Stauffacher, Michael
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
2015 – today | Titularprofessor (Adjunct Professor), ETH Zürich 2015 – today | Senior Scientist, Climate Policy group (Prof. Patt), ETH Zürich 2015 – today | Coordinator of the Major Environmental Systems & Policy, ETH Zürich 2013 – today | Senior Scientist, Co-Director USYS TdLab, ETH Zürich.
Research Interest
In his research he balanced scientific excellence with societal relevance. My research has always a problem-focus, that means I start from a real-world problem, trying to disentangle its complexities by an integrative approach linking different disciplinary perspectives. Close interaction with societal actors is thereby of key importance, both in co-designing the research and co-producing knowledge throughout the whole process – an approach we denote as transdisciplinary research and that I develop further by conceptual and methodological contributions. My core problem fields are at the moment contested infrastructures like for instance, projects on deep geothermal energy, nuclear waste, river restoration and the nexus energy-climate change from the perspectives of urban development and rural energy community strategies.
Publications
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Luederitz C, Schäpke N, Wiek A, Lang DJ, Bergmann M, Bos JJ, Burch S, Davies A, Evans J, König A, Farrelly MA, Forrest N, Frantzeskaki N, Gibson RB, Kay B, Loorbach D, McCormick K, Parodi O, Rauschmayer F, Schneidewind U, Stauffacher M, Stelzer F, Trencher G, Venjakob J, Vergragt PJ, von Wehrden H, Westley FR (2016, online first). Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments, Journal of Cleaner Production, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.005.
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Knoblauch, T. A. K., Stauffacher, M., & Trutnevyte, E. (2017, online first). Communicating LowProbability High-Consequence Risk, Uncertainty and Expert Confidence: Induced Seismicity of Deep Geothermal Energy and Shale Gas. Risk Analysis. doi:10.1111/risa.12872
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Frick, V., Seidl, R., Stauffacher, M., & Moser, C. (2017, online first). Promoting energy-saving behaviour: formal social groups as promising middle actors for municipal interventions. Energy Efficiency. doi:10.1007/s12053-017-9543-2
