Prof. em. Dr. Stephan Rist

Associated Senior Research Scientist

Phone
+41 31 684 37 52
E-Mail
stephan.rist@unibe.ch
Office
276
Postal Address
Prof. Dr. Stephan Rist
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • Human Geography (Nature-Society Relationships and Sustainability)
  • Governance of Natural Resources and Sustainability; 
  • Agroecology; 
  • Organic Agriculture; 
  • Social and Societal Learning Processes;
  • Sustainable Regional Development;
  • Indigenous Knowledge;
  • Culture and Sustainability;
  • Transdisciplinarity and Action-Research

Projects

  • Project Leader of a Research for Development (R4D) Project “Towards food sustainability: Reshaping the coexistence of different food systems in South America and Africa”, financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation, together with the World Trade Institute (WTI), Institute of Social Anthropology (both University of Bern), Geneva Academy for International Law and Human Rights, and AGRUCO in Bolivia and CETRAD in Kenya.
  • Project Leader of a Swiss National Research Programm (NRP-68) on “Sustainable soil governance and large scale land acquisitions originating in Switzerland” together with World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern and Agroscope/ Federal Office for Agriculture.
  • Co-leader Prodoc Research Module (RM) on “Transcultural Governance of the Environment in Latin America” (TransGELA), financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
  • External reviewer of the IPCC Special Report "Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation" (SREX) invited by ProClim.
  • Leader of research project on “Governance of Forests Multiple Outcomes in the Bolivian Lowlands (GOFORBO), funded by the Swiss Network of International Studies, Geneva.

Further professional interests

  • Philosophy of Sciences;
  • Ethics and Development

Field experience

Bolivia; Peru; Ecuador; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Mexico, Chile; Brasil; Argentina; Kenya, Mali; India

Languages

German, Spanish, English, French

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2022

Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (2022). Connecting Human Health to Nature Health: The Bridging Potential of Sustainable Food Systems. In: Scrimshaw, Susan C.; Lane, Sandra D.; Rubinstein, Robert A.; Fischer, Julian (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine (pp. 529-543). London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd

2021

Ebneter, Laura; Liechti, Karina; Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (August 2021). Forschungsschwerpunkt Traditionelle Bewässerung an der Universität Bern: Traditionelle Bewässerung in Europa - immaterielles Kulturerbe für die Zukunft Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment, Geografisches Institut, UNESCO Chair Natur- und Kulturerbe zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung von Berggebieten, Universität Bern, und Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Mukhovi, Stellah; Giger, Markus; Llanque, Aymara; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Jacobi, Johanna (May 2021). Manual for Participatory Food System Sustainability Assessments and Transformation (FoodSAT) – Steps towards Food Democracy Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Rist, Stephan (April 2021). Wirtschaftsdemokratie und Ökologie. Denknetz Schweiz, pp. 24-25.

Llanque, Aymara; Jacobi, Johanna; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Mukhovi, Stellah; Silvestre, Carlos; Tecchio, Andreia; Fernandez, Lidiane; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Maluf, Renato; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2021). Transformations towards food sustainability using the participatory Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (FoodSAF). Social Innovations Journal, 5 Social Innovations Partners

Jungmeier, Michael; Rist, Stephan; Tribaldos, Theresa; Kirchmeir, Hanns; Liechti, Karina; Lochmatter, Alessandra; Meessen, Heino; Auinger, Monika; Schmalzl, Lilia; Plassmann, Guido (2021). Governing mountain commons between tradition and innovation. In: III World Higher Education Conference. Barcelona, Spain. 18-20 May 2022.

2020

Mukhovi, Stellah; Jacobi, Johanna; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan; Kiteme, Boniface (2020). Learning and Adaptation in Food Systems: Insights from Four Case Studies in the Global South. International journal on food system dynamics, 11(4), pp. 312-328. 10.18461/ijfsd.v11i4.57

Mutea, Emily; Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna (2020). Applying the Theory of Access to Food Security among Smallholder Family Farmers around North-West Mount Kenya. Sustainability, 12(5), p. 1751. MDPI 10.3390/su12051751

Murti, Radhika; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Garcia, Veronica Ruiz; Rist, Stephan (2020). Engaging national policy makers in ecosystem based disaster risk reduction through social learning: Lessons from workshops in Africa, oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 45, p. 101463. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101463

Zepharovich, Elena; Ceddia, M. Graziano; Rist, Stephan (2020). Perceptions of deforestation in the Argentinean Chaco: Combining Q-method and environmental justice. Ecological economics, 171, p. 106598. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106598

Rist, Stephan; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Giger, Markus; Hett, Cornelia; Scharrer, Bettina; Jacobi, Johanna; Lannen, Anu (2020). Variety is the source of life: Agrobiodiversity benefits, challenges, and needs (Swiss Academies Factsheets 15 (1)). Bern: Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) 10.5281/zenodo.3568133

Mukhovi, Stellah Mikalitsa; Jacobi, Johanna; Llanque, Aymara; Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Social Self-Organization and Social-Ecological Resilience in Food Systems: Lessons from Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya and Indigenous Guaraní Communities in Bolivia. Food studies, 10(1), pp. 19-42. Common Ground Research Networks 10.18848/2160-1933/CGP/v10i01/19-42

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Giger, Markus; Bessa, Adriana; Golay, Christophe; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mwangi, Veronica; Augstburger, Horacio; Buergi-Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Haller, Tobias; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Delgado Burgoa, José M. F.; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2020). A new understanding and evaluation of food sustainability in six different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Scientific reports, 10(1), p. 19145. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-020-76284-y

Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (2020). Developing indicators for sustainable regional development in mountain areas (Unpublished). In: 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Zurich, Switzerland. 6-7 November.

Murti, Radhika; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan (2020). A Methodological Orientation for Social Learning Based Adaptation Planning: Lessons from Pilot Interventions in Rural Communities of Burkina Faso, Chile and Senegal. Systemic practice and action research, 33(4), pp. 409-434. Springer 10.1007/s11213-019-09495-8

2019

Mutea, Emily Ngutah; Bottazzi, Patrick; Jacobi, Johanna; Kiteme, Boniface; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2019). Livelihoods and Food Security Among Rural Households in the North-Western Mount Kenya Region. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 3 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00098

Gambon, Helen Anna; Rist, Stephan (2019). Worldview Matters: Mosetene Ontology and Resource Use in the Pilón Lajas Indigenous Territory and Biosphere Reserve in the Bolivian Amazon. Human organization, 78(1), pp. 54-63. Society for Applied Anthropology

Jacobi, Johanna; Wambugu, Grace; Ngutu, Mariah; Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Mwangi, Veronica; Zonta, Aymara Llanque; Otieno, Stephen; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Burgoa, José M. F. Delgado; Rist, Stephan (2019). Mapping Food Systems: A Participatory Research Tool Tested in Kenya and Bolivia. Mountain Research and Development, 39(1), R1-R11. International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-18-00024.1

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Toledo, Daniela; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Käser, Fabian David; Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Delgado, José Manuel Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Actor-specific risk perceptions and strategies for resilience building in different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Regional environmental change, 19(3), pp. 879-892. Springer 10.1007/s10113-018-1448-x

Schneider, Flurina; Buser, Tobias Johannes; Keller, Rea; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Research funding programmes aiming for societal transformations: ten key stages. Science and public policy, 46(3), pp. 463-478. Oxford University Press 10.1093/scipol/scy074

Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Käser, Fabian David; Rist, Stephan (2019). Assessing Food Systems and Their Impact on Common Pool Resources and Resilience. Land, 8(4), p. 71. MDPI 10.3390/land8040071

Giger, Markus; Rist, Stephan (2019). Boden als Investitionsobjekt - Landkäufe und ihre internationalen Verflechtungen. In: Gerber, Brigitta; Kriese, Ulrich (eds.) Boden behalten – Stadt gestalten. Bodenpolitische Impulse für Akteure in Städten, Gemeinden und Zivilgesellschaft (pp. 42-53). Zürich, Schweiz: rüffer&rub

Janker, Judith; Mann, Stefan; Rist, Stephan (2019). Social sustainability in agriculture – A system-based framework. Journal of rural studies, 65, pp. 32-42. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.12.010

Rist, Stephan (2019). Alexander von Humboldt, Marx und die Integrative Geographie. GeoAgenda, 2019(2), pp. 42-45. Verband Geographie Schweiz (ASG)

Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas; Saravia Chavez, Rodrigo; Inguaggiato, Carla; Rist, Stephan; Ceddia, Michele Graziano (2019). A constitutionality approach of deforestation at the Chaco Salteño (Unpublished). In: 17th Global Conference of the International Association for the study of the commons. Lima, Peru. 03 July 2019.

Tejada, Laura; Rist, Stephan (2019). El boom del bioetanol y (re)concentración de la tierra en la costa norte peruana: luchas agrarias en un contexto neoliberal. In: Durand, Leticia; Nygren, Anja; de la Vega-Leinert, Anne Cristina (eds.) Naturaleza y neoliberalismo en América Latina (pp. 215-247). Cuernavaca, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Integrating protected areas into sustainable regional development based on environmental justice – a case study from the National Reserve of Coyhaique, Chile (Unpublished). In: Transformation Conference 2019. Santiago, Chile. 16 October 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Integrating protected areas into sustainable regional development based on environmental justice – a case study from the National Reserve of Coyhaique, Chile (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico. 06 November 2019.

2018

Oberlack, Christoph; Winiger, Andrea; Kupferschmied, Patrick; Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan (November 2018). Archetypical strategies for safeguarding community access to land and natural resources in the global land rush (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference 2018. Utrecht, Netherlands. 05-08 November 2018.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina; Oberlack, Christoph; Rist, Stephan (November 2018). Governance of sustainability problems through transdisciplinary research: pathways to impact in agricultural systems (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference 2018. Utrecht, Netherlands. 05-08 November 2018.

Boillat, Sébastien; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2018). Distant Interactions, Power, and Environmental Justice in Protected Area Governance: A Telecoupling Perspective. Sustainability, 10(11), p. 3954. MDPI 10.3390/su10113954

Delaney, Aogán; Evans, Tom; McGreevy, John; Blekking, Jordan; Schlachter, Tyler; Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa; Tamás, Peter A.; Crane, Todd A.; Eakin, Hallie; Förch, Wiebke; Jones, Lindsey; Nelson, Donald R.; Oberlack, Christoph; Purdon, Mark; Rist, Stephan (2018). Governance of food systems across scales in times of social-ecological change: a review of indicators. Food security, 10(2), pp. 287-310. Springer 10.1007/s12571-018-0770-y

Haller, Tobias; Belsky, Jill M.; Rist, Stephan (2018). The Constitutionality Approach: Conditions, Opportunities, and Challenges for Bottom-Up Institution Building. Human ecology, 46(1), pp. 1-2. Springer 10.1007/s10745-018-9966-1

Ochoa-García, Heliodoro; Rist, Stephan (2018). Water Justice and Integrated Water Resources Management: Constitutionality Processes Favoring Sustainable Water Governance in Mexico. Human ecology, 46(1), pp. 51-64. Springer 10.1007/s10745-017-9958-6

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2018). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems. Ecology and Society, 23(1) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-09902-230116

Gambon, Helen Anna; Rist, Stephan (2018). Moving territories: Strategic Selection of Boundary Concepts by Indigenous People in the Bolivian Amazon - an Element of Constitutionality? Human ecology, 46(1), pp. 27-40. Springer 10.1007/s10745-017-9960-z

Alves Zanella, Matheus; Goetz, Ariane; Rist, Stephan; Schmidt, Oscar; Weigelt, Jes (2018). Deliberation in Multi-Stakeholder Participation: A Heuristic Framework Applied to the Committee on World Food Security. Sustainability, 10(2), p. 428. MDPI 10.3390/su10020428

Bottazzi, Patrick; Crespo, David; Bangura, Leonard Omar; Rist, Stephan (2018). Evaluating the livelihood impacts of a large-scale agricultural investment: Lessons from the case of a biofuel production company in northern Sierra Leone. Land use policy, 73, pp. 128-137. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.016

Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas; Bieri, Sabin; Rist, Stephan (2018). Quinoa and production rules: how are cooperatives contributing to governance of natural resources? International journal of the commons, 12(1), pp. 402-427. Igitur 10.18352/ijc.826

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Käser, Fabian David; Pozo, Claudia; Ngutu Peter, Mariah; Delgado, José Manuel Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Rist, Stephan; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2018). Operationalizing food system resilience: An indicator-based assessment in agroindustrial, smallholder farming, and agroecological contexts in Bolivia and Kenya. Land use policy, 79, pp. 433-446. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.08.044

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wüthrich, Tamara; Rüegg, Simon; Zinsstag, Jakob; Keune, Hans; Boillat, Sébastien; Blake, Lauren; Thieme, Susan; Degeling, Chris; Rist, Stephan (2018). Evaluating the contributions of One Health initiatives to social sustainability. In: Rüegg, Simon R.; Häsler, Barbara; Zinsstag, Jakob (eds.) Integrated approaches to health. A handbook for the evaluation of One Health (pp. 86-125). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan (2018). Linking sustainable diets to the concept of food system sustainability. Future of food : journal on food, agriculture and society, 6(1), pp. 71-84. University of Kassel

Gerritsen, Peter R. W.; Rist, Stephan; Hernández, Jaime Morales; Ponce, Nelson Tapia (eds.) (2018). Multifuncionalidad, sustentabilidad y buen vivir. Miradas desde Bolivia y México. Gudalajara, Mexico: Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales – IMECBIO, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stella; Delgado, Freddy; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2018). Resiliencia en dos sistemas alimentarios agroindustriales en Kenia y Bolivia desde la perspectiva de sus actores (Unpublished). In: VII Latinamerican Congress of Agroecology. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 03-05 October 2018.

Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Jacobi, Johanna; Schwilch, Gudrun; Rist, Stephan (2018). Agroecosystem Service Capacity Index – A methodological approach. Landscape online, 64, pp. 1-48. International Association for Landscape Ecology 10.3097/LO.201864

Janker, Judith; Mann, Stefan; Rist, Stephan (2018). What is Sustainable Agriculture? Critical Analysis of the International Political Discourse. Sustainability, 10(12), p. 4707. MDPI 10.3390/su10124707

2017

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan; Altieri, Miguel A (2017). Incentives and disincentives for diversified agroforestry systems from different actors' perspectives in Bolivia. International journal of agricultural sustainability, 15(4), pp. 365-379. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14735903.2017.1332140

Scharrer, Bettina; Rist, Stephan (March 2017). CSA in europäischen Ländern - ein Vergleich. LandInFormSpezial, 7, pp. 6-7. Deutsche Vernetzungsstelle Ländliche Räume

Tejada, Laura; Rist, Stephan (2017). Seeing land deals through the lens of the 'land-water nexus': The case of biofuel production in Piura, Peru. The journal of peasant studies, 45(7), pp. 1247-1271. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2016.1259220

Jacobi, Johanna; Bottazzi, Patrick; Pillco, Maria Isabel; Schneider, Monika; Rist, Stephan (2017). Building Farm Resilience in a Changing Climate: Challenges, Potentials, and Ways Forward for Smallholder Cocoa Production in Bolivia. In: Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Fernández, Manuela; Penna, Ivanna M.; Jaboyedoff, Michel; Gaillard, JC (eds.) Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Shaping Debates and Policies (pp. 231-247). Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-33880-4_14

Jacobi, Johanna; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Gambon, Helen Anna; Rist, Stephan; Altieri, Miguel (2017). Whose knowledge, whose development? Use and role of local and external knowledge in agroforestry projects in Bolivia. Environmental management, 59(3), pp. 464-476. Springer 10.1007/s00267-016-0805-0

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mann, Stefan; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2017). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems: Is the tragedy of the grabbed commons unavoidable? (Unpublished). In: XVI. Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Utrecht, Netherlands. 10-14 July 2017.

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Peralvo, Manuel; Báez, Selene; Rist, Stephan; Buytaert, Wouter; Cuesta, Francisco; Fadrique, Belén; Feeley, Kenneth J.; Groth, Aaron A. P.; Homeier, Jürgen; Llambí, Luis D.; Locatelli, Bruno; López Sandoval, Maria Fernanda; Malizia, Agustina; Young, Kenneth R. (2017). Research priorities for the conservation and sustainable governance of Andean forest landscapes. Mountain Research and Development, 37(3), pp. 323-339. International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00093.1

Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Tejada, Laura; Rist, Stephan; Giger, Markus (2017). Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Keynote presentation. (Unpublished). In: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington, DC, USA. 20-24 March 2017.

2016

Oberlack, Christoph; Tejada, Laura; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Giger, Markus (2016). Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Global environmental change, 41, pp. 153-171. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.10.001

Blasiak, Robert; Rist, Stephan; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Lannen, Anu (2016). Making the Commodity Sector Work for Developing Countries. Local Impacts, Global Links, and Knowledge Gaps (Swiss Academies Factsheets 11 (2)). Bern: Akademien der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT)

Haller, Tobias; Acciaioli, Gregory; Rist, Stephan (2016). Constitutionality: Conditions for Crafting Local Ownership of Institution-Building Processes. Society & Natural Resources, 29(1), pp. 68-87. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/08941920.2015.1041661

Bottazzi, Patrick; Goguen, Adam; Rist, Stephan (2016). Conflicts of customary land tenure in rural Africa: Is large-scale land acquisition a driver of "institutional innovation"? The journal of peasant studies, 43(5), pp. 1-18. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2015.1119119

Lannen, Anu; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Rist, Stephan; Wehrli, Judith (2016). Switzerland and the commodities trade: Taking stock and looking ahead (Swiss Academies Factsheets 11 (1)). Bern: Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT)

Andres, Christian; Comoé, Hermann; Beerli, Anna; Schneider, Monika; Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna (2016). Cocoa in monoculture and dynamic agroforestry. In: Lichtfouse, Eric (ed.) Sustainable agriculture reviews. Sustainable agriculture reviews: Vol. 19 (pp. 121-153). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International

Breu, Thomas; Bader, Christoph; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Rist, Stephan; Eckert, Sandra (2016). Large-scale land acquisition and its effects on the water balance in investor and host countries. PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0150901. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0150901

Breu, Thomas Michael; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Heinimann, Andreas; Bader, Christoph; Eckert, Sandra (2016). Effects of foreign direct investments on water resources and its relevance for common pool resources (Unpublished). In: IASC Regional Conference (Europe) 2016. Global connections and local responses. Bern, Switzerland. 10.-13.05.2016.

Bétrisey, Florence; Mager, Christophe; Rist, Stephan (2016). Local views and structural determinants of poverty alleviation through payments for environmental services: Bolivian insights. World development perspectives, 1, pp. 6-11. Elsevier 10.1016/j.wdp.2016.05.001

Schneider, Flurina; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Reynard, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Weingartner, Rolf (2016). MontanAqua: Tackling Water Stress in the Alps: Water Management Options in the Crans-Montana-Sierre Region (Valais). GAIA - ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / ecological perspectives for science and society, 25(3), pp. 191-193. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.25.3.11

Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan (eds.) (2016). Ciencias, diálogo de saberes y transdisciplinariedad. Aportes teórico metodológicos para la sustentabilidad alimentaria y del desarrollo. La Paz, Bolivia: AGRUCO-UMSS-CDE

Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan (2016). Las ciencias desde la perspectiva del diálogo de saberes, la transdisciplinariedad y el diálogo intercientífico. In: Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Ciencias, diálogo de saberes y transdisciplinariedad. Aportes teórico metodológicos para la sustentabilidad alimentaria y del desarrollo (pp. 35-60). La Paz, Bolivia: AGRUCO-UMSS-CDE

Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna; Delgado, Mayra (2016). Desde nuestras ciencias al diálogo intercientífico para la sustentabilidad alimentaria y el desarrollo sustentable. In: Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Ciencias, diálogo de saberes y transdisciplinariedad. Aportes teórico metodológicos para la sustentabilidad alimentaria y del desarrollo (pp. 333-365). La Paz, Bolivia: AGRUCO-UMSS-CDE

Rist, Stephan; Cottier, Thomas; Mann, Stefan (2016). Sustainable Soil Governance and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions originating in Switzerland. Summary for Stakeholders Bern, Switzerland: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds - NFP68

Rist, Stephan; Golay, Christophe; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Delgado Burgoa, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Haller, Tobias; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2016). Towards food sustainability: Reshaping the coexistence of different food systems in South America and Africa – project description (Towards Food Sustainability Working Paper 1). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna (2016). Selection of food systems in Bolivia and Kenya and methods of analysis (Towards Food Sustainability Working Paper 2). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna (2016). Contents and indicators of the Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (Food-SAF) (Towards Food Sustainability Working Paper 3). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Haller, Tobias; Rist, Stephan (2016). Why Switzerland and Europe? Welcome Adress at the IASC European conference in Bern. Commons Digest(20), pp. 1-5. International Association for the Study of the Commons

2015

Rosendahl, Judith; Zanella, Matheus A.; Rist, Stephan; Weigelt, Jes (2015). Scientists’ situated knowledge: Strong objectivity in transdisciplinarity. Futures, 65, pp. 17-27. Elsevier 10.1016/j.futures.2014.10.011

Jacobi, Johanna; Schneider, Monika; Bottazzi, Patrick; Pillco, Maria; Calizaya, Patricia; Rist, Stephan (2015). Agroecosystem resilience and farmers’ perceptions of climate change impacts on cocoa farms in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Renewable agriculture and food systems, 30(2), pp. 170-183. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S174217051300029X

Schneider, Flurina; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Reynard, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Weingartner, Rolf (2015). Assessing the sustainability of water governance systems: the sustainability wheel. Journal of environmental planning and management, 58(9), pp. 1577-1600. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/09640568.2014.938804

