June
Who’s evaluating Swiss landscapes?
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, how do you define a beautiful landscape? Machine learning algorithms can be helpful here, says Adrienne Grêt-Regamey. (Re-post from ETH Zukunftsblog)
ISTP4Public NEW Video: What drives public support for policies to enhance electric vehicle adoption?
The second video of our video statement series "ISTP4Public" is out and it provides fresh insights into the public support and the political feasibility of policy options for promoting EV adoption. ISTP PhD student Gracia Brückmann shares the key findings of her and Prof. Thomas Bernauer’s recently published study in Environmental Research Letters.
Announcement of the new Doctoral Programme RESPONSE offered by the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC)
The RESPONSE Doctoral Programme (DP) «RESPONSE - to society and policy needs through plant, food and energy sciences» builds on the academic expertise of three world-leading institutions - ETH Zurich, University of Zurich and University of Basel - and the three internationally renowned competence centers Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC), the World Food System Center and Energy Science Center. It will start in February 2020.
Swiss Environmental Panel: Full Report of the Second Panel Wave on Climate Issues
The Swiss Environmental Panel explores public opinion in Switzerland in relation to environmental preferences and behaviour, and changes therein. It constitutes a panel survey which ETH conducts in cooperation with the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). The full report of the Wave 2 focusing on climate, climate change and climate policy is now available.