PEGO Research Group

Congratulations to our @pego-group.bsky.social member Lukas Fesenfeld on his appointment as Assistant Professor at @ethz.ch! 🎉

Well deserved — we're excited for future collaborations and the insights to come.

Gentle reminder: do not miss our upcoming webinar next Monday, Dec 8, with Florence Metz 🇪🇺🌱

More infos and a link to sign up can be found in the thread below 👇🏻

Looking forward to next Monday☺️

🔍 Looking forward to this #ECPR webinar with Florence Metz, former @pego-group.bsky.social member, on using network approaches to unpack complexity in EU climate policy 🌍

🗓 Wed, Dec 8 | 16:00 CET
Sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

🔍 Looking forward to this #ECPR webinar with Florence Metz, former @pego-group.bsky.social member, on using network approaches to unpack complexity in EU climate policy 🌍

🗓 Wed, Dec 8 | 16:00 CET
Sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Three ways to design interdisciplinary collaborations By Benjamin Hofmann and Milena Wiget. What options do researchers have in designing interdisciplinary collaborations? How can researchers understand the connections between their own discipline-bas…

👏 Great read on how interdisciplinary research can be designed and practiced!

Glad to see Milena Wiget (@pego-group.bsky.social) and Benjamin Hofmann share insights from the #TRAPEGO project — highlighting three forms of interdisciplinary collaboration.

i2insights.org/2025/10/07/t...

Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: Florence Metz from University of Kaiserslautern-Landau will share insights on using network approaches to unpack complexity in EU climate policy. Join us! 😊

🗓: Wednesday, December 8, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Had a great time at #FoodDay2025 by the @ethzwfsc.bsky.social this week 🌱. I presented a poster on our study that analyzes how experiences with plant-based meat substitutes (PBMS) shape dietary change. Thanks a lot to the organizers ✨.

🎲 Through @kariningold.bsky.social's class, students and some @pego-group.bsky.social members played the 2030 SDGs Game last Tuesday facilitated by Siro Koch.

💵🌱🏘️ Balancing Economy, Environment & Society proved tricky, but by the end our group boosted the 🌱 Environment sector.

📢 The Swiss Climate Summer School on climate variability across space & time takes place 🇨🇭 30 Aug–4 Sept 2026 in Grindelwald.
🌍 Organized by the Oeschger Centre, @unibe.ch — a great chance for PhDs & postdocs to connect across disciplines.
🗓 Apply by 15 Jan 2026
www.oeschger.unibe.ch/studies/summ...

Policy Design and Governance Effectiveness: The Role of Non‐Linearities in Urban Water Management International Organizations formulate and disseminate principles of good governance for issues such as urban water governance. These principles are formulated in universal and general terms, for exam...

📣 New paper out!

@thomasbolognesi.bsky.social and PEGO member Manuel Fischer analyze good governance principles that make urban water governance more effective in 35 megacities cities worldwide.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Wie beeinflusst das Klima die Kaufentscheide? Während Forschende aufzeigen, wie komplex die Konsumentscheidungen sind, spürt die Landwirtschaft in der Direktvermarktung unmittelbar, welche Kriterien zählen.

«Jeder Kaufentscheid beeinflusst das Klima – und das Klima beeinflusst zunehmend, was im Einkaufskorb landet.»
Im LID-Artikel von Renate Hodel durfte ich gemeinsam mit Lukas Fesenfeld Einblicke zu Ernährung & Klima geben.
👉 www.lid.ch/artikel/kons...

Thanks a lot 😊

Excited to share our new PEGO publication: Hijacking or helping?
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...

@policysciences.bsky.social polisky

Co-authored by @marlenekammerer.bsky.social, Jack Baker, Lukas Fesenfeld, @maikenmelanie.bsky.social, Simon Montfort, and @kariningold.bsky.social

📢 New PEGO Publication

Hijacking or helping? How political actors leveraged the COVID-19 pandemic in the climate discourse to advocate their policy beliefs and preferences

This paper explores how overlapping crises influence public discourse and policy advocacy.

🔗 lnkd.in/e9j9wdB4

Hope to see many of you at #COPPR in Bern 🏔️ or online 🧭

Deadline extended until September 15th, submit your paper or panel soon ⌛

Questions? Do not hesitate to reach out to me!

