Professor of Political Science @ETH Zurich | Head of Int. Political Economy and Environmental Politics Group @IPEEP_ETH | Former Founding Director of @ISTP_ETH
Joined November 2013
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
23 Oct 2025
🆕 Why adopt costly #SupplyChainRegulations? 💸
D. Kolcava E.K.Smith & @bernauereth show that citizens underestimate costs and expect benefits when backing stringent supply chain rules due to low #TradeExposure in 12 OECD countries.
#OA buff.ly/z4AnShh
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
How can policymakers increase public support for costly climate action?
In their latest study, @susi_rhein and @bernauereth show that policy packages reducing uncertainty about long-term benefits can boost support – even for high-cost policies. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/13501763.202…
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
Sarah Gomm (@SarahVialova) et al.’s newly published paper in Journal of European Public Policy shows that including broad actor coalitions in the policy design process can mitigate the challenge low public trust poses for environmental and climate policy support.
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
How much should public transport (PT) services be expanded, and who should pay?
In Transport Policy, @LichtinFlorian, @ekeith_smith, Axhausen, and @bernauereth explore Swiss public support for improving PT services, revealing a strong preference for government-funded expansions.
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❗️#JobOpening: Are you passionate about using science to inform policy decisions and want to help us bridge the gap between #science and #policy? Then apply now for our position as Programme Manager Science & Policy in #Zurich @ETH_en More info: u.ethz.ch/WlHLx
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6 Mar 2023
It was a pleasure to have been part of this! I look forward to future collaborations between our universities.
International and cross university collaborations bring a great potential to improve our ways of thinking and doing research. We are proud to have been able to co-teach a two week course with the University of Ashesi in Ghana.
bit.ly/41L1l1M
#university #collaboration
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
8 Jan 2023
Gibt es den Stadt-Land-Graben in der Schweiz? Sehr lesenswerter #ETHGlobe und @ETHZukunftsblog Artikel von @bernauereth!
Article in english: ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e…
21 Sep 2022
In Umweltdebatten wird gerne eine Kluft zwischen städtischer und ländlicher Gesinnung kolportiert, die es so nicht gibt, sagt @bernauereth im aktuellen #Zukunftsblog. ethz.ch/de/news-und-veransta…
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12 Jan 2023
How can we overcome partisan barriers to climate action? Adam Mayer and @ekeith_smith argue in @NatureClimate that not all partisans are created equal – it is crucial to understand sources of both inter- and intra-party divergence in climate actions
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
10 Jan 2023
A great exploration of our recent publication focusing on why we should not assume that Republicans, as a whole, strongly resist climate policy measures.
10 Jan 2023
There's more than one kind of Democrat or Republican. And that matters for climate policy. Here's why in my latest for @AnthropoceneMag ft. @ekeith_smith & Adam Mayer:
anthropocenemagazine.org/202…
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Check out the wide-ranging #SynthesisReport and #PolicyImplications of the Swiss Minerals Observatory, with which the researchers successfully conclude their work. Congratulations 👏
📄 Full report: u.ethz.ch/y0C43
👥 Learn more about the group: u.ethz.ch/KNfad
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
A new article from our Group by Dennis Kolcova, Keith Smith and Thomas Bernauer shows that citizens prefer more transparent supply chains and support strong reporting requirements across the 12 largest OECD importing countries.
Article : nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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Want to acquire the necessary #PublicPolicy analysis skills in order to thrive at the interface of #technology and policy? 👨💻👩🎓 As there are spots left in the executive program, we opened another application window. Make sure to apply until November 20, 2022, at the latest ‼️
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Are you a science or engineering professional?🧑🏼🔬👷🏽♀️ Does regulation and public policy play an important role in your field?🏛
Acquire the necessary public policy analysis skills by joining our TPP executive program at @ETH_en.
‼️Apply by October 15, 2022: tpp.ethz.ch/
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
21 Sep 2022
We like to perpetuate the idea of a divide in the attitudes of city dwellers and country people as part of debates on the environment, but it’s simply not the reality, explains @bernauereth in the current #Zukunftsblog. ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e…
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6 Sep 2022
Apply now! #PhD
30 Aug 2022
🚨 New PhD Position in Environmental Politics🚨
We are looking for a doctoral student to work on a Horizon EU funded project (CAPABLE) focusing on design of socially and economically acceptable climate policy measure across Europe.
@IPEEP_eth @istp_eth
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_e…
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Today we kicked off the Greening and Governing #GlobalSupplyChains summer school! Where 40 students from 12 countries will learn about #Sustainability of food commodities, precious metals, and battery materials and explore the potential to impact society in new and exciting ways.
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
22 Aug 2022
New book on Swiss foreign policy out today! @NZZLibro including a chapter on Switzerland's external migration policy by Sandra Lavenex, @PZlotnik and myself. Edited by @bernauereth @KGentinetta & Joëlle Kuntz nzz-libro.ch/a-swiss-foreign…
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19 Aug 2022
The fifth edition of my book 'Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft' is now available at nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/ei…
Enjoy the read!
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We kicked off the executive program in #Technology and #PublicPolicy focusing on impact analysis again. 🎉 This week laid the economic basis for policy analysis with @bernauereth, @ETH_EPG, @NinaBoogen, Dominique Foray and @JanEgbertSturm! 📝💡
More: tpp.ethz.ch
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Thomas Bernauer retweeted
10 Aug 2022
Read my interview with Stefanie Reinberger for @LMU_Muenchen Einsichten magazine on the policy challenges that #foodwaste poses to our society. This builds on joint research with @LFesenfeld and @bernauereth. 🇩🇪 interview below, 🇬🇧 available at lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-over…
9 Aug 2022
Ein Drittel aller Lebensmittel landet im Müll. „Rund acht Prozent der globalen Treibhausgase gehen auf das Konto der Lebensmittelverschwendung", sagt @lukrudolph. Im Interview erklärt LMU-Politikwissenschaftler, welche Maßnahmen gegen #FoodWaste helfen.
lmu.de/de/newsroom/newsueber…
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