Affiliated Professor, Environmental Humanities
Habilitation, ETH Zurich
Ph.D., ETH Zurich
M.Sc., ETH Zurich.
Email: ckschumacher@fus.edu
Christoph Kueffer is Affiliated Professor in Environmental Humanities at the Division of Arts and Cultures and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainable Futures. He received a Master in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zurich, and completed his PhD in plant ecology and habilitation in plant and global change ecology at the same university. He is also affiliated with the Landscape Architecture School in Rapperswil (OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences), the Departments of Environmental Systems Science and Architecture at ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich, and the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM) at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel. Christoph’s current research focuses on the intersections of arts, culture, planning and ecology in relation to the biodiversity crisis and with the aim to foster sustainability studies and environmental humanities.
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Areas of Research:
Environmental Humanities, Sustainability Studies, Urban Ecology and Urban Studies. For a full overview see: https://christophkueffer.academia.edu/
Publications:
Iseli, E., Chisholm, C., Lenoir, J., Haider, S., Seipel, T., Barros, A. [...] Kueffer, C., [...] Alexander, J. 2023. Rapid upwards spread of non-native plants in mountains globally. Nature Ecology & Evolution, in press. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01979-6.
Kueffer, C. 2022. Rethinking Evidence Practices for Environmental Decision-Making in the Anthropocene. What Can We Learn from Invasive Species Research and Policy? In: Zachmann, K., Gadebusch, M., Saana Jukola,B., Sparschuh, O. (Eds.).Evidence Contestation. Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies. New York: Routledge, pp. 101-138. Doi: 10.4324/9781003273509-7
Kueffer, C., Wiedmer, C. 2022. Upscaling research and teaching on the Sustainable Development Goals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. GAIA 31/1, pp. 57-59.
Weisz, H., Kueffer, C., Renn, O., Schmid, B., & Wäger, P. 2022. Thirty years of GAIA: a constant in a fast-changing world. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 31(1), pp. 4-5.
Akandil, C., Ismail, S.A., Kueffer, C. 2021. No green deal without a nature-based economy. GAIA 30/4, pp. 281–283
Ismail, S.A., Pouteau, R., van Kleunen, M., Maurel, N., Kueffer, C. 2021. Horticultural plant use as a so-far neglected pillar of ex situ conservation. Conservation Letters 14(5), e12825.
Vega, K.A., Kueffer, C. 2021. Promoting wildflower biodiversity in dense and green cities: The important role of small vegetation patches. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 62, 127165.
Vega, K.A., Schläpfer-Miller, J., Kueffer, C. 2021. Discovering the wild side of urban plants through public engagement. Plants People Planet 3(4), pp. 389–401.
Kueffer, C. 2020. Plant sciences for the Anthropocene: What can we learn from research in urban areas? In: Plants, People, Planet 2, pp. 286-289.
Kueffer, C., Di Giulio, M., Hauser, K., Wiedmer, C. 2020. Time for a biodiversity turn in sustainability science. In: GAIA 29(4), pp. 272-274.
Kueffer, C. 2020. Cities as ecosystems and buildings as living organisms. In: Ilka & Andreas Ruby (Hrsg.). The Materials Book. Ruby Press, pp. 206- 210. http://src.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/flip/F19bk/206/
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