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 for Sociocultural Development

Senior Research Associate

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Biography

Professional experience

  • Private mandate "Social space analysis" for the City Planning Department, City of Bern (since 2024)

  • 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 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

  • CAS Peace Mediation & Dialogue, Swisspeace / University of Basel (2024-ongoing)

  • 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
  • SwissSTES PIT / CC-TES
  • DUT PERSIST
  • DUT Persist Smart Region Lab
  • IDN – Social Business Model HyHEG
  • Urban planning multisensory
  • IDN – Energy: Beyond SFOE SWEET Living & Working
  • Augmented Planning: Enabling broader participation
  • IDN – KlimaCoLab: Participatory and climate-friendly urban design through AI-based Mixed Reality technologies
  • ITC - INNOSUISSE TFV Networking Event Series MUNICIPAL (2021-2024)
  • Hydrogen fuelled cooking stoves for Nepal
  • QUBE Quartierbezogene Energiekooperationen

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (2024). More than deliberation is needed: Potential for agonistic moments in community wind energy planning. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space,
  • Vrhovac, Božana; Müller, Stefanie; Sun, Xue; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne & Buchecker, Matthias (2024). Advancing Shared Energy Transition through Strategic Regional Future Developments. Renewable Energy, (122128),
  • 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.

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Müller, Stefanie (20.06.2024). Anwendung von Augmented Reality in der partizipativen Stadtplanung: Eine Akteursnetzwerkanalyse. 7. Internationale Tagung Soziale Arbeit und Stadtentwicklung – Urbane Räume im digitalen Wandel: Zwischen der smarten Stadt von morgen und widerständigen Praktiken, Muttenz, Schweiz.
  • Buchecker, Matthias & Müller, Stefanie (20.06.2022). Fostering energy transition through participatory visioning of integrated regional development: Baseline-findings of a governance experiment. 3rd Conference on Energy Research and Social Sciences, Manchester, England.
  • Müller, Stefanie (20.01.2021). Partizipation in der Planung von Erneuerbaren Energieanlagen: Die Sicht der Bevölkerung. Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis 2021, Online.
  • Müller, Stefanie (17.06.2019). Mapping meaningful places for participatory siting of renewable energies in Switzerland: Critical reflections based on two PPGIS studies. ISPM Conference: Let the people map, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
  • Müller, Stefanie (04.09.2018). How much participation is welcomed in the planning process of renewable energy technologies at the local level in Switzerland? International Conference – Fifty years of local governance, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman & Buchecker, Matthias (23.08.2018). Umsetzung der Energiewende und deren Auswirkung auf lokale Landschaftsbilder. Landschaftskongress, Messe Luzern, Schweiz.
  • Müller, Stefanie (11.06.2018). Citizen Science in Hydrologie und Limnologie: Eine Synthese aus der Sicht einer Sozialwissenschaftlerin. Citizen Science – Gemeinsam forschen und lernen in Hydrologie und Limnologie, Universität Zürich, Schweiz.
  • Chesnokova, Olga; Côte, Muriel; Egorova, Ekaterina; Müller, Stefanie; Purves, Ross; Seibert, Jan; Strobl, Barbara & Techel, Frank (09.03.2018). Who is behind your data? A conversation accross geographic disciplines. InnoPool Workshop, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Buchecker, Matthias & Müller, Stefanie (19.09.2017). Local residents' preferences for river management alternatives: Which factors influence them? IALE 2017 European Landscape Ecology Congress - From pattern and process to people and action, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman & Buchecker, Matthias (12.09.2017). It's the place meaning that matters: Is the assessement of place meaning improving controversial community wind energy planning in Switzerland? IALE 2017 European Landscape Ecology Congress - From pattern and process to people and action, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Buchecker, Matthias & Müller, Stefanie (19.06.2017). What is the benefit of river revitalization for outdoor recreation in urbanised settings? 23rd International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Umeå, Sweden.
  • Müller, Stefanie; Backhaus, Norman & Buchecker, Matthias (18.06.2017). Participatory mapping of place meanings in community wind energy planning: An evaluation for different landscape types in Switzerland. The 7th Nordic Geographers Meeting - Geographies of inequalities, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Müller, Stefanie & Buchecker, Matthias (13.06.2016). Wie soll die Wigger zukünftig gestaltet werden? Tagung "Junge Landschaftsforschung", Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Schweiz.
  • Müller, Stefanie (07.01.2015). (Süd-)Indiens Reichtum: Ein Erlebnisbericht über einen Forschungsaufenthalt in Südindien. GEGZ-Vortragsreihe: Die Vermessung der Welt, ETH Zürich, Schweiz.