60 Beiträge in Kategorie: Research

  • · by Mirjam Steiger · in Research, Sustainability

    Making power visible to enable deep societal transformation

    How can we transition from knowing about the most pressing challenges of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality—to achieving tangible, lasting transformation? What is needed is not just new technologies or incremental policy fixes, but transformative change.

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  • · by Roger Keller · in Research, Sustainability

    Die vielfältigen Werte der Natur

    Wie nehmen wir die Natur wahr? Welche Bedeutung hat sie für uns – persönlich, gesellschaftlich und wirtschaftlich? Und wie können wir ihre Werte und Leistungen langfristig sichern? Diesen Fragen sind 30 Forschende im mehrjährigen Projekt ValPar.CH nachgegangen. Die Zusammenarbeit sei herausfordernd und bereichernd gewesen, berichten die Beteiligten des GIUZ.

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  • · by Katia Soland · in Master's and PhD students projects, Research

    Von prekärer Arbeit und unsichtbaren Menschen

    Von Bonn über Bogotá, Kiel und São Paulo nach Zürich – so lässt sich Merlin Hebeckers Weg geografisch beschreiben. Was die Stationen verbindet, ist sein Interesse für soziale Ungleichheiten.

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  • · by Katia Soland · in Research, What's new

    Unsichtbares sichtbar machen

    «Es wird oft unterschätzt, wie viele Personen in der Schweiz unter prekären Bedingungen arbeiten – viele davon Frauen und Personen mit Migrationserfahrung.» Karin Schwiter befasst sich mit Menschen und Erwerbssituationen, die von der Statistik nicht erfasst werden.

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  • · by Jacqueline Bannwart, Michael Zemp · in Research, What's new

    Glacier monitoring from space is crucial, and at risk

    Satellites have long been crucial for tracking glacier changes at a global scale. Yet, despite decades of progress, this essential capability is now at risk. Several key long-running missions that provide open and high-resolution data are nearing the end of their lifespans. Without follow-up plans, decades of carefully built glacier records could be disrupted.

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  • · by Katia Soland · in Research

    «Wir möchten zusammen Indikatoren entwickeln, die es bislang nicht gibt»

    In der Schweiz gibt es viele, frei verfügbare Daten von Ämtern und Organisationen. Der Mehrwert, den diese Daten bieten, sei allerdings noch lange nicht erschöpft, meint Ross Purves, Professor am Geografischen Institut der Universität Zürich. Mehr aus diesen Daten rauszuholen ist nur eines der Ziele, die er mit dem Public Data Lab verfolgt.

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  • Number of birdspecies named after European surnames
    · by Sofia van Moorsel, Shona Loong, Hendrik Wulf on behalf of the Decolonize Science Working Group · in Research, Sustainability, Teaching and studying

    Decolonizing science: «It’s a journey, not a checklist»

    How can we engage in science that is not only excellent, but also just? What does it mean to decolonize research and teaching in a discipline like geography, with its historical role in enabling colonialisms? These were the driving questions behind two recent workshops at GIUZ.

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  • · by Christian Huggel · in Research, What's new

    The ice-rock avalanche in Blatten: causes and the role of climate change

    A couple of days after the tragic and shocking ice-rock-debris avalanche in Blatten on May 28, here are a few points on the underlying physics of the cascade of processes and the role of climate change.

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  • · by Hanna Hilbrandt · in Research, Sustainability

    Financing just climate action in Mexican municipalities: challenges and learnings

    How can cities in the Global South finance climate action in ways that are both effective and fair? We recently discussed the findings of our SNSF-funded research project «The Urbanization of Global Climate Finance» with local experts, government officials, international cooperation agencies, and climate activists in Mexico City.

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  • · by Sofia van Moorsel · in Research, What's new

    Beech genomes for the future: Adapting forests to climate change

    As climate change intensifies, Europe’s forests face increasing stress. The European beech, a key tree species, has been especially harmed by recent droughts – particularly the severe 2018 event. While some trees show greater resilience, the reasons for this variation remain unclear. A workshop at GIUZ discussed latest research insights and practical implications.

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