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)
Research
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.
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.
Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
Courses
Ecological transition: from theory to practice
HUM-477
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.