Livia Fritz
EPFL ENAC IIE HERUS
GR A1 465 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://herus.epfl.ch/
Biography
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory on Human- Environment Relations in Urban System (HERUS) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In my research and teaching, I am interested in participation processes and the interlinkages between knowledge, policy-making and societal change in the field of sustainability. As a social scientist in an interdisciplinary environment, I enjoy exploring how social theories and concepts can support us in making sense of what happens within science-policy systems and in identifying levers for improving these complex interfaces for sustainability governance.As fellow of the TdAcademy, I am currently a visiting scholar at the Technical University of Berlin and Leuphana University. Prior to joining HERUS as doctoral assistant, I was project researcher at the Chair for Human-Environment Relations at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, junior researcher at the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE) and gained experience in policy advice in both bilateral and multilateral development institutions (UNIDO, GIZ). I studied development studies with a focus on political science at the University of Vienna and the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and received my PhD from EPFL.
Awards
Best Paper Award 2020 by the GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society journal
For the article "Tracing power in transdisciplinary sustainability research: an exploration" (GAIA 1/2020)
2020
ISDRS Best Sustainable Development Article Award, “First runner-up”
for the article: "Participation as Relational Space: A Critical Approach to Analysing Participation in Sustainability Research."
2018
PhD thesis nominated for the “EPFL Doctorate award” and “The Doctoral Program Distinction"
2020