Carolina Adler

Dr. Carolina Adler
Executive Director MRI
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 31 631 51 41
E-mail: carolina.adler(at)unibe.ch
URL Institution: www.geography.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/personen/dr_adler_carolina/index_ger.html


Programs in which Carolina Adler holds an official function:

MRI

Executive Director

2019 -

Additional functions:
Earth System Governance Project - Research Fellow & Regional Coordinator (Europe), Future Earth.

Mountain Protection Commission - The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA)




Key Publications of Carolina Adler (up to ten) :
Adler, C., Hirsch Hadorn, G., Breu, T., Wiesmann, U., Pohl, C. (2018). Conceptualizing the transfer of knowledge across cases in transdisciplinary research. Sustainability Science, 13(1):179-190. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-017-0444-2

Borquez, R., Aldunce, P., Adler, C. (2017). Resilience to climate change: from theory to practice through co-production of knowledge in Chile. Sustainability Science, 12(1): 163-176. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-016-0400-6

Aldunce, P., Borquez, R., Adler, C., Blanco, G., Garreaud, R. (2016). Unpacking resilience for adaptation: incorporating practitioners’ experiences through a transdisciplinary approach, the case of drought in Chile. Sustainability. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8090905 [open access];

Sword-Daniels, V., Eriksen, C., Hudson-Doyle, E., Alaniz, R., Adler, C., Schenk, T., & Vallance, S. (2016). Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards. Journal of Risk Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1200659 [open access];

WSS Fellows* on RIA (2014). Reporting on the Seminar – Risk Interpretation and Action (RIA): Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 18(1), pp. 27-37.

Adler, C.E., & Hirsch Hadorn, G. (2014). The IPCC and treatment of uncertainties: topics and sources of dissensus. WIREs Climate Change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.297 (OPEN ACCESS).

Lynch, A.H., Adler, C.E. & Howard, N.C. (2014). Policy Diffusion in Arid Basin Water Management: A Q-method Approach. Regional Environmental Change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0602-3


Adler, C.E., McEvoy, D., Chhetri, P., & Kruk, E. (2013). The role of tourism in a changing climate for conservation and development. A problem-oriented study in the Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal. Policy Sciences, 46(2): 161-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11077-012-9168-4

Roman, C.E., Lynch, A.H., & Dominey-Howes, D. (2011). What is the goal? Framing the climate change adaptation question through a problem-oriented approach. Weather, Climate & Society, 3(1): 16-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010WCAS1052.1 (OPEN ACCESS).


Expertise of Carolina Adler:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
	Research Interface / Management
Topic Atmosphere	Climate
Topic Cryosphere	Glaciers
	Snow Cover
Topic Economy/ResourceUse	Food Security
	Industry
	Tourism
	Water
	Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic Politics/Law	Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
	Adaptation
	Conventions / Protections
	Regionalization / Globalization
Topic Society	Organisations / Institutions
	Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes
	Education / Communication / Participation
Topic Culture/History	Ethics / Cultural Values
Topic Sustainability	Sustainability
Time Frame	Recent / Today
Time Scale	Seasonal / Annual
	Decadal / Centennial
Methods	Data Collection
	Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
	Data Collection - Documents, Archives
	Data Analysis
	Literature Study
	Policy Analysis and Formation
	Applied Research / Technology
	Integrated Assessment
	Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building
	Program Coordination / Management
Mountain Research Initiative	Sustainable land use and natural resources management
	Europe (including Eastern Europe)
	Latin America

Specialties of Carolina Adler:
Application of policy sciences in global (climate) change adaptation research, adaptive governance, science-policy interface.

Beurteilung der Unsicherheiten in den wissenschaftlichen Theorien und Fakten

Co-Produktion von Wissen

Einfluss von Werten und Rationalität auf Entscheidungsprozesse

Analyse der Wirksamkeit von Maßnahmen und Strategien zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel

Schnittstellen, Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik

Analyse der gesellschaftlichen Meinungen und Wahrnehmungen

Governance

Last update: 9/9/20
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2020)

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