Olivier Ejderyan

Dr. Olivier Ejderyan
Group leader Society and Innovation
Society and Innovation
Department of Food System Sciences
FiBL
Ackerstrasse 113
CH-5070 Frick
Switzerland


E-mail: olivier.ejderyan(at)fibl.org


Additional functions:
Member of the executive board of the SAGUF


Key Publications of Olivier Ejderyan (up to ten) :
Buletti, N., Ruef, F., Ejderyan, O. (2022): Letting the political dimension of participation in river restoration have its space. In Cottet, M., Morandi, B., Piégay, H. (eds.) River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives. Wiley-Blackwell, London, 169-188

Buletti, N., Ejderyan, O. (2021): When experts feel threatened – Strategies of depoliticization in participatory river restoration projects, Area 53 (1), 151-160

Ruef, F., Ejderyan O. (2021): Rowing, steering or anchoring? Public values for geothermal energy governance. Energy Policy 158, 112577

Cuppen, E., Ejderyan, O., Pesch, U., Spruit, S., van de Grift, E., Correljé, A., Taebi, B., (2020): When controversies cascade: Analysing the dynamics of public engagement and conflict in the Netherlands and Switzerland through “controversy spillover” Energy Research & Social Science 68, 101593

Ejderyan, O., Ruef, F., Stauffacher, M. (2020): The entanglement of top-down and bottom-up: socio- technical innovation pathways of geothermal energy in Switzerland. Journal of Environment and Development. 29 (1), 99-122

Pearce B.J., Ejderyan O. (2020): Joint problem framing as reflexive practice: Honing a transdisciplinary skill. Sustainability Science 15 (3), 683-698

Ejderyan, O., Ruef, F., Stauffacher, M. (2019): Geothermal energy in Switzerland: Highlighting the role of context. In Pellizzone, A., Manzella, A., Allansdottir, A. (eds.) Geothermal Energy and Society. Springer, Cham, 239-257

Ejderyan O., Schneider, F., Bornemann, B., Kläy, A. (2019): How social sciences and humanities can contribute to transformative science. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 28 (2), 160–162

Ejderyan, Olivier. 2009. Une renaturation en béton ! Comprendre la participation et la nature dans les renaturations de cours d'eau suisses au regard d'une théorie de la pratique. Schriftenreihe Humangeographie, Bd. 24. Zurich, GIUZ.

Ejderyan, Olivier. 2007. "Technology." In, Paul Robbins (ed.). Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, vol. 5. Thousand Oaks, London. Sage Publications: 1708-1714.






Expertise of Olivier Ejderyan:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
	Research Interface / Management
Topic Economy/ResourceUse	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
	Food Security
	Energy
Topic Technology	Technology
	Technical Environmental Protection
Topic Politics/Law	Politics / Law
	Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
	Adaptation
	Regionalization / Globalization
Topic Society	Society
	Organisations / Institutions
	Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes
	Education / Communication / Participation
Topic Culture/History	Culture / History
	Ethics / Cultural Values
	Philosophy / Religion
	Art / Folklore / Symbols / Language
Topic Sustainability	Sustainability
Spatial Zones	Spatial Zones
	Mountain / Highland
	Urban
	Rural
Spatial Scale	Spatial Scale
	Regional
	National / Cultural
	Local / Community
Time Frame	Time Frame
	Recent / Today
Methods	Method
	Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
	Data Collection - Documents, Archives
	Literature Study
	Policy Analysis and Formation
	Integrated Assessment
GeoForum Environmental-Technology	Spatial Planning

Specialties of Olivier Ejderyan:
Socio-technical aspects of the energy transition, food systems transformation and ecological restorations.
Focus on the socio-political aspects of subterranean technologies (geothermal energy, CCS, heat storage), carbon farming, river management
Public participation in the implementation of environmental project
The role of expertise in environmental decision-making

Last update: 11/18/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2025)

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