Stephan Rist

Prof. em. Stephan Rist
Senior research scientist
Critical Sustainability Sciences
Geographisches Institut - Humangeographie
Universität Bern
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland


Phone2: +41 (0) 31 684 88 62
E-mail: stephan.rist(at)giub.unibe.ch
URL Institution: www.geography.unibe.ch
Personal URL: link


Key Publications of Stephan Rist (up to ten) :
Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, S. 2022. Connecting Human Health to Nature Health: The Bridging Potential of Sustainable Food Systems. In: Scrimshaw, Susan C.; Lane, Sandra D.; Rubinstein, Robert A.; Fischer, Julian (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine (pp. 529-543). London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd

Ebneter, Laura; Liechti, Karina; Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (August 2021). Forschungsschwerpunkt Traditionelle Bewässerung an der Universität Bern: Traditionelle Bewässerung in Europa - immaterielles Kulturerbe für die Zukunft Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment, Geografisches Institut, UNESCO Chair Natur- und Kulturerbe zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung von Berggebieten, Universität Bern, und Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Mukhovi, Stellah; Giger, Markus; Llanque, Aymara; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Jacobi, Johanna (May 2021). Manual for Participatory Food System Sustainability Assessments and Transformation (FoodSAT) – Steps towards Food Democracy Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Llanque, Aymara; Jacobi, Johanna; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Mukhovi, Stellah; Silvestre, Carlos; Tecchio, Andreia; Fernandez, Lidiane; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Maluf, Renato; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2021). Transformations towards food sustainability using the participatory Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (FoodSAF). Social Innovations Journal, 5 Social Innovations Partners.

Rist, Stephan (April 2021). Wirtschaftsdemokratie und Ökologie. Denknetz Schweiz, pp. 24-25.

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Giger, Markus; Bessa, Adriana; Golay, Christophe; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mwangi, Veronica; Augstburger, Horacio; Buergi-Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Haller, Tobias; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Delgado Burgoa, José M. F.; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2020). A new understanding and evaluation of food sustainability in six different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Scientific reports, 10(1), p. 19145. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-020-76284-y

Aeberhard A, Rist S. 2009. "Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge in the development of organic agriculture". Ecological Economics 68 1171-1181.

Schneider F, Ledermann T, Fry P, Rist S. 2009. Soil conservation in Swiss agriculture-Approaching abstract and symbolic meanings in farmers’ life-worlds. Land Use Policy (in press).

Rist, S., Chiddambaranathan, M., Escobar, C., Wiesmann, U. and Zimmermann, A. 2007. "Moving from sustainable management to sustainable governance of natural resources: The role of social learning processes in rural India, Bolivia and Mali." Journal of Rural Studies 23:23-37.

Rist, S., Chiddambaranathan, M., Escobar, C. and Wiesmann, U. 2006. "“It was hard to come to mutual understanding…” Multidimensionality of social learning processes in natural resource use in India, Africa and Latin America." Journal of Systemic Practice and Action Research 19:219-237.

Rist, S. and Dahdouh-Guebas, F. 2006. "Ethnosciences - A step towards the integration of scientific and non-scientific forms of knowledge in the management of natural resources for the future." Environment, Development and Sustainability 8:467-493.

Rist, S., Delgado, F. and Wiesmann, U. 2007. "Social learning processes and sustainable development: the emergence and transformation of an indigenous land use system in the Andes of Bolivia." In Wals, A., ed., Social learning towards a sustainable world. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 229-244.


Expertise of Stephan Rist:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic Politics/LawAdaptation
Conventions / Protections
Regionalization / Globalization
Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
Organisations / Institutions
Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes
Topic Culture/HistoryEthics / Cultural Values
Philosophy / Religion
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Social Sustainability
Economic Sustainability
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Lowland
Rural
Spatial ScaleGlobal / Hemispheric
Regional
National / Cultural
Local / Community
Time FrameRecent / Today
Future
MethodsIntegrated Assessment

Last update: 9/3/23
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