Zanella, Matheus Alves; Rahmanian, Maryam; Perch, Leisa Nicola; Callenius, Carolin; Rubio, José Luis; Vuningoma, Faustin; Rist, Stephan; Mapfumo, Paul (2015). Discussion: Food security and sustainable food systems: The role of soil. International soil and water conservation research, 3(2), pp. 154-159. Elsevier 10.1016/j.iswcr.2015.06.001

Bürgi, Elisabeth; Wehrli, Judith; Bucher, Daniela; Rist, Stephan; Giger, Markus; Espa, Ilaria; Franzi, Simone; Elsig, Manfred; Gelb, Stephen Roy; Holzgang, Milena; Dey, Pascal; Wettstein, Florian (2015). The commodity sector and related governance challenges from a sustainable development perspective: The example of Switzerland: Current research gaps (CDE WTI IWE Joint Working Paper 1). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); World Trade Institute (WTI); Institute for Business Ethics (IWE)

Rist, Stephan (2015). Klar, ohne Befreiung geht das nicht – Gedanken zur "grossen Transformation" in der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte. In: Stöckli, Bruno (ed.) Questioning development - Repenser le développement - Repensar el desarollo - Entwicklung neu denken (pp. 100-119). Bern, Schweiz: dialogue4change

Rist, Stephan (2015). Ist genug für alle da? Doppelpunkt, 34, pp. 24-26. Dornbusch Medien

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan (2015). Ciencias de la sostenibilidad y sistemas socio-ecológicos: Un marco conceptual para la investigación sobre bosques andinos (Unpublished). In: Retos de Investigación para la Conservación y Manejo Sostenible de los Bosques Andinos. Lima, Peru. 14.10.2015.

Jacobi, Johanna; Schneider, Monika; Pillco Mariscal, Maria; Huber, Stephanie; Weidmann, Simon; Bottazzi, Patrick; Rist, Stephan (2015). Farm resilience in organic and nonorganic cocoa farming systems in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 39(7), pp. 798-823. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/21683565.2015.1039158

Jacobi, Johanna; Zanella, Matheus Alves; Pillco Mariscal, Maria Isabel; Lucana, Augustin Choque; Rist, Stephan (2015). Alternatives for the sustainable development of Alto Beni, Bolivia. In: Zanella, Matheus Alves; Rosendahl, Judith; Weigelt, Jes (eds.) Pro-poor resource governance under changing climates (pp. 71-85). Potsdam, Germany: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)

Ochoa-García, Heliodoro; Rist, Stephan (2015). Hydraulic projects, State and Society: Water conflicts and sustainable governance in Western Mexico (Unpublished). In: Floods, State, Dams and Dykes in Modern Times: Ecological and Socio-economic Transformations of the Rural World. Bucharest, Romania. 18.-20.06.2015.

Ochoa-García, Heliodoro; Rist, Stephan (2015). La emancipación como posibilidad para transitar hacía una gobernanza sustentable del agua: El caso del proyecto El Zapotillo, México (Unpublished). In: Waterlat-Gobacit VII International Meeting. Guadalajara, Mexico. 18.-23.10.2015.

Ochoa-García, Heliodoro; Rist, Stephan (2015). La emancipación como posibilidad para transitar hacia una gobernanza sustenable del agua. In: Ochoa-García, Heliodoro (ed.) Imposition, resistance, and alternatives in the face of an inter - regional water crisis in Mexico: El Zapotillo project (in Spanish). Waterlat-Gobacit Network Working Papers: Vol. 2 (pp. 12-45). WATERLAT-GOBACIT Research Network

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan (2015). Towards food sustainability: reshaping the coexistence of different food systems in South America and Africa (Unpublished). In: World Food System Conference. Ascona, Switzerland. 21.-26.6.2015.

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan; Altieri, M. (2015). Combining indigenous and scientific knowledge for resilience building: Learning from Bolivian agroforestry initiatives (Unpublished). In: Resilience of Tropical Ecosystems - Future Challenges and Opportunities: Annual Meeting of the Society for Tropical Ecology. Zurich, Switzerland. 07.-10.04.2015.

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan; Altieri, M. (2015). Factores socioeconómicos e institucionales influyendo en la adopción de la agroforestería en Bolivia (Unpublished). In: IV Congreso Nacional de Sistemas Agroforestales en Bolivia. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 10.-11.08.2015.

2014

Jacobi, Johanna; Schneider, Monika; Pillco Mariscal, María Isabel; Huber, Stephanie; Rist, Stephan (2014). La contribución de la producción del cacao orgánico a la resiliencia socio-ecológica en el contexto del cambio climático en el Alto Beni – La Paz. Acta Nova: Revista de Ciencias y Tecnología, 6(4), pp. 351-383. Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo

Bottazzi, Patrick; Crespo, David; Soria, Harry; Dao, Hy; Serrudo, Marcelo; Benavides, Jean Paul; Schwarzer, Stefan; Rist, Stephan (2014). Carbon sequestration in community forests: trade-offs, multiple outcomes and institutional diversity in the Bolivian Amazon. Development and Change, 45(1), pp. 105-131. Wiley 10.1111/dech.12076

Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2014). Envisioning sustainable water futures in a transdisciplinary learning process: combining normative, explorative, and participatory scenario approaches. Sustainability science, 9(4), pp. 463-481. Springer 10.1007/s11625-013-0232-6

Jacobi, Johanna; Andres, Christian; Schneider, Monika; Pillco, Maria; Calizaya, Patricia; Rist, Stephan (2014). Carbon stocks, tree diversity, and the role of organic certification in different cocoa production systems in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroforestry systems, 88(6), pp. 1117-1132. Springer 10.1007/s10457-013-9643-8

Bottazzi, Patrick; Reyes-García, Victoria; Crespo, David; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Galvarro, Harry Soria; Jacobi, Johanna; Clavijo, Marcelo; Rist, Stephan (2014). Productive Diversification and Sustainable Use of Complex Social-Ecological Systems: A Comparative Study of Indigenous and Settler Communities in the Bolivian Amazon. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38(2), pp. 137-164. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/21683565.2013.841606

Rist, Stephan; Darr, Barbara; Bottazzi, Patrick (2014). At the Interface of Culture, Development, and Forests: Insights from Bolivia and Kenya. In: Pretzsch, Jürgen; Darr, Dietrich; Uibrig, Holm; Auch, Eckhard (eds.) Forests and Rural Development. Tropical Forestry: Vol. 9 (pp. 167-204). Berlin: Springer 10.1007/978-3-642-41404-6_7

Rist, Stephan (2014). Von der Regulierung zur Demokratisierung: Antworten auf den globalen Hunger. Widerspruch - Beiträge zu sozialistischer Politik, 64, pp. 137-150. Zürich: Rotpunktverlag

Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Schneider, Flurina; Weingartner, Rolf (2014). Interdisciplinary assessment of complex regional water systems and their future evolution: how socioeconomic drivers can matter more than climate. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1(4), pp. 413-426. Wiley 10.1002/wat2.1032

Schmid, Franziska; Walter, Felix; Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2014). Nachhaltige Wassergouvernanz: Herausforderungen und Wege in die Zukunft (NFP 61 - Thematische Synthese 4). Schweizerischer Nationalfonds

