GLORIWA assesses path dependencies in urban water management by analyzing the global actor structures and institutional rationalities that stabilize the current dominant design
The BARRIERS project aims at improving our understanding of the institutional barriers for radical innovation in UWM. It analyzes ‘lighthouse cities’ that experiment with non-grid UWM systems.
The Lighthouse Project focuses on visible examples of onsite and decentralised urban water management systems, which will play a key role in enabling sustainability transitions.
Efficient Technical Cycles project analyses potential future transition of the construction sector towards more sustainable techniques, materials, methods and procedures
We investigate stakeholders’ preferences, risk attitude, influence, and collaborations for finding consensus options in Swiss governance of plant protection products.
How to deal with uncertainty in environmental problems, with the aim of improving the communication of uncertainty for better informed decision-making.
Durch eine Analyse von Präferenzen in den internationalen Klimakonferenzen, untersuchen wir die Umsetzbarkeit verschiedener Politikinstrumente zur Reduktion von Treibhausgasemissionen.
In diesem Projekt untersucht und vergleicht Politiknetzwerke verschiedener Art, um klimapolitische Prozesse in ihrer Komplexität zu erfassen und entschlüsseln
Dieses Projekt entwickelt eine interdisziplinäre Theorie zu den Faktoren, die in einem Mehrebenensystem, die dazu beitragen, dass Staaten auf den internationalen Klimaverhandlungen gemachten Versprechen einhalten und im Rahmen nationaler Regulierung umsetzen.
Conservation and restoration of biodiversity in water bodies to strengthen their resilience to climate change through integrated water body restoration
Efficient Technical Cycles project analyses potential future transition of the construction sector towards more sustainable techniques, materials, methods and procedures
Axé sur la gestion des bassins versants dans des régions montagneuses suisses, le projet vise à accroître la résilience des écosystèmes de montagne, et de répondre aux besoins sociétaux de ressources naturelles.
Le but principal de ce projet est d'étudier l'apporivisionnement privé des biens publics - produits et services neutre en carbone - dans le contexte du changement climatique
Axé sur la gestion des bassins versants dans des régions montagneuses suisses, le projet vise à accroître la résilience des écosystèmes de montagne, et de répondre aux besoins sociétaux de ressources naturelles.
In the "Jurapark Aargau" Real-world Lab, researchers work together with the region's residents to find ways to strengthen and promote sustainable development locally.
The project EXPLORE focuses on understanding how inter- and transdisciplinary integration occurs at the interface of research, policy, and practice, using the BGB Initiative as an empirical case study.
The project promotes the implementaion of RRR business models in Lima, Peru by improving the local institutional framework and technical capacities of interested entrepreneurs.
Aufbau von Partnerschaften in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) für ein Vorhersage- und Warnsystem für Hochwasserereignisse in Westafrika.
Goal is an improved planning procedure for sustainable water supply and wastewater infrastructure management that links into the existing Swiss governance structures.
Removal of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater is well accepted by stakeholders if trade-off between good performance of an option and its costs is reasonable.
MCDA allows integrating ecological assessments with the prediction of consequences of river rehabilitation, and the preferences of experts about trade-offs
Nous développons des approches d'évaluation pour les systèmes d'aide à la planification afin d'améliorer la planification stratégique des solutions basées sur la nature dans nos villes.
PEGO - Analyse politique et Gouvernance environnementale
This project addresses the question of which factors explain governments’ choice of instrument selection, applied to micropollution regulation in the Rhine river basin.
Digitalization is one of the most popular trends in public sector relying on information and communication technologies, internet of things, big data, sensor networks and artificial intelligence.
A handwashing promotion project in the Borena Zone of southern Ethiopia aimed to increase handwashing rates in communities through systematic behavior change strategies.
This project aimed at improving the effectiveness of an information intervention to promote the use of existing safe water options with theory-based and evidence-based behaviour change techniques.
A handwashing promotion project in the Borena Zone of southern Ethiopia aimed to increase handwashing rates in communities through systematic behavior change strategies.
The aim of this study is to develop and deliver effective behavior change strategies promoting hygiene practices towards the prevention of cholera and diarrheal diseases.
The objective of this study is to gain information about the current situation with regard to the population’s knowledge about Ebola to take action towards the promotion of prevention behaviors.
The global aim of the study is the identification of evidence based behavior change techniques concerning water consumption, sanitation and hygiene practices.
This study aims at developing and testing evidence-based behavior change strategies to alter purchasing and use of sanitation facilities as well as handwashing practices in two main suburbs of Dakar.
The objective of this study is to find out the relevant socio-psychological factors of behavior intentions related to the prevention of an Ebola outbreak and hand washing with soap in vulnerable areas
This project aims at developing and testing evidence-based behavior change strategies to alter unhealthy hygiene and drinking water practices, as well as sustainable use of adequate sanitation in Malawi.
Le but principal de ce projet de recherche est la réalisation d'une analyse coût avantage sur la modernisation des stations d'épuration des eaux usées en Suisse
Le projet réalise une analyse coût-éfficacité de différentes mesures pour la réduction de la pollution chimique des eaux dans le bassin fluvial de Mönchaltorfer Aa (ZH)
Le projet répond aux lacunes actuelles de la recherche en matière d'intégration des sciences forestières, écohydrologiques et économiques afin d'améliorer les processus décisionnels.
Un des buts principaux de ce projet est le développement d'un concept théorique qui explique les causes de l'incertitude des préférences à travers un questionnaire d'expériences à choix.
Le but de ce projet est de montrer de quelle manière la valorisation économique de différents services écosystémiques est distribuée spatialement en Suisse.
Le Programme national de recherche "Gestion durable de l'eau" (PNR 61) a élaboré des bases scientifiques et des méthodes visant une gestion durable des ressources hydrologiques en Suisse.
Gestion durable de l'eau (PNR 61)
The INTEGRATE project aims at strengthening inter- and transdisciplinary integration within and across the strategic research program Wings.