Prof. Dr. Michael Stauffacher

Position at ETH

• 2015 – today | Titularprofessor (Adjunct Professor), ETH Zürich
• 2015 – today | Study advisor of the Major Environmental Systems & Policy, ETH Zürich
• 2013 – today | Senior Scientist, Co-Director USYS TdLab, ETH Zürich

Research area

In my research I balance scientific excellence with societal relevance. My research has always a problem-focus, that means I start from a real-world problem, trying to disentangle its complexities by an integrative approach linking different disciplinary perspectives. Close interaction with societal actors is thereby of key importance, both in co-designing the research and co-producing knowledge throughout the whole process – an approach we denote as transdisciplinary research and that I develop further by conceptual and methodological contributions. My core problem fields are at the moment contested infrastructures like for instance, projects on carbon dioxide removal, carbon capture and storage and the nexus energy-climate change from the perspectives of urban development and social practices.

Further academic positions

• Member Board of Directors Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences external page (SAGW/SAHS)
• Member Extended Energy Commission of A+ (external page Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences)