Concluded PhD Projects

Listed in order of their publication dates, these PhD theses were all supervised by Thomas Bernauer as the main advisor.

Brückmann, Gracia (2021). Electric Vehicle Adoption and Acceptance Diss. ETH No. 27657 (get pdf)

Kolcava, Dennis O. (2021). Green Economy Politics. ETH No. 27384 (get pdf)

Fesenfeld, Lukas (2020). The Political Feasibility of Transformative Climate Policy – Public Opinion about Transforming Food and Transport Systems, Diss. ETH No. 26733 (get pdf)

Wicki, Michael (2020). Ambitious Mobility Policies and Public Opinion: Doomed to Fail?, Diss. ETH No. 26496 (get pdf)

Brander Wittwer, Michael (2019): Stocks and Storage: Effects of Improved On-Farm Storage on Local Food Prices and Seasonal Food Security, and Effects of Trade Policies on Global Food Price Volatility, Diss. ETH No. TBD (get pdf)

Huber, Robert (2018): Climate and Environmental Policy Between Responsiveness and Responsibility, Diss. ETH No. TBD (get pdf)

Anderson, Brilé (2017): Individuals' Preferences for Distributing the Costs of Climate Change Mitigation: Domestically and Internationally, Diss. ETH No. 24325 (get pdf)

Nguyen, Quynh (2015): To trade or not to trade: examining the social foundations of individual trade policy preferences, Diss. ETH No. 22739 (external page get pdf)

Oehl, Bianca (2015): Public Demand and Climate Change Policy Making in OECD Countries – From Dynamics of the Demand to Policy Responsiveness, Diss. ETH No. 22537 (get pdf)

Gampfer, Robert (2014): Determinants of Individual Preferences for Global Climate Politics: Burden Sharing, Civil Society Involvement, and Governance Architecture, Diss. ETH No. 21951 (get pdf)

Tribaldos, Theresa (2013): Conflict and Cooperation over Domestic Water Resources in the Mediterranean, the Sahel Area, and the Middle East: Drivers and Structural Alternatives for Conflict-Reducing Management, Diss. ETH No. 21294 (Download get pdf (PDF, 2.6 MB))

Betzold, Carola (2013): Non-State Actors in International Climate Change Negotiations, Diss. ETH. No. 21193 (Download get pdf (PDF, 1.5 MB))

Vollenweider, Jürg (2012): The effectiveness of international environmental agreements - methodology, timing, and network effects, Diss. ETH No. 20656 (get pdf)

Perrin, Sophie (2012): Explaining the dynamics of international legal commitment in the area of air pollution, Diss. ETH No. 19807 (get pdf)

Schaffer, Lena Maria (2011): Voluntary climate change initiatives in the U.S: Analyzing participation in space and time, Diss. ETH No. 19475 (get pdf)

Beck, Lucas (2010): Transboundary water allocation in the Zambezi River Basin, Diss. ETH No. 19048 (get pdf)

Kalbhenn, Anna (2010): Democracy, international interlinkages and cooperation over shared resources, Diss. ETH No. 18844 (get pdf)

Ruoff, Gabriele Stella (2009): Grow rich and clean up later? Joint effects of international integration and democracy on environmental quality in developing countries, Diss. ETH No. 18600 (get pdf)

Dapp, Marcus (2009): The effects of software patent policy on the motivation and innovation of free and open source software developer, Diss. ETH No. 18544 (get pdf)

Hesselbein, Gabi (2009): The Economic Foundations of State-Building and State-Failure: A Political Economy of Sub-Saharan African States, Diss. Universität Zürich (available on request from the author: )

Kammerer, Daniel (2008): Determinants of Environmental Product Innovation. A Comparative Study on Manufacturers of Electrical and Electronic Appliances in Germany and California, Diss. ETH No. 18075. (Download get pdf (PDF, 2.2 MB))

Robin, Christian (2008): A Domestic Policy-Making Approach to World Market Integration Strategies in Developing Nations - Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia in Comparison, Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. (buy external page dissertation)

Engels, Stéphanie (2007): Determinants of Environmental Innovations in the Swiss and German Food and Beverage Industry. What Role Does Environmental Regulation Play?, Diss. ETH No. 17465. (Download get pdf (PDF, 4.1 MB))

Sattler, Thomas (2007): The Political Economy of International Finance, Diss. ETH No. 16925. (get pdf)

Seijas, Jazmin (2007): Determinants of Environmental Innovation in the German and Swiss Chemical Industry. With Special Consideration of Environmental Regulation. Diss. ETH No. 16918. (Download get pdf (PDF, 3.9 MB))

Walter, Stefanie (2007): Explaining Policy Responses to Speculative Attacks. The Political Economy of Currency Crises, Diss. ETH No. 17085. (Download get pdf (PDF, 3.6 MB))

Brem, Stefan (2006): Regulating small arms : the role of NGOs and private companies in negotiating an international action framework, Diss. Universität Zürich. (external page get pdf)

Caduff, Ladina (2005): Vorsorge oder Risiko? Verbraucher- und umweltschutzpolitische Regulierung im europäisch-amerikanischen Vergleich: Eine politökonomisch Analyse des Hormonstreits und des Elektronikschrottproblems, Diss. Universität Zürich (Download get pdf (PDF, 1.2 MB))

Ulrich, Christian (2005): Lobbyingaktivitäten der Industrie - eine Analyse der Basler Konvention, Diss. Universität Zürich. (Download get pdf (PDF, 12.4 MB))

Meins, Erika (2003): Politics and Public Outrage: Explaining Transatlantic and Intra-European Diversity of Regulations on Food Irradiation and Genetically Modified Food, LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster. (external page buy dissertation)

Styrsky, Vit (2003): Ausländische Direktinvestitionen in Transformationsstaaten. Eine Analyse von nachfrageseitigen Restriktionen ausländischer Direktinvestitionen anhand von vier Fallstudien zu Polen und zur Tschechischen Republik. Reihe: Politikwissenschaft Bd. 103. Lit-Verlag Münster. (external page buy dissertation)

Suter, Roy (2002: The role of positive incentives in fostering international environmental cooperation : the nuclear safety problem in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Diss. Universität Zürich. (external page get pdf)

Marty, Frank (2001): Managing International Rivers: Problems, Politics and Institutions, European University Studies, Series 31: Political Science, Vol 421. Lang Verlag Bern. (external page buy dissertation)

Moser, Peter (2001): Schweizerische Aussenpolitik in der Zeit des Umbruchs 1989-2002. Die EWR-Verhandlungen und die Reaktion auf die Deutsche Wiedervereinigung aus einer Foreign Policy-Analysis-Perspektive, Diss. Universität Zürich. (Download get pdf (PDF, 2.5 MB))