Tobias Schulz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4378522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Schulz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Schulz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHULZ T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1307-778X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Determining future climate services of the Swiss forest and wood sector
The Paris Agreement, designed to limit global temperature rise, has led signatory countries to adopt net-zero emission targets. In Switzerland, this target is set for 2050. The forest and wood sector (FWS) can contribute to achieving it through various climate services: carbon sequestration in forests, carbon storage in harvested wood products, and the substitution of energy-intensive materials and fossil fuels with wood. However, the services' f…
Preferences for proactive and reactive climate-adaptive forest management and the role of public financial support
The impacts of climate change threaten forest ecosystems and the services they provide. Policies and measures to make forests more resilient to climate-change-induced disturbances are needed, but the success of such efforts depends on their acceptance among forest owners and managers. Based on a discrete choice experiment survey among Swiss forest owners and managers in the canton of Bern, we analysed whether respondents prefer (i) proactive over…
Forest clearances, compensatory afforestation and biodiversity offsetting in forests
The settlement area is expanding at the cost of agricultural land in densely populated regions such as Central Europe. This development is also affecting the forest. Forest clearances due to, e.g. traffic and energy infrastructure development, require afforestation elsewhere but surfaces providing appropriate soil are increasingly scarce. Switzerland is an important case in point. It is densely populated, exhibits a large amount of forest – also …
Balancing forest area preservation and biodiversity offsets in the forest
In many densely populated countries in Europe, land suitable for agriculture, forest and protected areas is becoming scarcer with expanding settlement area. One way to mitigate this pressure is to abstain from the in-kind replacement of forest clearances and to allow for their compensation by nature conservation projects on areas other than agricultural land, including the forest itself. It is particularly the latter that implies a difficult trad…
Allowing for compensating lost habitats in the forest
Forested land can play a critical role as a possible area for biodiversity offsetting projects. This would reduce the pressure on agricultural land caused by spreading settlement area and related offsetting requirements. This raises the following question: to what extent have offset regulation and clearance compensation rules become more flexible to allow for compensation projects in the forest due to increased land-use conflicts? To address this…
Sustainable economy trade-offs and conflicts in and with the forest (Research Trend)
Summer Farms in Switzerland
Summer farms are seasonal enterprises in high-elevation mountain regions, established for and highly specialized in grazing ruminants. This article synthesizes studies by the Swiss AlpFUTUR research program on the profitability of and public financial support for summer farms. It highlights current challenges of Swiss pastoralism and makes recommendations for future reforms. Profitability hinges on the size of the summer farms as well as on their…
Small and smart
Network governance in national Swiss forest policy
An uphill struggle against scrub encroachment
The impact of organisational attributes on political participation
The notion of civil society associations as schools of democracy has resulted in models of political participation that place an emphasis on membership in civic associations as a means of developing personal skills that are conducive to political participation. These suppositions seem well established. It is still contested, however, to what extent the particular characteristics of the associations that offer such membership have an impact on civ…
Volunteer Organizations
Schulz T. and Baumgartner D. Volunteer organizations: odds or obstacle for small business formation in rural areas? Evidence from Swiss municipalities, Regional Studies. Rural development strategies often claim to stimulate new firm foundations, for example, by supporting locally active volunteer organizations for economic development. Based on survey data from 254 rural Swiss municipalities, this paper analyses the influence of different types o…
Civil Society and Activism in Europe
1. Introduction: Contextualizing Civil Society in European Communities Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney Part 1: General Social and Political Orientations 2. Mobilising Voluntary Work: The Interplay between Organizations and Municipalities Tobias Schulz 3. Governing Associations: Member Involvement and Efficacy toward Associational Decision-Making Herman Lelieveldt 4. Associations and Political Empowerment Bangu Dayican, Bas Denters and Henk…
Sozialistische Wissenschaft
Das Buch beschreibt die Entwicklung einer »sozialistischen Wissenschaft« an den Hochschulen der DDR am Beispiel der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Die so genannte 3. Hochschulreform 1968/69 stellte dabei einen markanten Einschnitt dar, in deren Folge sich die zentralen Strukturen und Verfahrensweisen herausbildeten, die das Wissenschaftssystem der DDR bis 1989/90 prägten. Die Entwicklung war gekennzeichnet durch Ambivalenzen zwischen den Erforde…
What Role for the Party Group Leader? A Latent Variable Approach to Leadership Effects on Party Group Cohesion in the European Parliament
