Michael Stauffacher

Biographic Data

ID138655
NAMEMichael Stauffacher
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEStauffacher
SIGNATURESTAUFFACHER M
AFFILIATIONSETH Zurich
ORCID0000-0001-9724-6741
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS50
TOTAL CITATIONS394
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7

  • Evolving roles and shared futures: Challenges and visions for Switzerland’s electricity sector transition

    Open AccessVanja Djinlev, Barb Pearce et al.ARTICLEEnergy Sustainability and Society2026

  • (Un-)desired tailored warnings – an assessment of the preference for tailored heat warnings of the Swiss public

    Open AccessLorena Daphna Kuratle, Irina Dallo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2025

    The ongoing climate crisis makes early warning systems for floods, heatwaves, and heavy rainfall increasingly important. As a result, the UN Secretary-General has launched the Early warning4all initiative together with the World Meteorological Organization. This initiative aims to ensure early warnings for everyone worldwide by 2027. One way to make early warnings even more effective is to tailor or even personalize them based on people's needs a…

  • How is international CCS discussed locally? The case of Iceland

    Open AccessJuanita von Rothkirch, Bjarnhéðinn Guðlaugsson et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2025References: 2

    Cross-border deployment of CCS poses novel questions for local communities. • Concerns about the Coda Terminal’s CO 2 import were not listened to carefully. • Tackling locals’ concerns is key to a fruitful debate on CCS. • We discuss the why, who, and when of public participation around CCS. Communities and scholars have long highlighted the need to attend to public concerns in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. Many large-scale CCS deplo…

  • “The bad job brings the good one”: Photovoice study with female and male waste workers in Rwanda

    Open AccessMélanie Surchat, Micline Irakoze et al.ARTICLELocal Environment2024

    Within the circular economy framework in Africa, sustainable waste management can contribute to improving the environment and creating green jobs. However, recycling activities are mostly carried out by informal workers, who are often forgotten in discussions about the circular economy. To ensure the development of a socially just circular economy, their voices must be heard and their needs accounted for. This study took place in Rwanda, a circul…

  • Carbon dioxide removal: A source of ambition or of delays? Examining expectations for CDR in Swiss climate policy

    Open AccessJuanita von Rothkirch, Olivier Ejderyan et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2024Cited by: 4References: 4

    Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is recognized as an important tool for addressing residual emissions and achieving net-zero emission targets. While some have cautioned that a focus on CDR in policy processes may lead to delayed efforts to mitigate emissions, others have argued that such concerns are unwarranted. Nevertheless, the circumstances under which CDR could help or delay emissions mitigation in given contexts remain unclear. This paper explo…

  • Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Strategie: Wie die saguf noch transformativer wird

    Open AccessBasil Bornemann, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2023

    Die saguf macht Nachhaltigkeitstransformation zu ihrem zentralen Thema, engagiert sich für transformatives Forschen und Lernen in der Wissenschaft und intensiviert den Dialog mit der jungen Generation

  • Transdisziplinarität: Seit mehr als 25 Jahren fest in der saguf verankert

    Open AccessClaudia Zingerli, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2023

    Seit Jahrzehnten agiert die saguf als Pionierin für die Entwicklung und Förderung der Transdisziplinarität zwischen wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Praxis. Wir lassen wichtige Meilensteine Revue passieren

  • Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for transdisciplinary learning and experimentation: Pathways beyond the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021

    Open AccessBarb Pearce, Bianca Vienni Baptista et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2023

    This Special Focus highlights the potential of transdisciplinary research and learning to confront the complexity of the challenges facing society today. By serving as a bridge between science, practice and society, transdisciplinarity can be a means to help foster collaboration between diverse actors, question existing paradigms of knowledge co-production and build pathways towards transformation

  • Zooming in and out on everyday mobility practices in a rural, mountainous area of Switzerland

    Open AccessStefanie Maeder, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transport Geography2023Cited by: 2References: 11

    To combat climate change, carbon emissions from everyday mobility must be lowered. This can be achieved by improving vehicle efficiency, shifting to low-carbon modes of transport and avoiding travel. Most of the literature focuses on shifting mobility away from cars, mainly in the context of commuting. However, mobility is embedded deeply in everyday life and is much more complex. This research tries to broaden the scope and not only analyse the …

  • Actionable and understandable? Evidence-based recommendations for the design of (multi-)hazard warning messages

    Open AccessIrina Dallo, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2022

    Communicating event-related hazard information can help prompt effective public responses and, consequently, reduce injuries and fatalities. Real-time information is commonly communicated to the public through multi-hazard platforms. However, whether these platforms' messages are correctly understood and whether they increase people's intention to take action is yet to be proven. We thus aimed at compiling recommendations on how to develop action…

  • Ein Blick zurück nach vorn: 50 Jahre Engagement für Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

    Open AccessMichael Stauffacher, Basil Bornemann et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2022

    Knapp 100 Teilnehmende trafen sich zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum der saguf. Die Vorträge und Diskussionen betonten den reichhaltigen Erfahrungsschatz der saguf in der Umweltund Nachhaltigkeitsforschung und gaben vielfältige Impulse für zukünftige Entwicklungen

  • Designing interventions for sustainable change in a real-world laboratory

    Open AccessRea Pärli, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEEnvironment Development and…2022