Weingartner, Rolf; Schädler, Bruno; Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schneider, Flurina (2014). MontanAqua: Wasserbewirtschaftung in Zeiten von Knappheit und globalem Wandel Wasserbewirtschaftungsoptionen für die Region Crans-Montana-Sierre im Wallis (NFP 61). Schweizerischer Nationalfonds

Schmid, Franziska; Walter, Felix; Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2014). Wege zur nachhaltigen Wassergouvernanz. Thematische Synthese 4: Notwendige Anpassungsprozesse in der schweizerischen Wasserwirtschaft. Aqua & Gas, 2014(11), pp. 36-40. Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Rist, Stephan (2014). An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social–ecological dynamics. Global environmental change, 28, pp. 109-119. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.005

Schädler, Bruno; Graefe, Olivier; Reynard, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Weingartner, Rolf (2014). Water Management Options Under Climate Change in the Swiss Alps. In: Kohler, Thomas; Wehrli, André; Jurek, Matthias (eds.) Mountains and Climate Change. A Global Concern (pp. 40-43). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Schneider, Flurina; Buser, Tobias Johannes; Rist, Stephan (2014). Potentiale und Limitationen transdisziplinärer Wissensproduktion in Forschungsprojekten des NFP61. In: Workshop zum Thema Wissensintegration des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds SNF. Bern, Schweiz. 25.11.014.

Jacobi, Johanna; Schneider, Monika; Rist, Stephan (2014). Agroforstwirtschaft als ökologisch, ökonomisch und sozial nachhaltige Landnutzungsform: Fallbeispiel Kakaoanbau in Bolivien. Elemente der Naturwissenschaft, 100, pp. 4-25.

2013

Brandt, Regine; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Lachmuth, Susanne; Hensen, Isabell; Rist, Stephan (2013). Knowledge and valuation of Andean agroforestry species: the role of sex, age, and migration among members of a rural community in Bolivia. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 9(1), p. 83. Biomed Central 10.1186/1746-4269-9-83

Boillat, Sébastien; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan (2013). Linking local knowledge, conservation practices and ecosystem diversity: comparing two communities in the Tunari National Park (Bolivia). Ethnobiology and Conservation(2), p. 8. Universidade Estadual da Paraiba * Editora (EDUEP) 10.15451/ec2013-8-2.8-1-28

Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, Elvira; Rist, Stephan; Berkes, Fikret (2013). The Importance of Place Names in the Search for Ecosystem-Like Concepts in Indigenous Societies: An Example from the Bolivian Andes. Environmental management, 51(3), pp. 663-678. New York, N.Y.: Springer 10.1007/s00267-012-9969-4

Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2013). Transitions to sustainable water governance from a social learning perspective. In: 4th International conference on sustainability transitions: IST 2013. Zürich, Schweiz. 20. Jun, 2013.

Balsiger, Urs; Bottazzi, Patrick; Breu, Thomas Michael; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Giger, Markus; Kiteme, Boniface; Kohler, Thomas; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Schneider, Flurina (2013). Spotlight on governance of land and natural resources: CDE annual report 2012 (CDE Annual Report, 2012). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan; Delgado Burgoa, Freddy (2013). Saberes locales: un aporte clave para el desarrollo sustentable de la región andina (Evidence for Policy, Edición Regional de Sudamérica 6). La Paz: NCCR North-South

Bottazzi, Patrick; Cattaneo, Andrea; Rocha, David Crespo; Rist, Stephan (2013). Assessing sustainable forest management under REDD+: a community-based labour perspective. Ecological economics, 93, pp. 94-103. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.05.003

Reynard, Emmanuel; Bonriposi, Mariano; Graefe, Olivier; Herweg, Karl Günter; Homewood, Christine; Huss, Matthias; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rey, Emmanuel; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Schneider, Flurina; Weingartner, Rolf (2013). MontanAqua: anticiper le stress hydrique dans les Alpes – Scénarios de gestion de l’eau dans la région de Crans-Montana-Sierre (Valais): résultats finaux et recommandations Universités de Berne, Lausanne et Fribourg

Rist, Stephan; Jacobi, Johanna (2013). Resiliencia socio-ecológica y adaptación al cambio climático - Perspectivas de alineamiento de políticas entre Bolivia y Suiza Bern, Switzerland: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2012

Schneider, Flurina; Steiger, David; Ledermann, Thomas; Fry, Patricia; Rist, Stephan (2012). No-tillage farming: co-creation of innovation through network building. Land degradation & development, 23(3), pp. 242-255. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.1073

Pohl, C.; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, P.; Gurung, G.S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, B.; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, E.; Hirsch-Hadorn, G.; Wiesmann, Urs (2012). Roles de los investigadores en la coproducción de conocimiento: Experiencias de la investigación sobre sostenibilidad en Kenia, Suiza, Bolivia y Nepal (NCCR North-South Dialogue 41). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Rist, S.; Nuñez del Prado, J. (2012). The MDGs in Bolivia: Poverty Reduction in a Post-neoliberal Area (NCCR North-South Dialogue 43). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Rist, Stephan (2012). From the margins to the centre: Transforming state-society relations in Bolivia and how this impacts on MDGs. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD). Research for Global Transformation. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Rist, Stephan; Upreti, Bishnu; Delgado, Freddy; Gerritsen, Peter (2012). Governance of biocultural diversity: Challenges in integrating sociocultural and ecological processes in sustainable development. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD). Research for Global Transformation. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2012). Transdisciplinary co-production of strategies for sustainable water use. In: 32nd International Geographical Congress. Universität Köln

Delgado, Freddy; Escobar, Cesar; Rist, Stephan; Ricaldi, Denis (2012). Knowledge dialogues for sustainable endogenous development: Reforming higher education and research in Bolivia. In: Haverkort, Bertus; Delgado, Freddy; Shankar, Darshan; Millar, David (eds.) Towards co-creation of sciences. Building on the plurality of worldviews, values and methods in different knowledge communities (pp. 186-233). Bangalore, India: Nimby Books

Bottazzi, Patrick; Rist, Stephan (2012). Changing land rights means changing society: The sociopolitical effects of agrarian reforms under the government of Evo Morales. Journal of agrarian change, 12(4), pp. 528-551. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00367.x

Brandt, Regine; Zimmermann, Heike; Hensen, Isabell; Mariscal Castro, Juan Carlo; Rist, Stephan (2012). Agroforestry species of the Bolivian Andes: An integrated assessment of ecological, economic and socio-cultural plant values. Agroforestry systems, 86(1), pp. 1-16. Dordrecht: Springer 10.1007/s10457-012-9503-y

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Brandt, Regine; Lachmuth, Susanne; Rist, Stephan (2012). Are the young less knowledgeable? Local knowledge of natural remedies and its transformations in the Andean Highlands. Human Ecology, 40(6), pp. 909-930. New-York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media S.A. 10.1007/s10745-012-9520-5

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Vandebroek, Ina; Rist, Stephan (2012). Can Andean medicine coexist with biomedical healthcare? A comparison of two rural communities in Peru and Bolivia. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 8(1), p. 26. London: Biomed Central 10.1186/1746-4269-8-26

Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2012). Die Bedeutung von Ästhetik bei der Umstellung auf Direktsaat. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 3(4), pp. 216-223. Posieux: Agroscope

Rist, Stephan; Simmen, Andreas (2012). Das ist nicht mehr die Zeit der politislchen Rezepte! Gespräch mit Alvaro Garcia Linera in La Paz am 27. und 28. Februar 2011. In: García Linera, Álvaro (ed.) Vom Rand ins Zentrum. Die Neugestaltung von Staat und Gesellschaft in Bolivien (pp. 11-32). Zürich: Rotpunktverlag

Chávez-García, Elsa; Rist, Stephan; Galmiche-Tejeda, Ángel (2012). Lógica de manejo del huerto familiar en el contexto del impacto modernizador en Tabasco, México. Cuadernos de desarrollo rural, 9(68), pp. 177-200. Santafé de Bogotá, D.C.: Instituto de Estudios Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas

Haller, Tobias; Acciaioli, Gregory; Rist, Stephan (2012). Constitutionality: Emic Perceptions of Bottom-up Institution Building Processes (Unpublished). In: Conference: Design and Dynamics of Institutions for Collective Action 2nd Thematic Conference of the IASC (International Association for the Study of the Commons). Utrecht University. 29/11-1/12/2012.

