Müller Stefanie HSLU SA

Dr. Stefanie Müller Stefanie Müller

Senior Research Associate

Müller Stefanie HSLU SA

Lucerne School of Social Work

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Institute of Sociocultural Development

Senior Research Associate

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Biography

Professional experience

  • Senior Research Associate at Lucerne School of Social Work (since 2022)
  • Geography teacher at the ‘Pädagogische Maturitätsschule Kreuzlingen’ (Grammar School, which includes basic primary school teacher training) (2021-2022)
  • Research and Teaching fellow at the University of Zurich, Department of Geography and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf (2020-2021)
  • PhD candidate at the University of Zurich, Department of Geography and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf, incl. a short stay as visiting researcher at the Department of Urban/Regional Planning and Geoinformation Management, University of Twente, Enschede (2016-2020)
  • Substitution and remedial teacher at various Primary, Secondary Schools (including Grammar Schools) and for a non-profit association (2012-2018)
  • Assistance in research projects as intern or assistant at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, at the University of Zurich, Department of Geography and Institute of Education as well as at ETH Zurich, Institute of Spatial and Landscape Development (2011-2015)
  • Various assignments (volunteering, internships, substitutions) in development cooperation and environmental education (Swiss National Park, Schweizer Bauorden, Engineers without borders, WWF) (2007-2020)

 

Training

  • Doctorate in Geography, University of Zurich (2022)
  • Teaching Diploma for upper secondary education, University of Zurich (2015)
  • MSc in Geography (Spezialization: Human and Economic Geography; Minors: Agricultural Economics, Earth Sciences), University of Zurich, ETH Zurich & University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (2015)
  • BSc in Geography (Minor: Political Science), University of Zurich & ETH Zurich (2012)
Professional competencies
  • Qualitative and quantitative empirical research methods
  • Mixed methods research
  • GIS/PPGIS
  • Spatial analysis
  • Social space analysis
  • Transdisciplinary project work
  • Environmental education
Teaching and research focus
  • Sustainable Development
  • Participatory processes
  • Participatory tools and methods
  • Regional and communal energy planning
  • Conflict management
  • Cooperation processes
  • Spatial appropriation processes

Projects

Research projects

  • SWEET Lantern: WP8 Energy communities and cooperatives
  • DUT PERSIST
  • DUT Persist Smart Region Lab
  • Augmented Planning: Enabling broader participation
  • ITC - INNOSUISSE TFV Networking Event Series MUNICIPAL (2021-2024)
  • Quartierbezogene erneuerbare Energien

Publications and presentations

    • Müller, Stefanie; Flacke, Johannes & Buchecker, Matthias (2022). Participatory mapping and counter representations in wind energy planning: A radical democracy perspective. Case Studies in the Environment, 6(1), 1561651.

    • Stober, Dina; Suškevičs, Monika; Eiter, Sebastian; Müller, Stefanie; Martinát, Stanislav & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). What is the quality of participatory renewable energy planning in Europe? A comparative analysis of innovative practices in 25 projects. Energy Research & Social Science, 71(101804), 1-13.

    • Santoreli, Moreno; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). Gewässer als grüne Infrastruktur für die periurbane Naherholung? Analyse der Nutzungsgewohnheiten verschiedener Altersgruppen der Bevölkerung des Aargauer Wiggertals. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 53(9), 22-29.

    • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman & Buchecker, Matthias (2020). Mapping meaningful places: A tool for participatory siting of wind turbines in Switzerland?. Energy Research & Social Science, 69(101573), 1-11.

    • Weber, Martina; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2020). Lokale Umsetzung der Energiewende in der Schweiz: Befragung zur Einstellung in der Bevölkerung und der Bereitschaft mitzuwirken. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 52(1), 16-23.

    • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman; Nagabovanalli, Prakash & Abiven, Samuel (2019). A social-ecological system evaluation to implement sustainably a biochar system in South India. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 39(43), 1-14.

    • Verbrugge, Laura; Buchecker, Matthias; Garcia, Xavier; Gottwald, Sarah; Müller, Stefanie; Præstholm, Søren & Olafsson, Anton Stahl (2019). Integrating sense of place in planning and management of multifunctional river landscapes: experiences from five European case studies. Sustainability Science, 14(3), 669-680.

    • Affolter, Aron; Buchecker, Matthias & Müller, Stefanie (2021). Der integrierte Planungsansatz als Instrument zur lokalen Umsetzung der Energiewende: Welchen Beitrag könnte dazu das Instrument Energieregion leisten? Wasser, Energie, Luft / Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband, 113(1), 9-16.

    • Müller, Stefanie; Buchecker, Matthias; Gaus, Raphael; Buser, Tobias; Bestel, Martina; Hackl, Sebastian; Bächli, Daniela & Kräuchi, Norbert (2017). Wie soll die Wigger in der Region Zofingen in Zukunft gestaltet werden? Sozialräumliche Optimierung des planerischen Leitbilds durch eine Bevölkerungsbefragung. Wasser, Energie, Luft / Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband, 109(3), 181-189.

