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Manuel Fischer

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Dr. Manuel Fischer

Department Head & Group Leader, Group: PEGO

Department Environmental Social Sciences

About Me

I am Head of Department and a group leader of the research group Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance (PEGO) at the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at Eawag and an adjunct professor (Titularprofessor) at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern.

My research analyzes governance arrangements, decision-making processes and political networks, with a focus on water and environmental issues.  

Projects

Improve Science-Policy Dialogue to tackle intricate societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and the energy transition.

ENGAGE – Evidence-based dialogue on trade-offs in wicked societal problems
Social-ecological networks for biodiversity enrichment in Human dominated landscapes.

BlueGreenNet
Social-ecological networks to enhance biodiversity in urban green areas

GreenCityNet
An Eawag-WSL collaboration focusing on Biodiversity at the interface of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

Blue Green Biodiversity Research Initiative
Effiziente technische Kreisläufe analysiert den möglichen künftigen Übergang des Bausektors zu nachhaltigeren Techniken, Materialien, Methoden und Verfahren

SCENE WP5: Effiziente technische Kreisläufe
Ausgetrocknete Emme unterhalb der Emme-Birne bei Aefligen in der Trockenperiode 2018
Conservation and restoration of biodiversity in water bodies to strengthen their resilience to climate change through integrated water body restoration

Stopping biodiversity loss in waterbodies – despite climate change

PhD students (co-supervision)

Curriculum Vitae

2022 - present Department Head ESS, Eawag, Dübendorf, CH
2021 - present Adjunct professor (Titularprofessor), Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, CH
2017 - 2020 Privatdozent (lecturer with habilitation), Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, CH
2014 - present Research group leader, Eawag, Dübendorf, CH
2013 - 2017 Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, CH
2012 - 2013 Post-doc researcher, Eawag, Dübendorf, CH
2011 - 2012 Post-doc teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, CH.
2007 - 2011 PhD student and research assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, CH & Center for European Studies and Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Publications

Aliyev, T., Fischer, M., Bolliger, J., & Hedjazi, A. (2024). Urban green areas in Baku. Crafting a sustainable and climate-resilient city agenda. Baku dialogues, 8(1), 28-40. , Institutional Repository

Bolognesi, T., Lieberherr, E., & Fischer, M. (2024). Identifying and explaining policy preferences in Swiss water management. Policy & Politics, 52(3), 384-411. doi:10.1332/03055736Y2023D000000004, Institutional Repository

Huber, M. N., Angst, M., & Fischer, M. (2024). The link between social-ecological network fit and outcomes: a rare empirical assessment of a prominent hypothesis. Society and Natural Resources, 37(7), 1090-1107. doi:10.1080/08941920.2024.2335393, Institutional Repository

Pärli, R., Byamungu, M., Fischer, M., Kantengwa, S., Kintche, K., Konlambigue, M., … Späth, L. (2024). “The reality in the DRC is just not the reality in Rwanda” - how context factors affect transdisciplinary research projects. Research Policy, 53(7), 105035 (12 pp.). doi:10.1016/j.respol.2024.105035, Institutional Repository

Aliyev, T., Fischer, M., & Hedjazi, A. (2023). Baku sea-level rise resilience challenges: beyond the unidirectional coastal urban renewal program. International Scientific Journal of Urban Planning & Sustainable Development (28), 1-19. doi:10.58225/urbanizm.2023-28-1-19, Institutional Repository

Duygan, M., Fischer, M., & Ingold, K. (2023). Assessing the readiness of municipalities for digital process innovation. Technology in Society, 72, 102179 (11 pp.). doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102179, Institutional Repository

Fischer, M., Ingold, K., Duygan, M., Manny, L., & Pakizer, K. (2023). Actor networks in urban water governance. In T. Bolognesi, F. Silva Pinto, & M. Farrelly (Eds.), Routledge environment and sustainability handbooks. Routledge handbook of urban water governance (pp. 243-256). doi:10.4324/9781003057574-21, Institutional Repository

