Bernhard Truffer

portrait Prof. Bernhard Truffer
Head of department

Umweltsozialwissenschaften (ESS)
EAWAG
Überlandstrasse 133
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 58 765 56 70
Phone2: +41 (0) 58 765 68 25
Fax: +41 (0) 58 765 53 75
E-mail: bernhard.truffer(at)eawag.ch
URL Institution: www.eawag.ch


Additional functions:
contributing author to IPCC WG III in 2011


Key Publications of Bernhard Truffer (up to ten) :
Heiberg, J., Truffer, B., Binz, C. 2022. Assessing transitions through socio-technical configuration analysis – a methodological framework and a case study in the water sector. Research Policy 51, 104363. Binz, C., Coenen, L.,

Murphy, J.T., Truffer, B. 2020. Geographies of transition—From topical concerns to theoretical engagement: A comment on the transitions research agenda, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 34, 1-3, ISSN 2210-4224.

Binz, C., Truffer, B. 2017. Global Innovation Systems – towards a conceptual framework for systemic innovation conditions in transnational contexts. Research Policy 46, 1284 – 1298.

Boschma, R., Coenen, L., Frenken, K., Truffer, B., 2017. Towards a theory of regional diversification. Regional Studies 51 (1) , 31–45.

Weber, M. Truffer, B. 2017. Moving innovation systems research to the next level: towards an integrative agenda. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33 (1), 101-121.

Larsen, T., Hoffmann, S., Lüthi, C., Truffer, B., Maurer, M. 2016. Emerging solutions to the urban water challenges of an urbanizing world. Science 352, (6288) 928 - 933.

Truffer, B., Murphy, J.T., Raven, R. 2015. The geography of sustainability transitions: contours of an emerging research field. Introduction to the Special Issue in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. In print

Fünfschilling, L., Truffer, B. 2014. The structuration of socio-technical regimes – Conceptual foundations from institutional theory. Research Policy 43, 772-791.

Truffer, B., Coenen, L. 2012 Environmental innovation and sustainability transitions in regional studies. Regional Studies. 46 (2), 1-22.

Markard, J., Raven, R., Truffer, B., 2012. Sustainability Transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects. Research Policy 41 (6), 968-979.


Expertise of Bernhard Truffer:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Research Interface / Management
ScopeMitigation of Change
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic Economy/ResourceUseIndustry
Transport / Mobility
Energy
Water
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic TechnologyTechnology
Technical Environmental Protection
Topic Politics/LawMitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
Regionalization / Globalization
Topic SocietyOrganisations / Institutions
Topic SustainabilitySustainability
Ecological Sustainability
Social Sustainability
Economic Sustainability
Topic Risk & Disaster ManagementRisk Assessment / Forecasting
Spatial ZonesUrban
Spatial ScaleGlobal / Hemispheric
Continental
Regional
National / Cultural
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
MethodsData Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
Data Analysis
Literature Study
Policy Analysis and Formation
Applied Research / Technology

Specialties of Bernhard Truffer:
Innovation Studies
  • Entwicklung nachaltiger Technologien (z.B. erneuerbare Energien)

  • Emergenz neuer Industriesektoren

  • Industriepolitische Implikationen der Klimapolitik

  • Transitionen in Infrastruktursektoren Richtung Nachhaltigkeit


    Last update: 11/30/22
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