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Initiating Transitions of Swiss Municipal Solid Waste Management (InTraWaste)
English title |
Initiating Transitions of Swiss Municipal Solid Waste Management (InTraWaste) |
Applicant |
Stauffacher Michael
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Number |
153851 |
Funding scheme |
NRP 70 Energy Turnaround
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Research institution |
Transdisciplinarity Lab - USYS TdLab Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften ETH Zürich
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Institution of higher education |
ETH Zurich - ETHZ |
Main discipline |
Other disciplines of Environmental Sciences |
Start/End |
01.10.2014 - 31.05.2018 |
Approved amount |
303'381.00 |
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Keywords (8)
Conjoint analysis; Scenario analysis; Waste; Social network analysis; Resources; Future workshop; Sustainability transitions; Expert workshop
Lay Summary (French)
Lead
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Le projet identifiera les facteurs humains de la transition de la gestion actuelle des déchets solides urbains (DSU) vers différentes formes optimisées de cette gestion. Les acteurs de la politique, de l’industrie et de la société civile concernés par la gestion des DSU, leurs relations, leurs intérêts personnels, priorités et préférences sont ainsi l’objet principal de la recherche. Le résultat du projet sera une feuille de route vers une gestion optimisée des DSU comprenant des projets pilotes à entreprendre, des textes législatifs à adapter, des organisations à mettre en place, etc.
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Lay summary
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Suite à la décision du Parlement de sortir du nucléaire en 2011, le Conseil Fédéral a adopté la Stratégie énergétique 2050. La gestion des DSU a le potentiel de contribuer à cet important tournant, par exemple en augmentant le rendement énergétique de la valorisation thermique des DSU ou en recourant à la collecte séparée des déchets organiques pour la production de biogaz. Tandis que la nature de telles mesures est technique, leur mise en œuvre est fortement conditionnée par des facteurs humains. Le but du projet est d’identifier les acteurs influents de la gestion des DSU, d’analyser les facteurs humains de la transition vers une gestion optimisée des DSU et d’établir les priorités des acteurs influents quant aux facteurs de la transition. Lors d’un workshop, les acteurs influents traduiront ces facteurs en initiatives concrètes, par exemple l’adaptation de textes législatifs, et s’engageront à les réaliser. Le projet contribuera à une meilleure compréhension des processus de transition par les acteurs et chercheurs. L’approche méthodologique développée pour élaborer de manière structurée et transparente une feuille de route pourra être appliquée à d’autres secteurs industriels.
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Responsible applicant and co-applicants
Employees
Publications
Duygan Mert, Stauffacher Michael, Meylan Grégoire (2018), Discourse coalitions in Swiss waste management: gridlock or winds of change?, in
Waste management (New York, N.Y.), 72, 25-44.
Collaboration
Chair for Policy Analysis, University of Bern |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Dr. Evelina Trutnevyte, SCCER-Supply of Electricity, ETH Zurich |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Natural Resource Policy Group, ETH Zurich |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Network Industry Management, EPF Lausanne |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Prof. Dr. Harald Rohracher, Department of Thematic Studies, Linkoeping University |
Sweden (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Prof. Dr. Aya Kachi, Political Economics of Energy Policy, University of Basel |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Energy Economics Group, Paul-Scherrer Institute |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Dr. Christian Binz, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Dr. Yann Blumer, School of Management and Law, ZHAW |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale University |
United States of America (North America) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Prof. Bernhard Truffer, Environmental Social Sciences, |
Switzerland (Europe) |
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- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results |
Scientific events
Active participation
Title |
Type of contribution |
Title of article or contribution |
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Place |
Persons involved |
PhD Defense
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Individual talk
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An actor-based analysis of political context for supporting the sustainability transitions of socio-technical systems: A study of Swiss waste management
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06.07.2018
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Duygan Mert;
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Group Seminar of Politcal Economics of Energy Policy at Universtiy of Basel
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Individual talk
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Conceptualizing and analysing the determinants of agency: A study of Swiss waste management
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03.05.2018
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Basel, Switzerland
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Duygan Mert;
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2nd PhDs in Transitions Conference
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Talk given at a conference
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Exploring the interdependencies between actors and structural elements: combining cross-impact balance analysis with actor analysis
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27.04.2018
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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Duygan Mert;
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ESS Seminar
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Individual talk
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Actors and Agency in Sustainability Transitions: A Study of Swiss Waste Management
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24.11.2017
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Duygan Mert;
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Knowledge transfer events
Active participation
Title |
Type of contribution |
Date |
Place |
Persons involved |
NFP/Volteface Workshop: Society and Energy Sharing expertise on transition in practice – tools and more for cities
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Poster
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30.05.2017
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Bern, Switzerland
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Meylan Grégoire; Duygan Mert;
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Stakeholder-Dialog „Transformation des Energiesystems - Akzeptanz“
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Talk
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11.05.2017
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Bern, Switzerland
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Stauffacher Michael;
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NRP 70 and 71 thematic workshop - Workshop „Sustainability“
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Workshop
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28.10.2016
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Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Stauffacher Michael;
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Self-organised
Municipal Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
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25.01.2018
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial Waste Advisory Board Meeting
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02.02.2017
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Municipal Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
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22.03.2016
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial Waste Advisory Board Meeting
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20.11.2015
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Municipal Solid Waste Advisory Board Meeting
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21.04.2015
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Awards
Travel grant of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW)
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2016
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Abstract
The aim of this subproject is to analyse the necessary transition towards sustainable municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems and thereby to inform and facilitate the practical implementation of these systems. The subproject (SP4) is part of the joint project entitled "Sustainable waste and resource management to support the energy turnaround (wastEturn)". The goal of the joint project is to optimise the contribution of Swiss municipal and industrial waste management to the Energy Turnaround. Sustainable municipal and industrial waste management is the result of an environmental and economic optimisation of actual municipal and industrial waste management performed in subprojects SP1, SP2 and SP3. SP4 investigates the societal aspects of the necessary transition.Initiating transitions of Swiss MSW management in support of the Energy Turnaround is a challenge. Swiss MSW management involves numerous stakeholders (municipalities, policy-makers, private sector) able to impact on the corresponding systems. Furthermore, MSW management stakeholders show varying and potentially conflicting preferences and priorities when it comes to optimising actual systems. Yet an understanding of transition processes necessary to implement sustainable MSW management in Switzerland is still missing.The contribution of SP4 to the realisation of the "Energy Strategy 2050" is two-fold. First, societal and technical objectives that, if fulfilled, enable the transition towards optimised systems, are identified. Second, priorities of influential decision-makers of MSW management with respect to the implementation of these objectives are elicited. In close collaboration with these influential decision-makers and the project partners, strategies to implement the prioritised objectives are formulated as roadmap. The approach is generic so that it can be applied to other industrial processes key to the Energy Turnaround and is therefore a major contribution to the realisation of the Energy Strategy 2050.The approach consists in three successive work packages (WP) relying on proven knowledge integration methods. In WP1, influential decision-makers of Swiss MSW management are identified by analysing social networks and past policy processes of MSW management. In WP2, a scenario analysis yields multiple objectives (e.g., bioplastics ban) that, if fulfilled, support the transition towards environmentally optimised systems (e.g., sensor-based sorting of waste plastics) identified in SP1. SP3 researchers will inform the scenario analysis on economic aspects of Swiss MSW management. In WP3, priorities of influential decision-makers with respect to transition-supporting objectives are elicited by conjoint analysis. In a Future Workshop prepared in close collaboration with SP1, influential decision-makers will elaborate coordinated strategies, initiatives, experiments, they can implement to meet the prioritised objectives.
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