Previous research has identified several structural and situational factors that affect party cohesion in parliamentary voting behaviour. The potential role of leadership has been neglected so far. The authors apply a latent variable approach to model leadership effects in roll call votes from the European Parliament (EP), 1979–2001. Other things being equal, their findings suggest that a small but significant 7 per cent share of the total varian…
Left—Right Positions of Political Parties in Switzerland
As theoretical models of policy processes have become more ambitious, scholars have been relying more and more frequently on the policy positions of the relevant actors. Different methods are feasible in deriving these policy positions, but few have been applied to the Swiss parties. In this article, we offer estimates of policy positions for the Swiss political parties using various methods. Our main goal is to assess changes over time of these …
Is Consensual Politicizing Being Punished in Switzerland
Over the last decade, Switzerland has been characterized by both a radicalization of its political system and the relative success of the SP and SVP parties, which tend to adopt a strategy of permanent campaigning. Because of this, it is often argued that politicians are held accountable for their behaviour and that their electoral successes depend on their voting behaviour in parliament. We thus explore whether the voting behaviour of representa…
Federalism in the European Union
As a federal system the European Union (EU) has to deal in one way or another with the distribution of competencies. While conflicting views about this thorny issue are ventured in the literature, we emphasize in this paper the implications for political accountability. At the present time, most authors would concur, political accountability due to the institutional structure and the complex decision-making processes is mixed at best. Thus, we pr…
Was treibt die Stimmbürger an die Urne? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Abstimmungsbeteiligung in der Schweiz, 1981-1999
Zunächst werden die theoretischen Überlegungen kurz dargelegt, die zur Entscheidungs- bzw. zur Mobilisierungshypothese führen. Zudem wird die Theorie des 'expressiven Wählens' vorgestellt, und es wird auf zwei weitere Hypothesen über Bestimmungsgründe der Stimmbeteiligung eingegangen. Danach wird der Schätzansatz beschrieben, bevor wir uns mit den empirischen Ergebnissen beschäftigen. Sie sprechen nicht nur sehr stark für die Mobilisierungs- und …
Using Mass Survey Data to Infer Political Positions
An increasing number of member countries of the European Union (EU) is heading for ratification through referendum of the yet to be adopted constitution for Europe. Such popular votes will add an additional ratification constraint and empirical models will require information on the positions of the voters on various issues related to the new treaty. This information can come only from mass surveys. In this paper we discuss the ways in which data…
Institutionelle Reformen für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit
Institutionelle Reformen für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit
In der Diskussion über nachhaltige Entwicklung wird derzeit umfassend nach ökologischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Nachhaltigkeitszielen sowie nach Wegen dahin gesucht. Das "Was" der Nachhaltigkeit soll möglichst konkret gefaßt werden, um es dann in einem zweiten Schritt umzusetzen. Die Schwierigkeiten, die ein solcher Planungsansatz mit sich bringt, sensibilisieren dafür, daß die Frage nach dem "Was" der Nachhaltigkeit nicht ohne die Berücksicht…
Regionale Innovation trotz globaler Lähmung
Left—Right Positions of Political Parties in Switzerland
As theoretical models of policy processes have become more ambitious, scholars have been relying more and more frequently on the policy positions of the relevant actors. Different methods are feasible in deriving these policy positions, but few have been applied to the Swiss parties. In this article, we offer estimates of policy positions for the Swiss political parties using various methods. Our main goal is to assess changes over time of these …
What Role for the Party Group Leader? A Latent Variable Approach to Leadership Effects on Party Group Cohesion in the European Parliament
Previous research has identified several structural and situational factors that affect party cohesion in parliamentary voting behaviour. The potential role of leadership has been neglected so far. The authors apply a latent variable approach to model leadership effects in roll call votes from the European Parliament (EP), 1979–2001. Other things being equal, their findings suggest that a small but significant 7 per cent share of the total varian…
Was treibt die Stimmbürger an die Urne? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Abstimmungsbeteiligung in der Schweiz, 1981-1999
Zunächst werden die theoretischen Überlegungen kurz dargelegt, die zur Entscheidungs- bzw. zur Mobilisierungshypothese führen. Zudem wird die Theorie des 'expressiven Wählens' vorgestellt, und es wird auf zwei weitere Hypothesen über Bestimmungsgründe der Stimmbeteiligung eingegangen. Danach wird der Schätzansatz beschrieben, bevor wir uns mit den empirischen Ergebnissen beschäftigen. Sie sprechen nicht nur sehr stark für die Mobilisierungs- und …
The impact of organisational attributes on political participation
The notion of civil society associations as schools of democracy has resulted in models of political participation that place an emphasis on membership in civic associations as a means of developing personal skills that are conducive to political participation. These suppositions seem well established. It is still contested, however, to what extent the particular characteristics of the associations that offer such membership have an impact on civ…
Using Mass Survey Data to Infer Political Positions
An increasing number of member countries of the European Union (EU) is heading for ratification through referendum of the yet to be adopted constitution for Europe. Such popular votes will add an additional ratification constraint and empirical models will require information on the positions of the voters on various issues related to the new treaty. This information can come only from mass surveys. In this paper we discuss the ways in which data…
