Organisation and actors

The success of NRP 71 depends on a number of actors from research and the administration.

  • Steering Committee of NRP 71

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    • Prof. Dr. Andreas Balthasar, Department of Political Science, University of Lucerne (President)
    • Dr. Konrad Götz, Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Frankfurt/Main
    • Prof. em. Dr. Beat Hotz-Hart, University of Zurich
    • Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs, Hochschule für Politik München (HfP), Technische Universität München
    • Prof. Dr. Petra Schweizer-Ries, Prof. of Sustainability Science, Bochum University of Applied Sciences and adj. Prof. of Environmental Psychology, Universität des Saarlandes
    • Prof. Dr. Frédéric Varone, Département de science politique et relations internationales, Université de Genève (from 1 January 2017)
    • Prof. Dr. Hannelore Weck-Hannemann, Prof. of Political Economy, Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck
  • Delegates of the National Research Council

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    • Prof. Dr. Claudia R. Binder, Laboratory for Human-Environmental Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), EPF Lausanne (from 1 January 2017)
    • Prof. Dr. Frédéric Varone, Département de science politique et relations internationales, Université de Genève (until 31 December 2016)
  • Representative of the Confederation

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    • Dr. Matthias Gysler, Deputy Head of Energy Economy Division, Head of Market Regulation, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), Bern
  • Programme Manager

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    • Dr. Stefan Husi, Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern
  • Team for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT-Team)

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    • Dr. Andrea Leu (team leader), Senarclens, Leu + Partner AG, Zurich
    • Theres Paulsen, Network for transdisciplinary research td-net, Swiss academies for arts and sciences, Bern (until 31 December 2016)
    • Daniel Schaller, Planair AG, La Sagne (TCT Antenne Romande / from 1 January 2018)
    • Dr. Oliver Wimmer, cR Kommunikation AG, Zurich