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan; Schneider, M. (2012). Organizational and institutional challenges of organic cocoa cultivation in Bolivia (Unpublished). In: 3rd International Sustainability Conference: Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organizational Challenges. Basel, Switzerland. 29.-31.08.2012.

2011

Baumgartner, Ruedi; Högger, Ruedi; Rist, Stephan (eds.) (2011). Hacia estrategias de vida sostenibles. Culturas, recursos y cambios en India y Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivien: Plural Editores

Baumgartner, Ruedi; Rist, Stephan (2011). Estrategias de vida para 'vivir bien': Un enfoque conceptual intercultural en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. In: Baumgartner, Ruedi; Högger, Ruedi; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Hacia estrategias de vida sostenibles. Culturas, recursos y cambios en India y Bolivia (pp. 145-177). La Paz, Bolivien: Plural Editores

Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan; Escóbar, Cesar (2011). Desarrollo endógeno sustentable: camino para re-actualizar el "Vivir Bien" en el contexto de la revolución democrática y cultural de Bolivia. In: Farah H, Ivonne; Vasapollo, Luciano (eds.) Vivir bien: ¿Paradigma no capitalista? (pp. 401-422). La Paz, Bolivien: CIDES-UMSA

Lacroix, Laurent; Rist, Stephan; Gerritsen, Peter RW; Péclard, Didier (2011). Social and political participation in sustainable development with a focus on governance. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 147-164). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Rist, Stephan; Boillat, Sébastien; Gerritsen, Peter RW; Schneider, Flurina; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Tapia, Nelson (2011). Endogenous knowledge: Implications for sustainable development. In: Wiesman, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 119-146). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Rutz, Dominik; Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2011). Einflussfaktoren auf Soziale und Gesellschaftliche Lernprozesse im Wissenssystem Biolandbau. In: 11. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau (pp. 340-343). Berlin: Köster

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Gianella, Malca Cecilia; Rist, Stephan (2011). Abriendo nuevas perspectivas para la juventud campesina de los Andes a través de la valorización de los productos de la agrobiodiversidad. Leisa - revista de agroecología, 27(1), pp. 34-38. Lima: ETC Andes

2010

Boillat, Sébastien; Alca, Castillo Jamil; Álvarez, Alex; Bottazzi, Patrick; Ponce Camacho, Dora; Serrano, Elvira; Biffi, Valeria; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Larsen, Peter Bille; Rist, Stephan (2010). Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia and Peru: Dilemmas, Conflicts, and Ways Out. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 501-515). Bern, Schweiz: Geographica Bernensia

Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan; Limachi, Miguel; Schneider, Monika (2010). Farming Systems and Resilience Building in a Changing Climate On-Farm Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Cocoa Cultivation in Alto Beni, Bolivia. In: Tropentag. Zurich, Switzerland. 14.-16. September 2010.

Pohl, Christian; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, Patricia; Gurung, Ghana S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, Elvira; Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2010). Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal. Science and public policy, 37(4), pp. 267-281. Oxford: Beech Tree Publishing 10.3152/030234210X496628

Schneider, Flurina; Ledermann, Thomas; Fry, Patricia; Rist, Stephan (2010). Soil conservation in Swiss agriculture - Approaching abstract and symbolic meanings in farmers' life-worlds. Land use policy, 27(1), pp. 332-339. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.04.007

Weingartner, Rolf; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Rist, Stephan; Schädler, Bruno; Graefe, Olivier; Hoelzle, Martin; Reynard, Emmanuel (2010). Water scarcity in inner-Alpine regions - options for sustainable water use in the region Crans-Montana-Sierre (Valais canton). Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 54(4), pp. 251-252. Koblenz: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde

Delgado, Freddy; Rist, Stephan; Escóbar, Cesar (2010). El Desarrollo Endógeno Sustentable como interfaz para implementar el Vivir Bien en la gestión pública Boliviana. La Paz Bolivia: Agruco-Captured

Herweg, Karl Günter; Rist, Stephan; Liniger, Hanspeter; Prasuhn, Volker; Schneider, Flurina; Ledermann, Thomas; Fry, Patricia; Zimmermann, Anne; Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2010). Transdisciplinarity – An Option for Applied Landscape Ecology in Complex and Uncertain Contexts. Erde, 141, pp. 321-339. Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin

Mariscal, Juan Carlos; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy (2010). Enhancing Food Sovereignty and Food Security through the Revitalization of Indigenous Knowledge: Experiences from the Bolivian Andes (Unpublished). In: XII International Congress of Ethnobiology (ICE 2010). Tofino, Canada. 09.05.-14.05.2010.

2009

Hurni, Hans; Osman-Elasha, Balgis; Giger, Markus; Klaey, Andreas; Ott, Cordula; Hoeggel, Udo; Rist, Stephan; Portner, Brigitte (2009). Context, conceptual framework and sustainability indicators. In: McIntyre, Beverly D.; Herren, Hans; Wakhungu, Judi; Watson, Robert T. (eds.) Agriculture at a Crossroads: Global Report. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (pp. 1-56). Washington: Island Press

Aeberhard, Andrea; Rist, Stephan (2009). Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge in the development of organic agriculture in Switzerland. Ecological economics, 68(4), pp. 1171-1181. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.008

Geiser, Urs; Rist, Stephan (eds.) (2009). Decentralisation meets local complexity: Local struggles, state decentralisation and access to natural resources in South Asia and Latin America. Perspectives: Vol. 4. Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Geiser, Urs; Rist, Stephan (2009). Decentralisation meets local complexity: Conceptual entry points: Field-level findings and insights gained. In: Geiser, Urs; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Decentralisation meets local complexity: Local struggles, state decentralisation and access to natural resources in South Asia and Latin America. Perspectives: Vol. 4 (pp. 15-55). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Aeberhard, Andrea; Rist, Stephan (2009). Koproduktion von Wissen in der Entwicklung des Biolandbaus - Einflüsse von Marginalisierung, Anerkennung und Markt. Werte - Wege - Wirkungen: Biolandbau im Spannungsfeld zwischen Ernährungssicherung, Markt und Klimawandel Beiträge zur 10. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, ETH Zürich, Band 1, pp. 518-520. Berlin: Köster

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Gianella Malca, Cecilia; Rist, Stephan (2009). Valorization of agrobiodiversity products and strengthening of local identities in the Peruvian Andes: Experiences from the BioAndes Programme (Unpublished). In: Localizing products: A sustainable approach for natural and cultural diversity in the South? International Symposium. Paris, France. 09.06.-11.06.2009.