Network governance in national Swiss forest policy
Federalism in the European Union
As a federal system the European Union (EU) has to deal in one way or another with the distribution of competencies. While conflicting views about this thorny issue are ventured in the literature, we emphasize in this paper the implications for political accountability. At the present time, most authors would concur, political accountability due to the institutional structure and the complex decision-making processes is mixed at best. Thus, we pr…
Small and smart
Forest clearances, compensatory afforestation and biodiversity offsetting in forests
The settlement area is expanding at the cost of agricultural land in densely populated regions such as Central Europe. This development is also affecting the forest. Forest clearances due to, e.g. traffic and energy infrastructure development, require afforestation elsewhere but surfaces providing appropriate soil are increasingly scarce. Switzerland is an important case in point. It is densely populated, exhibits a large amount of forest – also …
Sustainable economy trade-offs and conflicts in and with the forest (Research Trend)
Volunteer Organizations
Schulz T. and Baumgartner D. Volunteer organizations: odds or obstacle for small business formation in rural areas? Evidence from Swiss municipalities, Regional Studies. Rural development strategies often claim to stimulate new firm foundations, for example, by supporting locally active volunteer organizations for economic development. Based on survey data from 254 rural Swiss municipalities, this paper analyses the influence of different types o…
Is Consensual Politicizing Being Punished in Switzerland
Over the last decade, Switzerland has been characterized by both a radicalization of its political system and the relative success of the SP and SVP parties, which tend to adopt a strategy of permanent campaigning. Because of this, it is often argued that politicians are held accountable for their behaviour and that their electoral successes depend on their voting behaviour in parliament. We thus explore whether the voting behaviour of representa…
Allowing for compensating lost habitats in the forest
Forested land can play a critical role as a possible area for biodiversity offsetting projects. This would reduce the pressure on agricultural land caused by spreading settlement area and related offsetting requirements. This raises the following question: to what extent have offset regulation and clearance compensation rules become more flexible to allow for compensation projects in the forest due to increased land-use conflicts? To address this…
Regionale Innovation trotz globaler Lähmung
Institutionelle Reformen für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit
In der Diskussion über nachhaltige Entwicklung wird derzeit umfassend nach ökologischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Nachhaltigkeitszielen sowie nach Wegen dahin gesucht. Das "Was" der Nachhaltigkeit soll möglichst konkret gefaßt werden, um es dann in einem zweiten Schritt umzusetzen. Die Schwierigkeiten, die ein solcher Planungsansatz mit sich bringt, sensibilisieren dafür, daß die Frage nach dem "Was" der Nachhaltigkeit nicht ohne die Berücksicht…
Institutionelle Reformen für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit
Federalism in the European Union
As a federal system the European Union (EU) has to deal in one way or another with the distribution of competencies. While conflicting views about this thorny issue are ventured in the literature, we emphasize in this paper the implications for political accountability. At the present time, most authors would concur, political accountability due to the institutional structure and the complex decision-making processes is mixed at best. Thus, we pr…
Was treibt die Stimmbürger an die Urne? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Abstimmungsbeteiligung in der Schweiz, 1981-1999
Zunächst werden die theoretischen Überlegungen kurz dargelegt, die zur Entscheidungs- bzw. zur Mobilisierungshypothese führen. Zudem wird die Theorie des 'expressiven Wählens' vorgestellt, und es wird auf zwei weitere Hypothesen über Bestimmungsgründe der Stimmbeteiligung eingegangen. Danach wird der Schätzansatz beschrieben, bevor wir uns mit den empirischen Ergebnissen beschäftigen. Sie sprechen nicht nur sehr stark für die Mobilisierungs- und …
Using Mass Survey Data to Infer Political Positions
An increasing number of member countries of the European Union (EU) is heading for ratification through referendum of the yet to be adopted constitution for Europe. Such popular votes will add an additional ratification constraint and empirical models will require information on the positions of the voters on various issues related to the new treaty. This information can come only from mass surveys. In this paper we discuss the ways in which data…
Is Consensual Politicizing Being Punished in Switzerland
Over the last decade, Switzerland has been characterized by both a radicalization of its political system and the relative success of the SP and SVP parties, which tend to adopt a strategy of permanent campaigning. Because of this, it is often argued that politicians are held accountable for their behaviour and that their electoral successes depend on their voting behaviour in parliament. We thus explore whether the voting behaviour of representa…
Left—Right Positions of Political Parties in Switzerland
As theoretical models of policy processes have become more ambitious, scholars have been relying more and more frequently on the policy positions of the relevant actors. Different methods are feasible in deriving these policy positions, but few have been applied to the Swiss parties. In this article, we offer estimates of policy positions for the Swiss political parties using various methods. Our main goal is to assess changes over time of these …
