Prof. Dr. Christian Erik Pohl

Head of the Institute for Environmental Decisions / Head of TdLab Research area During his studies of environmental sciences, his PhD on uncertainty in LCA, and his postdoctoral research in science studies, he observed that interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research was reinvented each time a new project began. There was no systematic learning and no established body of knowledge on how to conceptualise and practise such collaborative research. Since the late 1990s, and together with colleagues from around the world, he has been endeavouring to build such a body of knowledge, for example through the Principles for Designing Transdisciplinary Research, the Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research, td‑net’s toolbox for co‑producing knowledge, and on which common ground to build? Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research are means to an end. Within the context of his department, that end is sustainable development. Sustainable development demands addressing complex and societally contested issues. He is committed to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research because he regards both as the essential means to achieve this objective. Further academic positions • Member of the steering committee of NRP 82 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Swiss National Science Foundation • Member of scientific advisory board of transdisciplinarity-net (td-net), Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences • Founding editor of td-net’s toolbox for co-producing knowledge • Founding member of the editorial board for the Team Science Toolkit of the US National Cancer Institute • Editor of Sustainability Science

Brigitte Kürsteiner

Ellen Leister

Emmanuel Benoist

Research fields: privacy, eHealth, digital money

Eva Cignacco

Projects include: Geburt 3000 and Care@home

Evelyn Markoni

Research fields: Sustainable food consumption and lifestyles, social sustainability in food systems, sustainable entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, corporate sustainability

Jacqueline Bürki

Specialisations: global competence development, intercultural-related topics, Internationalisation of Curricula (IoC)

Jana Minder

Lizanne Richle

Expertise in European research & innovation programmes (Horizon Europe), innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives and the Bern innovation ecosystem PIONEER Alliance: BFH Work Package Delegate: Ecosystem Co-creation

Loraine Olalia

Lorenz Probst

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, in Business models (planning/ implementation), strategy development /-implementation, financial corporate management, transcultural competences, export strategy (planning / implementation), accompaniment of leaders - Management Support, Entrepreneurship (School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL)

Marie Peskova

Institute Digital Technology Management PIONEER Alliance: BFH Work Package Delegate: Challenge-based education

Merle Ibach

Design ethnographer, exploring ecological and social transformation through participatory and post-anthropocentric methods. Her current postdoc at the Bern Academy of the Arts investigates how cultural probes can generate insights into contemporary Swiss building culture.

Sarah Dégallier Rochat

Research fields: human-machine interfaces, intuitive programming, future skills, inclusive design, agile manufacturing, cobotics

Simone Gäumann

Stephan Haller

Research fields: Smart City, Internet of Things, (linked) Open Data, Data Spaces, Urban Digital Twins PIONEER Alliance: BFH Work Package Delegate: Impact-Driven Research and Innovation

Susan Müller

Ursula Kretzschmar

Research field: ecological and sustainable processing

Viktor Hangartner

School of Engineering and Computer Science Forschung und Dienstleistung

William Fuhrer