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Milena Wiget

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Milena Wiget

PhD Student, Group: DA

Department Environmental Social Sciences

About Me

I am a doctoral student at Eawag working on the topic of Swiss governance of plant protection products (PPPs). More specifically, I am interested in how and by whom public policy decisions as well as practical management choices to reduce the use and risks of PPPs are made and influenced. In my dissertation project, I combine Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) with Policy Analysis to investigate relevant decisions and decision processes. In general, I am very passionate about human interactions with nature and how resulting socio-environmental conflicts / sustainability issues could be solved, managed, or governed.

Projects

Sustainable transformation of the Swiss agriculture to internalized negative external effects of pesticide use.
We investigate stakeholders’ preferences, risk attitude, influence, and collaborations for finding consensus options in Swiss governance of plant protection products.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2021 Ph.D. student in Political Science at Eawag / University of Bern
(Specialisation in Policy and Decision Analysis; Ph.D. topic: «Policy and Decision Analysis in Swiss Governance of Plant Protection Products»)
2016 - 2019 M.Sc. in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich
(Specialisation in Environmental Systems and Policy (Major) and Agricultural Plant Production and Environment (Minor); M.Sc. thesis: «Agroecological Assessment Frameworks – Main Challenges of Future Indicator-based Agricultural Assessment Frameworks in the Context of International Development Cooperation»)
2012 - 2015 B.Sc. in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich
(Specialisation in Human-Environment-Systems; B.Sc. thesis: «Effect of Spodoptera littoralis Herbivory on Defence Mechanisms of Bt Maize»)

Publications

Hofmann, B., Reber, U., Ammann, P., Dötzer, J., Mark, J., McCallum, C., … Zachmann, L. (2025). A typology of interdisciplinary collaborations: insights from agri-food transformation research. Sustainability Science. doi:10.1007/s11625-025-01702-x, Institutional Repository
Wiget, M. (2024). Does (dis)agreement reflect beliefs? An analysis of advocacy coalitions in Swiss pesticide policy. European Policy Analysis, 10(4), 488-514. doi:10.1002/epa2.1219, Institutional Repository
Hofmann, B., Ingold, K., Stamm, C., Ammann, P., Eggen, R. I. L., Finger, R., … Hoffmann, S. (2023). Barriers to evidence use for sustainability: insights from pesticide policy and practice. Ambio, 52(2), 425-439. doi:10.1007/s13280-022-01790-4, Institutional Repository

M. Wiget, A. Muller, A. Hilbeck (2020). Main Challenges and Key Features of Indicator-based Agroecological Assessment Frameworks in the Context of International Cooperation. Ecology & Society, 25(3):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11774-250325

Address

E-Mail: milena.wiget@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 6749
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: FC E30

Research Group

Decision Analysis (DA)

Focalpoints

  • Socio-environmental conflicts and governance issues
  • Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA; Multi-attribute value / utility theory, MAVT / MAUT); Behavioral Operational Research (BOR)
  • Policy Analysis; Social Network Analysis (SNA)
  • Indicators; Assessment Frameworks
  • (Agro-)ecology