What Role for the Party Group Leader? A Latent Variable Approach to Leadership Effects on Party Group Cohesion in the European Parliament
Previous research has identified several structural and situational factors that affect party cohesion in parliamentary voting behaviour. The potential role of leadership has been neglected so far. The authors apply a latent variable approach to model leadership effects in roll call votes from the European Parliament (EP), 1979–2001. Other things being equal, their findings suggest that a small but significant 7 per cent share of the total varian…
Civil Society and Activism in Europe
1. Introduction: Contextualizing Civil Society in European Communities Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney Part 1: General Social and Political Orientations 2. Mobilising Voluntary Work: The Interplay between Organizations and Municipalities Tobias Schulz 3. Governing Associations: Member Involvement and Efficacy toward Associational Decision-Making Herman Lelieveldt 4. Associations and Political Empowerment Bangu Dayican, Bas Denters and Henk…
Sozialistische Wissenschaft
Das Buch beschreibt die Entwicklung einer »sozialistischen Wissenschaft« an den Hochschulen der DDR am Beispiel der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Die so genannte 3. Hochschulreform 1968/69 stellte dabei einen markanten Einschnitt dar, in deren Folge sich die zentralen Strukturen und Verfahrensweisen herausbildeten, die das Wissenschaftssystem der DDR bis 1989/90 prägten. Die Entwicklung war gekennzeichnet durch Ambivalenzen zwischen den Erforde…
Volunteer Organizations
Schulz T. and Baumgartner D. Volunteer organizations: odds or obstacle for small business formation in rural areas? Evidence from Swiss municipalities, Regional Studies. Rural development strategies often claim to stimulate new firm foundations, for example, by supporting locally active volunteer organizations for economic development. Based on survey data from 254 rural Swiss municipalities, this paper analyses the influence of different types o…
The impact of organisational attributes on political participation
The notion of civil society associations as schools of democracy has resulted in models of political participation that place an emphasis on membership in civic associations as a means of developing personal skills that are conducive to political participation. These suppositions seem well established. It is still contested, however, to what extent the particular characteristics of the associations that offer such membership have an impact on civ…
An uphill struggle against scrub encroachment
Small and smart
Network governance in national Swiss forest policy
Summer Farms in Switzerland
Summer farms are seasonal enterprises in high-elevation mountain regions, established for and highly specialized in grazing ruminants. This article synthesizes studies by the Swiss AlpFUTUR research program on the profitability of and public financial support for summer farms. It highlights current challenges of Swiss pastoralism and makes recommendations for future reforms. Profitability hinges on the size of the summer farms as well as on their…
Allowing for compensating lost habitats in the forest
Forested land can play a critical role as a possible area for biodiversity offsetting projects. This would reduce the pressure on agricultural land caused by spreading settlement area and related offsetting requirements. This raises the following question: to what extent have offset regulation and clearance compensation rules become more flexible to allow for compensation projects in the forest due to increased land-use conflicts? To address this…
Sustainable economy trade-offs and conflicts in and with the forest (Research Trend)
Preferences for proactive and reactive climate-adaptive forest management and the role of public financial support
The impacts of climate change threaten forest ecosystems and the services they provide. Policies and measures to make forests more resilient to climate-change-induced disturbances are needed, but the success of such efforts depends on their acceptance among forest owners and managers. Based on a discrete choice experiment survey among Swiss forest owners and managers in the canton of Bern, we analysed whether respondents prefer (i) proactive over…
Forest clearances, compensatory afforestation and biodiversity offsetting in forests
The settlement area is expanding at the cost of agricultural land in densely populated regions such as Central Europe. This development is also affecting the forest. Forest clearances due to, e.g. traffic and energy infrastructure development, require afforestation elsewhere but surfaces providing appropriate soil are increasingly scarce. Switzerland is an important case in point. It is densely populated, exhibits a large amount of forest – also …
Balancing forest area preservation and biodiversity offsets in the forest
In many densely populated countries in Europe, land suitable for agriculture, forest and protected areas is becoming scarcer with expanding settlement area. One way to mitigate this pressure is to abstain from the in-kind replacement of forest clearances and to allow for their compensation by nature conservation projects on areas other than agricultural land, including the forest itself. It is particularly the latter that implies a difficult trad…
Determining future climate services of the Swiss forest and wood sector
The Paris Agreement, designed to limit global temperature rise, has led signatory countries to adopt net-zero emission targets. In Switzerland, this target is set for 2050. The forest and wood sector (FWS) can contribute to achieving it through various climate services: carbon sequestration in forests, carbon storage in harvested wood products, and the substitution of energy-intensive materials and fossil fuels with wood. However, the services' f…
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