    Real-world laboratories (RWL) aim to support transformations for sustainable urban development by producing outputs with practical and scientific relevance. To achieve these aims, the local community of which the RWL is a part should be in close collaboration from the start of a project. RWLs offer spaces for ‘thinking outside the box’ and for experimenting with new ideas through concrete interventions into the life world of the community. We pro…

  • Fostering collaboration in city governments’ sustainability, emergency management and resilience work through competency-based capacity building

    Open AccessSusila Bhagavathula, Katja Brundiers et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2021

    Cities are challenged by climate change, natural and technological disasters and related injustices. At least three fields address these challenges within cities: sustainability , emergency management and resilience. However, these three fields often still work in silos, separated by administrative structures. One way to promote a synergistic and integrative city-level approach across the three fields is through actively fostering collaboration. …

  • What constitutes agency? Determinants of actors’ influence on formal institutions in Swiss waste management

    Open AccessMert Duygan, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLETechnological Forecasting and…2021

    Institutional change is crucial for the transitions of socio-technical systems. This study addresses why some actors have strong agency by uncovering the determinants of their influence on formal institutions. We focused on a recent and major policy process in Swiss waste management as the empirical case. We carried out content analysis of consultation documents, expert surveys, online questionnaire and social network analysis. The resulting data…

  • Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for learning and experimentation: International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021

    Open AccessBianca Vienni Baptista, Barb Pearce et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2021

    In this communication, we present the background and core elements of the 2021 edition of the International Transdisciplinarity Conference . Beginning with a brief history of how the event was initiated and the role played by saguf in supporting its development, we then detail the main features of the conference and its relevance for transdisciplinary sustainability research and education

  • Transformatives Lernen als Herausforderung für die universitäre Hochschulbildung

    Open AccessAnne Zimmermann, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2021

    Transformatives Lernen und Lehren sind wesentlich für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Was bedeutet diese Erkenntnis für die Hochschulen? Und welche Rolle spielen Emotionen und krisenhafte Erfahrungen in diesem Kontext? Eine Bilanz aus zwei Anlässen der saguf

  • What defines the success of maps and additional information on a multi-hazard platform

    Open AccessIrina Dallo, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2020

    Triggered by technical progress that has allowed for the combining of information about natural, anthropogenic and socionatural hazards, numerous multi-hazard platforms have been established over the last years. Despite their increasing use, surprisingly, little research has been conducted evaluating how the public perceives of the hazard information provided by these multi-hazard platforms. Because most of them use maps on the start page, we wer…

  • Wir müssen eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft aufbauen ‐ wobei die Wissenschaft gefordert ist“

    Open AccessM M Bergman, Michael StauffacherARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2020

    Inwiefern wirken sich die Folgen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf die nachhaltige Entwicklung aus? Welchen Beitrag kann die saguf zu den SDGs leisten? Diese und andere Fragen diskutiert Manuela Di Giulio mit Manfred Max Bergman und Michael Stauffacher ‐ dem neuen und dem scheidenden Präsidenten der saguf

  • A heuristic for conceptualizing and uncovering the determinants of agency in socio-technical transitions

    Open AccessMert Duygan, Michael Stauffacher et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Innovation and…2019Cited by: 27References: 67

  • Teaching Transdisciplinarity Appropriately for Students’ Education Level

    Open AccessChristian Pohl, Pius Krütli et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2018

    In the course of their academic education, students move deeper into scientific thinking and away from practice. Teaching transdisciplinarity, we benefit from higher-level students’ increasing disciplinarity but have to build longer links to practice

  • Gesellschaftliche Transformation - welche Rolle(n) für den Staat

    Basil Bornemann, Olivier Ejderyan et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2018

    Bei der saguf-Jahrestagung 2017 wurde über die Rolle(n) des Staats für die gesellschaftliche Transformation diskutiert: Wie kann und soll der Staat auf gesellschaftliche Transformationen einwirken

  • Sustainability Learning Labs in Small Island Developing States: A Case Study of the Seychelles

    Open AccessPius Krütli, Christian Pohl et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2018

    The teaching component is widely lacking in the discussion of real-world laboratories. We introduce a sustainability learning lab, where students both profit from this platform and also contribute to the success of the lab.In the discussion of real-world laboratories, the teaching component is widely lacking. We address this by introducing a prototype of a sustainability learning lab (SLL) in the global South using a case study of the Seychelles …

  • Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

    Open AccessChristopher Luederitz, N Schäpke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cleaner Production2017

  • Umweltwissenschaften an der Universität Heidelberg und der ETH Zürich - zwei unterschiedliche Modelle

    Open AccessNicole Aeschbach, Peter Frischknecht et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2017

    Wie betreibt man Umweltforschung und wie bildet man Umweltwissenschaftler(innen) aus? Die Universität Heidelberg setzt auf ein breites Netzwerk mit vielfältigem Lehrangebot in diversen Fakultäten und in interdisziplinären Formaten für Studierende aller Fächer; die ETH Zürich hat ein eigenständiges Departement mit eigenen Studiengängen für Umweltnatur- und Agrarwissenschaften. Beide Ansätze haben ihre Stärken und Schwächen

  • Ten Reflective Steps for Rendering Research Societally Relevant

    Christian Pohl, Pius Krütli et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2017

    While the goal of transdisciplinary research is to be relevant to society, specific instructions for accomplishing this remain implicit. We propose to improve this situation by means of a 10-step approach aimed at stimulating explicit reflections around ways to render research more societally relevant.Today, there is an increasing need for researchers to demonstrate the practical value their research can generate for society. Over the past decade…