Bachmann, Felicitas; Rist, Stephan; Hoffmann, Volker (2009). Self-help extension: Farmer-to-farmer extension. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 76-83). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Gabathuler, Ernst; Bachmann, Felicitas; Rist, Stephan (2009). Learning for Sustainability - LforS: An extension approach in small scale farming. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 97-112). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Bachmann, Felicitas; Rist, Stephan; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Bachmann, Felicitas (2009). Promoting local innovation - a tool for sustainable rural development. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 354-365). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy (2009). Strengthening endogenous knowledge production through intercultural dialogue. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 346-353). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Rist, Stephan; Gerster-Bentaya, M.; Hoffmann, Volker (2009). Paulo Freire's pedagogical approach: The acting human being. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 548-555). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Rist, Stephan; Hoffmann, Volker; Koshelev, V. (2009). Alexander Tschajanow and Social Agronomy. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 528-534). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

Schneider, Flurina; Fry, Patrizia; Ledermann, Thomas; Rist, Stephan (2009). Social Learning Processes in Swiss Soil Protection? The 'From Farmer - To Farmer' Project. Human ecology, 37(4), pp. 475-489. New-York, NY: Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 10.1007/s10745-009-9262-1

Geiser, Urs; Ramakumar, R.; Rist, Stephan; Ponce, Dora (2009). Overcoming ambiguities in decentralisation (Evidence for Policy Series. Global edition 3). Bern: NCCR North-South

2008

Herweg, Karl Günter; Künzel, Manfred; Rist, Stephan; Hurni, Hans (2008). Gemeinsames Lernen in Forschungspartnerschaften mit dem Süden - praxisnah, interkulturell und transdisziplinär. In: Darbellay, Frédéric; Paulsen, Theres (eds.) Herausforderungen Inter- und Transdisziplinarität: Konzepte, Methoden und innovative Umsetzung in Lehre und Forschung (pp. 83-91). Lausanne, Schweiz: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR)

Boillat, Sébastien; Rist, Stephan; Serrano, Elvira; Ponce, Dora; Delgadillo, Jaime (2008). Struggling "Ontological Communities": The Transformation of Conservationists' and Peasants' Discourses in the Tunari National Park, Bolivia. In: Galvin, Marc; Haller, Tobias (eds.) People, Protected Areas and Global Change: Participatory Conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South (pp. 37-80). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Wallner, Astrid; Rist, Stephan; Liechti, Karina; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2008). Protection: A Means for Sustainable Development? The Case of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn World Heritage Site in Switzerland. In: Galvin, Marc; Haller, Tobias (eds.) People, Protected Areas and Global Change: Participatory Conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South: Vol. 3 (pp. 471-504). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Schneider, Flurina; Allenbach, Silvano; Fry, Patricia; Rist, Stephan (2008). Das Projekt "Von Bauern - für Bauern" aus transdisziplinärer Sicht. VBB-Bulletin - Arbeitsgruppe "Vollzug Bodenbiologie", 11, pp. 12-15. Frick (CH): Arbeitsgruppe Vollzug Bodenbiologie VBB c/o Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL

Aeberhard, Andrea; Rist, Stephan (2008). Enabling and hindering factors for collaborative research in the development of organic agriculture in Switzerland: A case study. In: Daub, Claus H.; Burger, Paul; Scherrer, Yvonne (eds.) Creating Values for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008 (pp. 209-211). Edition Gesowip

Pohl, Christian; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, Patricia; Gurung, Ghana S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, Elvira; Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude; Wiesmann, Urs (2008). The Roles of Researchers in Co-producing Knowledge. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2008). Pre-conference Proceedings University of Bern, Switzerland, 2-4 July 2008. NCCR North-South Dialogue: Vol. 21 (p. 79). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Rist, Stephan; Haller, Tobias; Alvarez, Alex; Gilbert, Fokou (2008). Inspirations: Modernities and Selling Development. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2008). Pre-conference Proceedings University of Bern, Switzerland, 2-4 July 2008. NCCR North-South Dialogue: Vol. 21 (p. 87). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Brandt, Regine; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Hensen, Isabel; Rist, Stephan (2008). Dynamics of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Local Use and Conservation of Native Trees and Shrubs in the Bolivian Andes. In: Tielkes, Eric (ed.) Tropentag 2008: International Conference on Research for Development in Agriculture and Forestry, Food and Natural Resource Management. Competition for Resources in a Changing World: New Drive for Rural Development: Book of Abstracts. Göttingen, Germany: Cuvillier

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan (2008). Diversidad biocultural y de zonas bioculturales. Biodiversidad y Cultura en los Andes, 1, pp. 20-24. Agruco

Rist, Stephan; Herweg, Karl Günter; Giger, Markus (2008). Erfahrungen aus der nachhaltigen Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen im Nord-Süd-Kontext: Wissen gemeinsam erarbeiten. Hotspots(17), pp. 22-25. Forum Biodiversität Schweiz

Wymann von Dach, Susanne; Stantchev, Dimka; Kakridi Enz, Fani; Kläy, Andreas; Ott, Cordula; Rist, Stephan; Kiteme, Boniface P.; V., Padmakumar (2008). Shaping Institutions for Natural Resource Management (InfoResources Focus 3/08). Zollikofen, Switzerland: InfoResources

2007

Rist, Stephan; Chidambaranathan, Mani; Escobar, Cesar; Wiesmann, Urs; Zimmermann, Anne (2007). Moving from sustainable management to sustainable governance of natural resources: The role of social learning processes in rural India, Bolivia and Mali. Journal of rural studies, 23(1), pp. 23-37. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2006.02.006

Haverkort, Bertus; Rist, Stephan (eds.) (2007). Endogenous Development and Bio-cultural Diversity. Compas series on Worldviews and Sciences: Vol. 6. Leusden, Netherlands: ETC/Compas

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Boillat, Sébastien; Rist, Stephan (2007). Promoting the Diversity of Worldviews. In: Haverkort, Bertus; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Endogenous Development and Bio-cultural Diversity (pp. 67-81). Leusden, Netherlands: Compas/ETC

Rist, Stephan (2007). Einführung. In: Hüttermann, Elisabeth (ed.) Ich bin... Lebensgeschichten aus Bolivien (pp. 9-19). Zürich: Rotpunktverlag

Rist, Stephan (2007). The importance of Bio-cultural Diversity for Endogenous Development. In: Haverkort, Bertus; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Endogenous Development and Bio-cultural Diversity. Compas series on Worldviews and Sciences: Vol. 6 (pp. 14-23). Leusden, Netherlands: Compas/ETC

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Wiesmann, Urs (2007). Social Learning Processes and Sustainable Development: The Emergence and Trans-formation of an Indigenous Land Use System in the Andes of Bolivia. In: Wals, Arjen (ed.) Social learning towards a sustainable world (pp. 229-244). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Rist, Stephan; Hverkort, Bertus (2007). Introduction. In: Haverkort, Bertus; Rist, Stephan (eds.) Endogenous Development and Bio-cultural Diversity. The interplay of worldviews, globalization and locality. Compas series on Worldviews and Sciences: Vol. 6 (pp. 7-10). Leusden: ETC/Compas

Aeberhard, Andrea; Schneider, Flurina; Rist, Stephan (2007). Knowledge production and dissemination in sustainable agriculture as a transdisciplinary process – experiences from Switzerland (Unpublished). In: ESSHRA International Conference: Towards a Knowledge Society. Bern, Switzerland. 02.07.-06.07.2007.

