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Histoire de la Suisse
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Characterizing Swiss Alpine Lakes: from Wikipedia to Citizen Science
In Switzerland, there are more than 1500 lakes located above 2000 meters of altitude. In order to understand the ecological impacts of climate change on bacteria communities in these high mountain lakes, researchers in project 2000Lakes analyze their chemi ...
2022The Role of Biochar and Peatlands in Reaching Swiss Net Zero
Jean-André Tony Davy-Guidicelli
This master thesis explores the role of Biochar production and Peatlands renaturation as Nature-based solutions to reach Swiss Net Zero by 2050, by analyzing the historical, socio-economic context, and the scientific phenomena behind these topics. It aimed ...
2022Drivers and Barriers Toward Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Eating in Switzerland: Linking Impacts to Intentions and Practices
Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Ivo Philippe Baur, Ralph Hansmann
Food consumption is among the activities with the most significant environmental impacts, and furthermore contributes to rising health costs. We explored the factors that foster or hinder healthy and sustainable eating in Switzerland. Based on an online ho ...
2022"Immigration, Innovation, and Knowledge Diffusion"
This dissertation studies the relationship between immigration and innovation. It adopts an empirical perspective and focuses on Switzerland, combining the use of patent data and immigration administrative records. The first essay is based on a novel datab ...
EPFL2021