Romano Wyss
Biography
Ph.D. in Geography Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (Germany) M.Sc. in Economics and Geography Utrecht University (The Netherlands) B.Sc. in Geography University of Fribourg (Switzerland)Current work
Societal Transformation Energy Resilience Social Networks Tourism ResearchEducation
Dr. rer. nat.
Faculty of Mathematics & Geography
KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Publications
Other publications
Peer-reviewed Papers
Schilling, T. Wyss, R & Binder CR. (2018). Resilience of Sustainability Transitions. Sustainability, 10(12), 4593; doi: 10.3390/su10124593. Wyss, R., Mühlemeier, S., Binder, CR. (2018). An Indicator-Based Approach for Analyzing the Resilience of Transitions for Energy Regions. Part II: Empirical Application for the case of Weiz-Gleisdorf, Austria. Energies 11(9), 2263; doi: 10.3390/en11092263. Mühlemeier, S., Binder, C. R., & Wyss, R. (2017). It’s an Endurance Race” An Indicator-Based Resilience Analysis of the Energy Transition in the Allgäu Region, Bavaria. GAIA Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 26, 161-224. Mühlemeier, S., Wyss, R., & Binder, C. R. (2017). Und Aktion!–Konzeptualisierung der Rolle individuellen Akteurshandelns in sozio-technischen Transitionen am Beispiel der regionalen Energiewende im bayerischen Allgäu. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft, 1-16. Binder, C.R., Mühlemeier, S., Wyss, R. (2017). An Indicator-Based Approach for Analyzing the Resilience of Transitions for Energy Regions. Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations. Energies 10(1), 36; doi: 10.3390/en10010036. Kelman, I., Luthe, T., Wyss, R., Tørnblad, S.H., Evers, Y., Curran, M.M., Williams, R.J. & Berlow, E.L. (2016). Social network analysis and qualitative interviews for assessing geographic characteristics of tourism business networks. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0156028. Luthe, T. & Wyss, R. (2016). Community resilience to climate change in a cross-scale tourism governance context: a combined quantitative-qualitative network analysis. Ecology & Society, 21 (1): 27. Luthe, T. & Wyss, R. (2015). Introducing adaptive waves as a concept to inform mental models of resilience. Sustainability Science, 10 (4), 673-685. Wyss, R., Luthe T., & Abegg, B. (2015). Building resilience to climate change – the role of cooperation in alpine tourism networks. Local Environment, 20 (8), 908-922. Wyss, R., Abegg B. & Luthe, T. (2014). Perceptions of climate change in a tourism governance context. Tourism Management Perspectives, 11, 69-76. Luthe, T. & Wyss, R. (2014). Assessing and planning resilience in tourism. Tourism Management, 44, 161-163. Wyss, R. (2013). Cooperation for climate adaptation in tourism - An agenda for the Alps based on structuration theory. Journal of Alpine Research, 101 (4). *Wyss, R. (2013). Coopération pour l’adaptation climatique dans le tourisme - une discussion programmatique pour les Alpes, basée sur la théorie de la structuration. Revue de Géographie Alpine, 101 (4). Luthe, T., Wyss, R. & Schuckert, M. (2012). Network governance and regional resilience to climate change: empirical evidence from mountain tourism communities in the Swiss Gotthard region. Regional Environmental Change, 12 (4), 839-854.Book Chapters
Mühlemeier, S., Wyss, R. & Binder, C. R. (2018). Ein indikatorengestützter Ansatz zur Resilienzanalyse von Energiesystemen in Transition. In: Karidi, M., Schneider, M., Gutwald, R. Resilienz (pp. 293-326). Springer, Wiesbaden. Binder, CR., Mühlemeier, S. & Wyss, R. (2018). Analyzing the resilience of a transition: an indicator-based approach for socio-technical systems. In: Ruth, M. & Reisemann, S.G. Handbook on Resilience of Socio-technícal Systems. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Luthe, T. & Wyss, R. (2017). A social-ecological network analysis on the importance of ecosystem service sin the tourism dependent Swiss Parc Adula-Gotthard region. In: Roth/Schwark (Eds.) Wirtschaftsfaktor Sporttourismus. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Luthe. T. & Wyss, R. (2014). Die Nutzung von sozialer Netzwerkanalyse zur Steuerung der Resilienz touristisch geprägter Räume. In: Bieger, T., Beritelli, P. & Laesser, C. Zukunftsgestaltung im alpinen Tourismus - Schweizer Jahrbuch Tourismus 2013/2014 (pp. 57-74). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Siegrist, D, Clivaz, C., Doctor, D., Gessner, S., Ketterer, L., Luthe, T., Matasci, C., Schuckert, M. & Wyss, R. (2013). Adaption des alpinen Tourismus an den Klimawandel: Ergebnisse des Alpine Space Projekts ClimAlpTour in der Schweiz. In: Bieger, T., Beritelli, P. & Laesser, C. Nachhaltigkeit im alpinen Tourismus – Schweizer Jahrbuch für Tourismus 2012. Berlin: ESV. Wyss, R. & Schuckert, M. (2011). Destination Governance and Climate Change: The Alps in Times of Economic Turbulence. In: Weiermeier, K., Pechlaner, H., Strobl A. et al. (Eds.). Coping with Global Climate Change (pp. 343-358). Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. Schuckert, M., Luthe, T., Wyss, R. & Gasser, R. (2011). Das Emmental: Relevanz und Implikationen aus Netzwerkstrukturen bei der Entwicklung touristischer Destinationen. In: Boksberger, Ph. & Schuckert, M. Innovation in Tourismus und Freizeit (pp. 169-178). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Boksberger, Ph., Anderegg, R., Wyss, R. & Heeb, M. (2011). Tourismus Trendscreening – Ein Printmedien basierter Ansatz. In: Boksberger, Ph. & Schuckert, M. Innovation in Tourismus und Freizeit (pp. 13-28). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Wyss, R. (2009). Die Kulinarik-Trails von Flims. In: Dreyer, A., Menzel, A., Endress, M. (Hrsg.). Wandertourismus (pp. 208-212). München: Oldenbourg Verlag.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Humanities and Social Sciences Program
Past EPFL PhD Students
Schilling Thorsten ,Courses
Ecological transition: from theory to practice I
This course enables students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on issues related to the ecological and social transition. It includes interdisciplinary teachings, as well as a group project based on case studies located on campus or in the canton of Vaud.
Ecological transition : from theory to practice II
This course enables students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on issues related to the ecological and social transition. It includes interdisciplinary teachings, as well as a group project based on case studies located on campus or in the canton of Vaud.