency policy. Viable Cities Workshop on Redirecting Public Funding. 12. October 2022, Uppsala.

Iten T, Willi Y (2022). Realizing sufficiency policy in municipalities. 5. Symposium Konsum Neu Denken. 23. September 2022, BOKU Vienna. [in German]

Willi Y, Bräuchi R (2022). Governance municpal sufficiency policy. ARE Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2022. 17. May 2022, Bern. [in German]

2021

Willi Y (2021). Sufficiency policy in rural regions. ISEE-ESEE Degrowth Online Joint Conference, 07.Juli 2021, online.

Willi Y (2021). Doing things differently: the role of sufficiency policiesfor sustainable futures in rural regions. Regional Studies Association Global E-Festival, 3rd June 2021, online

2020

Willi Y (2020). Postwachstum und Regionalentwicklung in ländlichen Gebieten. [Postgrowth and regional development in rural areas]. MAS Raumplanung ETH Zürich, 7. September 2020.

2019

Tuitjer G, Willi Y (2019). Innovation in rural areas: Identifying factors that enable governance entrepreneurs to initiate regional transformation [session’s organizer and chair]. Regional Innovation Policies Conference, 7.-8. November 2019, Florence, Italy.

Willi Y, Pütz M, Mayer H (2019). Governance entrepreneurs gestalten regionale Entwicklungsprozesse in Pärken. Wie können sie darin unterstützt werden? 3. Parktagung Schweiz, 29.Oktober 2019, Bern, Switzerland.

Willi Y, Pütz M, Mayer H (2019). How governance entrepreneurs shape regional development processes [in German]. ÖAW conference on 'key actors in regional development', 24.-25. May, Vienna, Austria.

Willi Y, Pütz M, Jongerden J (2019). Unpacking legitimacy in regional development. How legitimization efforts can contribute to the malfunctioning of regional development agencies. SUSPLACE Final Event, 7.-10. May, Tampere, Finland.

2018

Willi Y, Pütz M, Mayer H (2018). Governance entrepreneurs in regional development. Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, 3-6 June, Lugano, Switzerland.

Willi Y (2018). Special Session: The governance of regional development: How regional development strategies are formulated and implemented [session’s organizer and chair]. Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, 3-6 June, Lugano, Switzerland.

Willi Y, Pütz M (2018):  Governance der Regionalentwicklung: Wie regionale Entwicklungsprozesse funktionieren und unterstützt werden können. General Assembly Swiss Parcs Network, 31 May - 1. June 2018, Naturpark Diemtigtal, Switzerland. 

2017

Heilmann S, Höcke C, Willi Y (2017): Planung - wie transformativ bist du eigentlich? Jahrestagung 2017 des Jungen Forums der ARL, 22-23 September, Lüneburg, Germany. [member of the organizing team]

Willi Y, Pütz M (2017): Legitimacy in regional governance. Session "Governance, regions and development", RGS-IGB Annual International Conference, 29 August - 1 September 2017, London, UK.

Willi Y, Pütz M (2017): Assessing transformations of regional governance. Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, 4 -7 June, Dublin, Ireland.

2016

Pütz M, Gubler L, Willi Y (2016): New governance of protected areas: Regional Nature Parks in Switzerland. Regional Studies Association Winter Conference, 24-25 November 2016, London, UK.

Pütz M, Willi Y (2016): Qualitätsanforderungen des Bundes an räumlich-strategische Prozesse auf Regionsebene. Workshop "Kooperationsfähigkeit und Strategieorientierung von Regionen und Agglomerationen - Wirkungen der Anreize und Anforderungen in den Förderinstrumenten des Bundes“, 31 October 2016, Bern, Switzerland.

Willi Y, Pütz M, Müller M (2016). Towards a versatile and multi-dimensional framework of regional governance. EUROPARC Conference, 19 October 2016, Parc Jura Vaudois, Switzerland

Willi Y, Pütz M (2016): Governance of the Commons: Using the Regional Nature Parks in Switzerland as an Example.  European Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), 10-13 May 2016, Bern, Switzerland.

Willi Y, Pütz M (2016): Governance of regional development: Proposing an analytical framework for empirical research. Regional Studies Association Conference, 3-6 April 2016, Graz, Austria. 

2015

Willi Y, Pütz M (2015): Governance in der Regionalentwicklung. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, 1-6 October 2015, Berlin, Germany. [Poster]

Academic background

Since 05/2021
Scientific staff at Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

01/2019-04/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher at Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

10/2014-07/2018
PhD Candidate at Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and University of Bern

03/2018-05/2018
Visiting Research Fellow at Wageningen University, the Netherlands

02/2010-12/2012
MSc in Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland

09/2006-06/2009
BSc in Geography (Major), Minor in Economics, University of Bern, Switzerland

Professional background

01/2012-01/2014
Office of Economy and Labor, Department of Economic, Social and Environmental Issues, Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. Scientific Employee.

09/2009-02/2010
National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, Vientiane, Laos. Research Assistant.

01/2009-12/2011
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bern, Switzerland. Student Research Assistant.

Memberships in scientific boards

05/2021-05/2023
Member of the Working Group ‘Wohlstandsalternativen und Regionalentwicklung’ of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL). >>>

12/2019-12/2021
Member of the Working Group ‘Postal Growth in Rural Areas’ of the Young Forum of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL).

10/2019-09/2023
Member of the Management Committees of the COST Action CA18214 ‘The Geography of New Working Spaces and the Impact on the Periphery’. >>>

Memberships in scientific societies

Since 01/2019     Member of the Centre for Landscape Research at WSL >>>

Since 03/2017     Member of the Young Forum of the ARL >>>

Since 08/2015     Member of the Swiss Study Society for Spatial Planning and Regional Policy                                               (ROREP) >>>