Public engagement

Selected activities

• Invited expert at ETH-Klimarunde to engage with the public on the topic of "Can we save the climate with technologies?"

• Served as expert at a workshop on “Trust in Science for Public Policy” organized by the European Commission Joint Research Center and the International Science Council.

• Served as expert for NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Science Advisory Board on "Science Informing Climate Policy: Role, Reputational Risk & Trust". 

• Essay published in the Swiss National Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) Bulletin on the illusion of green growth with Lea Tamberg and Raphael Portmann.

• Interview with Canadian Broadcasting Company Podcast “What on Earth?”

• Interview with Vogue Business: "Degrowth: The future fashion has been looking for?"

• Moderator for a public discussion on sustainable consumption as part of the “Conflict Kitchen – Empowering Climate Action"

• Panel discussion at [y]our 2040 with Nigel Topping and Patrick Frick on decision-making in the face of climate change.

• Radio interview on RAI Südtirol: "Wie geht Zukunft?"

• Panel discussion: “Mehr Zug, weniger Flug - braucht es ein Umdenken im Tourismus und in der Geschäftswelt? Oder sollten wir in Zukunft weniger reisen?”

• Podcast IschGleich on the topic of trust and climate change “Vertrauensfrage Klimaerwärmung” 

• Commentary on the role of sufficiency for sustainable digitalization with Leonard Creutzburg and Vivian Frick.

• Swiss Reporter Forum. Panel discussion on the role of journalism in reporting about climate change.

• Swiss Radio and Television (SRF 1, Club). Panel discussion on the climate strikes in Switzerland titled “Panik! Das Klima bewegt die Jugend.”