    • Garcia, Xavier; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). Valuation of ecosystem services to assess river restoration projects. In Bertrand Morandi; Marylise Cottet; Hervé Piégay (Hrsg.), Advancing river restoration and management. River restoration. Political, social, and economic perspectives (S. 210-232). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

    • Müller, Stefanie; Hunziker, Marcel & Plum, Christiane (2018). Switzerland. In Michael Roth; Sebastian Eiter; Sina Röhner; Alexandra Kruse; Sege Schmitz; Bohumil Frantál; Csaba Centeri; Marina Frovola; Matthias Buchecker; Dina Stober; Isidora Karan; Dan van der Horst (Hrsg.), Renewable energy and landscape quality (S. 88-89). Bern: jovis Verlag.

    • Müller, Stefanie; Weber, Martina & Buchecker, Matthias (2022). Wie soll die Energiestrategie 2050 lokal umgesetzt werden? Umfrage zur Energiewende und Mitwirkung bei der Umsetzung (WSL Berichte No. 117). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf.

    • Müller, Stefanie (2022). Trapped between consensus and conflict: Designing public participatory tools for 'green' technology planning. Dissertation, Universität Zürich, Schweiz.

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Müller, Stefanie; Flacke, Johannes & Buchecker, Matthias (2022). Participatory mapping and counter representations in wind energy planning: A radical democracy perspective. Case Studies in the Environment, 6(1), 1561651.
  • Stober, Dina; Suškevičs, Monika; Eiter, Sebastian; Müller, Stefanie; Martinát, Stanislav & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). What is the quality of participatory renewable energy planning in Europe? A comparative analysis of innovative practices in 25 projects. Energy Research & Social Science, 71(101804), 1-13.
  • Santoreli, Moreno; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). Gewässer als grüne Infrastruktur für die periurbane Naherholung? Analyse der Nutzungsgewohnheiten verschiedener Altersgruppen der Bevölkerung des Aargauer Wiggertals. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 53(9), 22-29.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman & Buchecker, Matthias (2020). Mapping meaningful places: A tool for participatory siting of wind turbines in Switzerland?. Energy Research & Social Science, 69(101573), 1-11.
  • Weber, Martina; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2020). Lokale Umsetzung der Energiewende in der Schweiz: Befragung zur Einstellung in der Bevölkerung und der Bereitschaft mitzuwirken. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 52(1), 16-23.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman; Nagabovanalli, Prakash & Abiven, Samuel (2019). A social-ecological system evaluation to implement sustainably a biochar system in South India. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 39(43), 1-14.
  • Verbrugge, Laura; Buchecker, Matthias; Garcia, Xavier; Gottwald, Sarah; Müller, Stefanie; Præstholm, Søren & Olafsson, Anton Stahl (2019). Integrating sense of place in planning and management of multifunctional river landscapes: experiences from five European case studies. Sustainability Science, 14(3), 669-680.

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Affolter, Aron; Buchecker, Matthias & Müller, Stefanie (2021). Der integrierte Planungsansatz als Instrument zur lokalen Umsetzung der Energiewende: Welchen Beitrag könnte dazu das Instrument Energieregion leisten? Wasser, Energie, Luft / Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband, 113(1), 9-16.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Buchecker, Matthias; Gaus, Raphael; Buser, Tobias; Bestel, Martina; Hackl, Sebastian; Bächli, Daniela & Kräuchi, Norbert (2017). Wie soll die Wigger in der Region Zofingen in Zukunft gestaltet werden? Sozialräumliche Optimierung des planerischen Leitbilds durch eine Bevölkerungsbefragung. Wasser, Energie, Luft / Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband, 109(3), 181-189.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Garcia, Xavier; Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2021). Valuation of ecosystem services to assess river restoration projects. In Bertrand Morandi; Marylise Cottet; Hervé Piégay (Hrsg.), Advancing river restoration and management. River restoration. Political, social, and economic perspectives (S. 210-232). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Hunziker, Marcel & Plum, Christiane (2018). Switzerland. In Michael Roth; Sebastian Eiter; Sina Röhner; Alexandra Kruse; Sege Schmitz; Bohumil Frantál; Csaba Centeri; Marina Frovola; Matthias Buchecker; Dina Stober; Isidora Karan; Dan van der Horst (Hrsg.), Renewable energy and landscape quality (S. 88-89). Bern: jovis Verlag.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Müller, Stefanie; Weber, Martina & Buchecker, Matthias (2022). Wie soll die Energiestrategie 2050 lokal umgesetzt werden? Umfrage zur Energiewende und Mitwirkung bei der Umsetzung (WSL Berichte No. 117). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf.

Publications and presentations - Theses (Bachelor/Master/Dissertation/Habilitation)

  • Müller, Stefanie (2022). Trapped between consensus and conflict: Designing public participatory tools for 'green' technology planning. Dissertation, Universität Zürich, Schweiz.