Rist, Stephan; Chiddambaranathan, Mani; Escobar, Cesar; Kläy, Andreas; Wiesmann, Urs (2007). The multidimensionality of social learning processes in sustainable natural resource use – insights form India, Africa and Latin America (Unpublished). In: 4th WEEC 2007. Durban, South Africa. 02.07.-06.07.2007.

Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2007). Co-production and distribution of Knowledge in research for sustainable development – Insights from national and international research partnerships (Unpublished). In: ESSHRA International Conference: Towards a Knowledge Society. Bern, Switzerland. 12.06.-13.06.2007.

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Rist, Stephan (2007). Maintaining Bio-Cultural Diversity in the Andes. Mountain Forum Bulletin, 7(1), pp. 13-15.

2006

Hirsch-Hadorn, Gertrude; Bradley, David; Pohl, Christian; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2006). Implications of Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability Research. Ecological economics, 60(1), pp. 119-128. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.12.002

Rist, Stephan; Chiddambaranathan, Mani; Escobar, Cecar; Wiesmann, Urs (2006). "It was hard to come to mutual understanding..." - Multidimensionality of social learning processes in natural resource use in India, Africa and Latin America. Systemic practice and action research, 19(3), pp. 219-237. New York, N.Y.: Springer 10.1007/s11213-006-9014-8

Rist, Stephan; Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid (2006). Ethnosciences - A step towards the integration of scientific and non-scientific forms of knowledge in the management of natural resources for the future. Environment, development and sustainability, 8(4), pp. 467-493. Dordrecht: Springer 10.1007/s10668-006-9050-7

Rist, Stephan (2006). Dialogo intra e intercientífico entre comunidades ontológicas. In: Delgado, Freddy; Escóbar, Cesar (eds.) Dialogo intercultural e intercientifico: Para el fortalecimiento de las ciencias de los pueblos indígenas originarios. Serie Cosmovisión y Ciencias: Vol. 2 (pp. 87-100). La Paz, Bolivia: Compas/Agruco/Plural

Rist, Stephan (2006). Presentación. In: Orozco Ramírez, Shirley; García Linera, Álvaro; Stefanoni, Pablo (eds.) "No somos juguete de nadie " Análisis de la relación de movimientos sociales, recursos naturales, Estado y descentralización (pp. 9-15). La Paz: Plural Editores

Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs; San Martín, Juan; Delgado, Freddy (2006). From scientific monoculture to intra- and intercultural dialogue: Endogenous development in a North-South perspective. In: Haverkort, Bertus; Reijntjes, Coen (eds.) Moving Worldviews: Reshaping sciences, policies and practices for endogenous sustainable development. Compas Series on Worldviews and Sciences: Vol. 4 (pp. 320-339). Leusden, Netherlands: ETC/Compas

Schneider, Flurina; Ledermann, Thomas; Prasuhn, Volker; Liniger, Hanspeter; Fry, Patricia; Herweg, Karl; Rist, Stephan (2006). On- and Off-site Effectiveness of Soil and Water Conservation in Switzerland: Steps Towards the Integration of Farmers , Experts and Scientific Knowledge. ISCO-14 Proceedings, [1-6]. International Soil Conservation Organization

Rist, Stephan (2006). Presentación del libro : Análisis de la relación de movimientos sociales, recursos naturales, estado y descentralización. In: Orozco, Shirley; Garcia Linera, Alvaro; Stefanoni, Pablo (eds.) Análisis de la relación de movimientos sociales, recursos naturales, estado y descentralización (pp. 9-15). La Paz, Bolivien: Plural Editores

Rist, Stephan (2006). Vom Papiertiger Nationalpark zur Förderung der biokulturellen Diversität: Erfahrungen aus einem transdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt. Hotspot, 14, pp. 12-13.

2005

Brüschweiler, Sabine; Rist, Stephan (2005). Apoyando innovaciones locales: Un instrumento para el fortalecimiento de innovaciones locales y la promoción del desarrollo rural sostenible: Experiencias de dos talleres pilotos de MASAL y CDE realizados en laprovincia de Cuzco, Perú (Aprendizaje social para la gestión sostenible de los recursos naturales). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Flores, Ruben (2005). El control social en la interface de communidades campesinas y municipios: Un proceso de aprendizaje social para el desarrollo sostenible. In: Hufty, Marc; Auroi, Claude; de la Fuente, Manuel (eds.) A dónde va Bolivia?: Gobernancia, gobernabilidad y democratizacion (pp. 117-148). La Paz, Bolivien: PLURAL, IUED, NCCR North-South

Rist, Stephan (2005). Ciencia, Transdisciplinariedad y Saber de los Pueblos Indígenas. Revista de Agricultura, 57(36), pp. 45-48. Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS)

Rist, Stephan (2005). Endogenous Development as a Social Learning Process. Revista COMPAS, 2004(7)

Serrano, Elvira; Boillat, Sébastien; Rist, Stephan (2005). Incorporating Gender in Research on Indigenous Environmental Knowledge in the Tunari National Park in the Bolivian Andes. In: Premchander, Smita; Müller, Christine (eds.) Gender and sustainable development: Case studies from NCCR North-South. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South: Vol. 2 (pp. 305-327). Bern, Switzerland: NCCR North-South

Rist, Stephan (2005). Desarrollo endógeno como un proceso social. Revista COMPAS(7), pp. 26-29. COMPAS

Wiesmann, Urs; Liechti, Karina; Rist, Stephan (2005). Between Conservation and Development: Concretizing the First World Natural Heritage Site in the Alps Through Participatory Processes. Mountain Research and Development, 25(2), pp. 128-138. International Mountain Society

2004

Isenring, Richard; Rist, Stephan (2004). Natürliche Ressourcen gemeinsam richtig nutzen lernen. UniPress - Forschung und Wissenschaft an der Universität Bern, 123, pp. 31-35. Abteilung Kommunikation, Universität Bern

Haverkort, Bertus; Rist, Stephan (2004). Towards co-evolution of knowledges and sciences: No shortcut in integrating local and global knowledge. In: Bridging Scales and Epistemologies. Alexandria, Egypt: Millenium Assessment

Rist, Stephan; Droz, Yvan (2004). Governance, ethics and social learning processes: Towards the construction of a common conceptual framework for syndrome mitigation (Unpublished) Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Rist, Stephan; Rist, Lukas (2004). Steps towards a post-materialist science: Lessons learnt from endogenous development in Europe. In: Bridging Scales and Epistemologies. Millenium Assessment

Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2004). From epistemic monoculture to cooperation between epistemic communities: Lessons learnt from development research. In: Bridging Scales and Epistemologies. Millenium Assessment

2002

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy (2002). Decentralisation and strengthening local institutions: Two complementary strategies. Moutain Agenda, pp. 22-23. Centre for Development and Environment

  • Agri-Culture European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS)

  • Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (SGA)

  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Network of Transdisciplinary Research (Swiss td-net), belonging to the Swiss Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Representative  of the University of Bern in the international "Blue Community" initiative. Blue communities recognize the human right to water. They promote sustainable use of water and campaign to keep water supply and use in the public sector.