💬 Thanks to panelists: C. Casado-Martinez, B. Brun, J. Reich @johannesreich.bsky.social, D. Werner, A. Berthet
📍 More info: lnkd.in/d_tTXTC5

@unibe.ch @eawag.bsky.social @baselstadt.bsky.social

🧪 How should we regulate chemicals?
Yesterday at #ContaSed2025, a round table moderated by @kariningold.bsky.social brought together politics, science, industry & practice to discuss this pressing question from a multi-level and cross-sectoral perspective.

....Anna Kukkonen, Arttu Malkamäki, @petrocelik.bsky.social, Keiichi Satoh, Mark Stoddart, Pradip Swarnakar, and @paulmwagner.bsky.social.

✨ Chapter: Climate Policy Networks
👥 Authors: Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, @dbtindall.bsky.social, @anttigronow.bsky.social, Jeffrey Broadbent, Maria Brockhaus, @marlenekammerer.bsky.social, Aasa Karimo, Anniina Kotkaniemi, .....

📢 New PEGO publication!

@marlenekammerer.bsky.social & colleagues from the Compon project just published the chapter "Climate Policy Networks" in the Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment. 🌍📖

Read here 👉 lnkd.in/d9Cq9pZ4

📢 Reminder: Tomorrow at #ContaSed2025: Round table on 'How to regulate chemicals? A multi-level & cross-sectoral perspective.' moderated by @kariningold.bsky.social
🗓 3 Sept, 11:00–12:30
📍 UniS, Bern, Room A022
Conference Info: lnkd.in/d_tTXTC5
Floorplan UniS: lnkd.in/evcxBWSr

⏳ Good news for #COPPR2026 🇨🇭 – the deadline to submit proposals is now Sept 15, 2025! Don’t miss the chance to join the policy process research community in Bern, Jan 20–23. 🎯

Fritz Sager, @cschlaufer.bsky.social & @kariningold.bsky.social @polprocessrsch.bsky.social

🧪 How should we regulate chemicals?
Join our round table with voices from politics, science & industry.
📍 Wed, 03.09.25 | 11:00–12:30
UniS, Bern (Rm. A022)
💬 With C. Casado-Martinez, J. Reich, D. Werner & A. Trede
👩‍💼 Moderator: @kariningold.bsky.social
Part of #ContaSed2025 – no registration needed.

COPPR26 Proposal Submission & Registration Important Dates to Remember June 5, 2025-August 31, 2025: Open call for pre-COPPR workshops, papers, panels, and roundtable proposals September 30, 2025: Notification of accepted or rejected propos…

Interested in policy process research? #COPPR26 proposal submission deadline is fast approaching (August 31st). COPPR will take place in Bern, Switzerland, January 21-23, 2026 (pre-conference workshops on the 20th).

policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...

@polprocessrsch.bsky.social

🚀 Exciting week at @ecpr.bsky.social in Thessaloniki! @pego-group.bsky.social members @marlenekammerer.bsky.social & Laurie Durel are attending and joining, e.g., discussions on how political networks shape policy outcomes. 🌊💻

There is little better than 🏖️💻beach office to start into an exicting week at @ecpr.bsky.social in beautiful Thessaloniki - and a great turnaround of our panel on political networks affect output or outcome 🙏 @helgej.bsky.social Maria Brockhaus @anttigronow.bsky.social Bruna Rodriguez Aasa Karimo

📢 Save the date – COPPR 2026 🇨🇭
20–23 Jan in Bern, hosted by Fritz Sager, Caroline Schlaufer & @kariningold.bsky.social

🌍 Panels incl. Who pays & who benefits from climate adaptation? – exploring fairness in funding from floods to heatwaves.
📝 Proposals due 31 Aug 2025
🔗 policyprocessresearch.org

🌱 Findings: Funding uptake is higher in urban, younger, more educated & Western districts. Without targeted support, the rural–urban gap in adaptation may widen.

📢 #NewPublication: @marlenekammerer.bsky.social & Ulrike Zeigermann in npj Climate Action:

“Managing climate impacts—adaptation funding in German cities & districts”

🔗 nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00280-z

@unibe.ch @eawag.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de