Tobias Luthe
Prof. Tobias Luthe
Senior Researcher, Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems
Planung von Landschaft und Urbanen Systemen PLUS
Institut für Raum- und Landschaftsentwicklung IRLETH ZürichHIL H51.3
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
CH-8093 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 41 76 5686442
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 633 29 81
Fax: +41 (0) 44 633 11 02
E-mail:
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Additional functions:
Associate Professor, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Direktor, MonViso Institute, Italy
Key Publications of Tobias Luthe (up to ten) :
Luthe, T. 2018. Designing More Resilient Arctic Communities: Change Means Chance. The Circle 2/2018. WWF Arctic Program.
Luthe, T. 2017. The Resilience of Snow Sports: From Vision to Transformation. Zur Resilienz des Schneesports: Von der Vision zur Transformation. FdSnow 51 2.2017. Fachzeitschrift des Skisports. Planegg, Germany. Deutscher Skiverband, Freunde des Skisports, Stiftung Sicherheit im Skisport (HrsG). ISSN 1864-5593.
Balvanera P., T. M. Daw, T. Gardner, B. Martín-Lopez, A. V. Nörstrom, C. I. Speranza, M. Spierenburg, E. M. Bennett, M. Farfan, M. Hamann, J. N. Kittinger, T. Luthe, M. Maass, G. Peterson, G. Pérez-Verdin. 2017. Key features for successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: The PECS perspective. Ecology and Society 22(1):14. DOI:10.5751/ES-08826-220114.
Luthe, T. 2017. Success in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research. Sustainability 9(1), 71. DOI: 10.3390/su9010071.
Luthe T. and M. von Kutzschenbach. 2016. Building common ground in mental models of sustainability. Sustainability: The Journal of Record 9(5):247-254. DOI 10.1089/sus.2016.29068.tl.
Luthe, T. and R. Wyss. 2016. Resilience to climate change in a cross-scale tourism governance context: a combined quantitative- qualitative network analysis. Ecology and Society 21(1):27. DOI: 10.5751/ES-08234-210127.
Luthe. T. and R. Wyss. 2015. The Capacity of Social-Ecological Systems for Planning Resilience: Introducing Adaptive Waves. Sustainability Science 10(4):673-685. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0316-6.
Fischer J., Gardner TA, Bennett EM, Balvanera P, Biggs R, Carpenter S, Daw T, Folke C, Hill R, Hughes T, Luthe T, Maass M, Meacham M, Norstroem AE, Peterson G, Queiroz C, Seppelt R, Spierenburg M, Tenhun J. 2015. Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social-ecological systems perspective. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14:144-149. Doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2015.06.002 .
Holtz G, Alkemade F, de Haan F, Koehler J, Trutnevyte E, Chappin E, Halbe J, Kwakkel J, Luthe T, Ruutu S, Papachristos G, Yucel G. 2015. Prospects of modelling societal transitions – Position paper of an emerging community. Environmental Innovations and Societal Transitions 17:41-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.05.006.
Luthe, T. and R. Wyss. 2014. Assessing and Planning Resilience in Tourism. Tourism Management 44:161-163. DOI:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.011
Luthe, T., Kaegi, T. and J. Reger. 2013. A Systems Approach to Sustainable Technical Product Design. Combining life cycle assessment and virtual development in the case of skis. Journal of Industrial Ecology 17(4), 605-617. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12000
Luthe, T., Wyss, R. and M. Schuckert. 2012. Network governance and regional resilience to climate change: empirical evidence from mountain tourism communities. Regional Environmental Change. Volume 12, Issue 4 (2012), Page 839-854. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0294-5
Luthe, T. and F. Schlaepfer. 2011. Effects of third-party information on the demand for more sustainable consumption: a choice experiment on the transition of winter tourism. Environmental Innovation and Social Transitions, Volume 1, Issue 2. DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2011.10.002
Expertise of Tobias Luthe:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Expert Type |
| Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Research Interface / Management |
| Scope | Impact of Change |
| Vulnerability to Change |
| Adaptation Measures to Change |
| Mitigation of Change |
| Topic Atmosphere | Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Water Pollution / Waste Water |
| Topic Cryosphere | Cryosphere |
| Glaciers |
| Polar Ice Sheets/ Sea Ice |
| Snow Cover |
| Topic Biosphere | Biosphere |
| Plants |
| Animals |
| Biodiversity |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
| Carbon Cycle |
| Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain |
| Economic Cycle |
| Life Cycle |
| Topic Ecosystems | Ecosystems |
| Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Economy / Resource Use |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Industry |
| Tourism |
| Transport / Mobility |
| Energy |
| Water |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Topic Technology | Technology |
| Recycling |
| Efficiency |
| Topic Politics/Law | Politics / Law |
| Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions |
| Adaptation |
| Topic Society | Society |
| Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes |
| Education / Communication / Participation |
| Topic Sustainability | Sustainability |
| Ecological Sustainability |
| Social Sustainability |
| Economic Sustainability |
| Spatial Zones | Mountain / Highland |
| Urban |
| Rural |
| Polar |
| Spatial Scale | Global / Hemispheric |
| Continental |
| Regional |
| National / Cultural |
| Local / Community |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Variability |
| Methods | Method |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires |
| Modeling |
| Applied Research / Technology |
| Integrated Assessment |
| Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building |
| Alpine Convention | AC Nature / Landscape Conservation |
| AC Spacial Planning / Sustainable Development |
| AC Mountain Forests |
| AC Energy |
| AC Tourism |
| AC Transport |
| AC Water |
| Biodiversity Convention Thematic Areas | Inland Waters Biodiversity |
| Forest Biodiversity |
| Mountain Biodiversity |
| Biodiversity Convention Cross Cutting Issues | Ecosystem Approach |
| Sustainable Tourism |
| Sustainable Use of Biodiversity |
| Indicators |
| Traditional Knowledge |
| Capacity Building |
| Protected Areas |
| GIS |
| Biodiversity Information Management |
| Economic Valuation of Biodiversity |
| Education and Training |
| Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Scientific Biodiversity Assessment |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
| Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions |
| Sustainable land use and natural resources management |
| Europe (including Eastern Europe) |
| North America |
| Hindu Kush Himalayas |
| Energy Working Group | Technology |
| Social Dimension |
| Economical Dimension |
| Ecological Dimension |
| Fundamental Research |
| Resources |
Specialties of Tobias Luthe:
Systemic Regenerative Design. Systemic Innovation Real-world laboratories Modelling socio-ecological-economic systems to develop a dynamic quantified network model Resilience of socio-ecological-economic systems to global environmental change Integrated assessment and quantification of sustainability Ecological economics: qualitative economic growth, low carbon economy Industrial ecology: holistic socio-ecologic product and process design Social ecology and behavioral change: knowledge, awareness building and sustainable consumption, communication of sustainability
Last update: 9/2/23
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