Heinz Gutscher

portrait Prof. em. Heinz Gutscher
International Advisor

Universität Zürich
CH-
Switzerland


Mailing Address:

Gustav-Gull-Platz 4
CH-8004 Zürich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 79 777 07 11
E-mail: heinz.gutscher(at)uzh.ch
Personal URL: link
 Phone: +41 (0) 79 777 07 11
E-mail: heinz.gutscher(at)uzh.ch
Personal URL: link


Programs in which Heinz Gutscher holds an official function:
FutureEarthscientific steering committee2013 -
ProClim-Past Chair2017 -
Swiss-Biodiversity-Forumscientific steering committee2013 -



Key Publications of Heinz Gutscher (up to ten) :
Kaiser, F.G., Brügger, A., Hartig, T., Bogner, F.X., Gutscher, H. (2014). Appreciation of nature and appreciation of environmental protection: How stable are these attitudes and which comes first? Revue européenne de psychologie appliquée 64, 269-277.

Huang, L., Han Y., Zhou, Y., Gutscher, H., Bi, J. (2013) How Do the Chinese Perceive Ecological Risk in Freshwater Lakes? PLoS ONE, 8(5): e62486.

Walter, G. & Gutscher, H., (2013). Generelle Befürwortung von Windkraftanlagen vor Ort vs. Befürwortung spezifischer Windkraftprojekte: Der Einfluss von Projekt- und Verfahrensparametern. Umweltpsychologie 17 (2), 124-144.

Rogers, D. S., Duraiappah, A. K., Antons, D. C., Munoz, P., Bai, X., Fragkias, M. & Gutscher, H. (2012). A vision for human well-being: transition to social sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 4(1), 61–73.

Visschers, V.H.M, Wiedemann, P.M., Gutscher, H. Kurzenhäuser, S., Seidl, R., Jardine, C.G. & Timmermanns, D.R.M. (2012). Affect-inducing risk communication: Current knowledge and future directions. Journal of Risk Research, 15(3), 257–271.

Earle, T.C., Siegrist, M. & Gutscher, H. (2007). Trust, risk perception and the TCC model of cooperation. In: Siegrist, M., Earle, T.C. & Gutscher, H. (Eds.). Trust in Cooperative Risk Management. Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind. London: Earthscan, 1-49.

Siegrist, M., Gutscher, H. & Keller, C. (2007). Trust and confidence in crisis communication: Three case studies. In: Siegrist, M., Earle, T.C. & Gutscher, H. (Eds.). Trust in Cooperative Risk Management. Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind. London: Earthscan, 267-286.

Keller, C., Siegrist, M. & Gutscher, H. (2006). The role of the affect and availability heuristics in risk communication. Risk Analysis, 26, 631-639.

Kaiser, F. G., & Gutscher, H. (2003). The proposition of a general version of the theory of planned behavior: Predicting ecological behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 3, 586-603.

Siegrist, M., Earle, T. C. & Gutscher, H. (2003). Test of a trust and confidence model in the applied context of electromagnetic field (EMF) risks. Risk Analysis, 23, 4, 705-716.

Gutscher, H. ; Mosler, H.-J. & Artho, J. (2001). Voluntary collective action in neigbourhood slow-down – using communication and diffusion instruments. In: Kaufmann, R. & Gutscher, H. (Eds.). Changing things - moving people: Strategies for promoting sustainable development at the local level. Basel: Birkhäuser, 151-189.

Flury-Kleubler, P. & Gutscher, H. (2001). Psychological principles of inducing behaviour change. In: Kaufmann, R. & Gutscher, H. (Eds.). Changing things - moving people: Strategies for promoting sustainable development at the local level. Basel: Birkhäuser, 109-129.


Specialties of Heinz Gutscher:
Social and psychological aspects of sustainability issues. Perception, assessment and decision under uncertainty and risk. Management of change and planning/evaluation of interventions and campaigns.

Last update: 5/12/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)

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