Huber, M. N., Fischer, M., & Egli, N. (2023). Cross‐sectoral information and actors' contact networks in natural resource governance in the Swiss Alps. Environmental Policy and Governance, 33(44), 411-422. doi:10.1002/eet.2036, Institutional Repository

Molné, F., Donati, G. F. A., Bolliger, J., Fischer, M., Maurer, M., & Bach, P. M. (2023). Supporting the planning of urban blue-green infrastructure for biodiversity: a multi-scale prioritisation framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 342, 118069 (12 pp.). doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118069, Institutional Repository

Montfort, S., Fischer, M., Hollway, J., & Jager, N. W. (2023). Design paths of federal intergovernmental cooperation. Policy Studies Journal, 51(4), 773-792. doi:10.1111/psj.12498, Institutional Repository

Reber, U., Ingold, K., & Fischer, M. (2023). The role of actors' issue and sector specialization for policy integration in the parliamentary arena: an analysis of Swiss biodiversity policy using text as data. Policy Sciences, 56, 95-114. doi:10.1007/s11077-022-09490-2, Institutional Repository

Trein, P., Fischer, M., Maggetti, M., & Sarti, F. (2023). Empirical research on policy integration: a review and new directions. Policy Sciences, 59, 29-48. doi:10.1007/s11077-022-09489-9, Institutional Repository

Practice-relevant publications

Aeschlimann, A., Fehle, P., Neuhaus, et al.  (2024). Den Biodiversitätsverlust der Gewässer stoppen – trotz Klimawandel. Zwischenbericht Phase I (2020 - 2023): Projekt LANAT-3, Wyss Academy for Nature Hub Bern.

Aeschlimann, A., Fehle, P., Neuhaus et al. (2024). Fünf Stossrichtungen zur Förderung der Gewässerbiodiversität. Erste Impulse des Wyss Academy-Projekts Lanat-3. Aqua & Gas, 104(6), 50-54.

Altermatt, F., Graham, C., Holderegger, R., Fischer, M., & Klaus, G. (2024). Blau-grüne Biodiversität erkennen, erhalten und fördern. Erkenntnisse aus der Forschungsinitiative «Blue-Green Biodiversity». Dübendorf: Eawag; Birmensdorf: WSL. 55 p.

Bryner, A., Fischer, M., & Vollenweider, S. (2024). Wasserpolitischer Jahresrückblick 2023. Aqua & Gas, 104(5), 66-75.

Donati, G., van den Brandeler, F., Sägesser et al. (2024). Dialog über ökologische Infrastruktur - Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. Nature et Paysage. Natur und Landschaft: Inside, 24(1), 40-43.

Fischer, M., Donati, G., van den Brandeler et al. (2024). Workshop für Stakeholder zu vernetzter ökologischer Infrastruktur. Aqua & Gas, 104(4), 58-60.

Zinn, N., Archbold, J., Fischer et al. (2024). LANAT-3: Klimawandel U. Biodiversitätsverlust im unteren Emmental. Im Fokus: Akteure, Akteurinnen und ihr Netzwerk. Aqua & Gas, 104(7+8), 46-50.

Bryner, A., Fischer, M., & Vollenweider, S. (2023). Wasserpolitischer Jahresrückblick 2022. Aqua & Gas, 103(5), 70-80.

Donati, G., van den Brandeler, F., Bolliger, J., & Fischer, M. (2023). Wirksame blau-grüne Infrastruktur bedingt vernetzte Stakeholder. Hotspot, 48, 17-19.

Janz, J., Binz, C., Fischer, M., & Hänggli, A. (2023). Paradigmenwechsel im Gewässerschutz. Illustriert durch die Wasser-Timeline der Schweiz. Aqua & Gas, 103(1), 64-68.

Josi, D., Seehausen, O., Wegscheider, B. et al. (2023). Biodiversitätsverlust der Gewässer stoppen. Aqua & Gas, 103(9), 66-67.

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Address

E-Mail: manuel.fischer@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 5676
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: FC E32
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Expert on

environmental policy

Research Group

Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance (PEGO)

Focalpoints

  • Governance and decision-making
  • Political networks
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Water governance
  • Environmental and energy politics
  • Swiss Politics

Praxis projects


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