Vanessa Schweizer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6539306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanessa Schweizer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanessa |
| FAMILY NAME | Schweizer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWEIZER V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8214-9866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The future of direct air capture in Canada
Integrated assessment models often overlook the interdependencies of socio-political factors shaping the deployment direct air capture (DAC), leading to projections that may be overly optimistic. To address this gap, we systematically explore the conditions under which DAC may (or not) emerge as a competitive carbon dioxide removal (CDR) option in Canada using the system-theoretical scenario method cross-impact balances (CIB), which accommodates …
Boundaries of the future
Exploring “big picture” scenarios for resilience in social–ecological systems
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01308-1
Exploring value change
This article aims to explore the use of cross-impact balances (CIB) to identify scenarios of value change. The possibility of value change has received little attention in the literature on value-sensitive design (VSD). Examples of value change include the emergence of new values and changes in the relative importance of values. Value change could lead to a mismatch between values embedded in technology and the way they are currently considered i…
Climate Change and Energy Futures - Theoretical Frameworks, Epistemological Issues, and Methodological Perspectives
Critically re-imagining our energy systems is a major task for addressing climate change. Technological change or market signals do not automatically create new energy futures. Rather, political priorities and action shape the ambitions behind energy transitions. In response, this special issue is dedicated to re-thinking energy futures related to climate change, with attention to the social values and norms, hierarchical structures, and social i…
Using Network Analysis to Identify Key Scenario Elements Across Multiple Energy Scenario Studies
Studies on energy futures present many and usually vastly different plausible scenarios of energy development pathways that can inform energy policy decisions, which gives rise to the risk whereby scenario users may choose a specific study supporting their personal or political agenda in order to justify their decisions. Given how controversial energy futures in the context of climate change can be, developing and utilizing more objective approac…
Objectivity and a comparison of methodological scenario approaches for climate change research
Climate change assessments rely upon scenarios of socioeconomic developments to conceptualize alternative outcomes for global greenhouse gas emissions. These are used in conjunction with climate models to make projections of future climate. Specifically, the estimations of greenhouse gas emissions based on socioeconomic scenarios constrain climate models in their outcomes of temperatures, precipitation, etc. Traditionally, the fundamental logic o…
Improving environmental change research with systematic techniques for qualitative scenarios
Scenarios are key tools in analyses of global environmental change. Often they consist of quantitative and qualitative components, where the qualitative aspects are expressed in narrative, or storyline, form. Fundamental challenges in scenario development and use include identifying a small set of compelling storylines that span a broad range of policy-relevant futures, documenting that the assumptions embodied in the storylines are internally co…
Objectivity and a comparison of methodological scenario approaches for climate change research
Climate change assessments rely upon scenarios of socioeconomic developments to conceptualize alternative outcomes for global greenhouse gas emissions. These are used in conjunction with climate models to make projections of future climate. Specifically, the estimations of greenhouse gas emissions based on socioeconomic scenarios constrain climate models in their outcomes of temperatures, precipitation, etc. Traditionally, the fundamental logic o…
Climate Change and Energy Futures - Theoretical Frameworks, Epistemological Issues, and Methodological Perspectives
Critically re-imagining our energy systems is a major task for addressing climate change. Technological change or market signals do not automatically create new energy futures. Rather, political priorities and action shape the ambitions behind energy transitions. In response, this special issue is dedicated to re-thinking energy futures related to climate change, with attention to the social values and norms, hierarchical structures, and social i…
Using Network Analysis to Identify Key Scenario Elements Across Multiple Energy Scenario Studies
Studies on energy futures present many and usually vastly different plausible scenarios of energy development pathways that can inform energy policy decisions, which gives rise to the risk whereby scenario users may choose a specific study supporting their personal or political agenda in order to justify their decisions. Given how controversial energy futures in the context of climate change can be, developing and utilizing more objective approac…
Exploring “big picture” scenarios for resilience in social–ecological systems
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01308-1
Improving environmental change research with systematic techniques for qualitative scenarios
Scenarios are key tools in analyses of global environmental change. Often they consist of quantitative and qualitative components, where the qualitative aspects are expressed in narrative, or storyline, form. Fundamental challenges in scenario development and use include identifying a small set of compelling storylines that span a broad range of policy-relevant futures, documenting that the assumptions embodied in the storylines are internally co…
Objectivity and a comparison of methodological scenario approaches for climate change research
Climate change assessments rely upon scenarios of socioeconomic developments to conceptualize alternative outcomes for global greenhouse gas emissions. These are used in conjunction with climate models to make projections of future climate. Specifically, the estimations of greenhouse gas emissions based on socioeconomic scenarios constrain climate models in their outcomes of temperatures, precipitation, etc. Traditionally, the fundamental logic o…
Climate Change and Energy Futures - Theoretical Frameworks, Epistemological Issues, and Methodological Perspectives
Critically re-imagining our energy systems is a major task for addressing climate change. Technological change or market signals do not automatically create new energy futures. Rather, political priorities and action shape the ambitions behind energy transitions. In response, this special issue is dedicated to re-thinking energy futures related to climate change, with attention to the social values and norms, hierarchical structures, and social i…
Using Network Analysis to Identify Key Scenario Elements Across Multiple Energy Scenario Studies
Studies on energy futures present many and usually vastly different plausible scenarios of energy development pathways that can inform energy policy decisions, which gives rise to the risk whereby scenario users may choose a specific study supporting their personal or political agenda in order to justify their decisions. Given how controversial energy futures in the context of climate change can be, developing and utilizing more objective approac…
Exploring value change
This article aims to explore the use of cross-impact balances (CIB) to identify scenarios of value change. The possibility of value change has received little attention in the literature on value-sensitive design (VSD). Examples of value change include the emergence of new values and changes in the relative importance of values. Value change could lead to a mismatch between values embedded in technology and the way they are currently considered i…
Boundaries of the future
Exploring “big picture” scenarios for resilience in social–ecological systems
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01308-1
The future of direct air capture in Canada
Integrated assessment models often overlook the interdependencies of socio-political factors shaping the deployment direct air capture (DAC), leading to projections that may be overly optimistic. To address this gap, we systematically explore the conditions under which DAC may (or not) emerge as a competitive carbon dioxide removal (CDR) option in Canada using the system-theoretical scenario method cross-impact balances (CIB), which accommodates …
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Futures contract (3 works)