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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday, guest speaker Nicolas Schmid joined PEGO member Milena Wiget’s seminar, to share insights from his work in energy policy consulting at INFRAS. Nicolas showed approaches to addressing climate change, with a focus on the rapid growth of renewable energy and electrification.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yesterday, students from the seminar “Nachhaltige Regulierung von Altlasten”, taught by PEGO-member Jeanine Janz, visited the Stadtmist contaminated site in Solothurn. Many thanks to Markus Spring, former project manager of the Stadtmist remediation, for the tour! More information: stadtmist.so.ch

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yesterday's kickoff marked the official start of the @nccr-climplus.bsky.social 🎉 A huge congrats to @kariningold.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social, @omartius.bsky.social and @davidnbresch.bsky.social! We are looking forward to all of the amazing and incredibly important research output!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

At the Eawag Infotag, @kariningold.bsky.social moderated the Politics and Practice Podium which focused on the role of science in energy security and environmental concerns. The podium provided important insights for water management with Nicolò Paganini, Andreas Stettler and Christian Stamm.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social introduced the @nccr-climplus.bsky.social and the new Uni Bern Management Center at the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) plenary session. After her time as president of the OCCR, new challenges await as an NCCR co-director.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The PhD will be at the interface of law and political science and explore under what conditions law and politics recognize and define an event as 'extreme' and what this means for resulting governance responses and questions of justice.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are you interested in governance and justice regarding the regulation of climate extremes? 🌍 Applications are now open for a new PhD position with Prof. Laura Mai and Prof. @kariningold.bsky.social, situated within the new @nccr-climplus.bsky.social, which investigates climate extremes.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New PEGO publication 🎉 Ertuğrul Nehri published a paper titled "Climate justice and the difference principle: A justificatory approach to global climate governance" which proposes a narrowed adaptation of the Rawlsian difference principle for global climate governance. doi.org/10.1177/0963...

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We would like to welcome two new PEGO members who started this week! 🎉 Ertuğrul Nehri has joined PEGO as a PhD researcher and Sebastian Rüegg has joined PEGO as a student research assistant. Welcome both, we are excited to have you!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

After 3 years at PEGO, Anu Seiler had her last day of work yesterday. We are thankful for all her valuable work and dedication over the past years! She will be starting an internship at SIF (State Secretariat for International Finance) and we wish her all the best for this next position!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Many thanks to all the co-authors and their valuable expertise! Debra Zuppinger-Dingley, Mialy R., Morgane Brosse, Sarah Richman, Diana Duarte Rizzolio, Cedric Bolli, Eva Spehn, Felix Weber, Jodok Guntern, Lukas Guyer, Roger Keller, Simone Fontana, Timothy Thrippleton, Zhanyun Wang

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Co-authored by PEGO members Dechen Lham, Jeanine Janz, Manuel Fischer.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🎙️A new podcast episode from Art of Science features COMPON members, Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, Antti Gronow and Keiichi Satoh discussing their paper on coalition formation across democracies. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0vPO... YouTube: youtu.be/fJvXysw7f9E

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🚜 Wie schätzen Landwirt:innen die Gesundheitsrisiken von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (PSM) ein? Ein neues TRAPEGO Factsheet gibt spannende Einblicke 👉 trapego.ch/de/factsheet... Vielen Dank an unsere Advisory Board, ohne euch wäre diese Forschung nicht möglich gewesen!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Last week, PEGO PhD Student Annika Krüger attended the "Climes - Swedish centre for impacts of climate extremes" summer school on climate extremes in Uppsala, Sweden! Many thanks to Climes and the organizers for putting together such a great summer school!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This serious game is connected to the Engage Initiative to improve science-policy dialogue. Read more about the initiative here 👉 www.engage-dialogue.ch

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This morning, the PEGO group and the group of Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen had the opportunity to participate in a serious game focused on Switzerland’s energy transition ⚡ Many thanks to the organizers, Swen Bos and Jessica Schneider for putting together such an amazing game!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

💡 Key takeaways: - Environmental issues shouldn’t be addressed via classical political pathways such as party politics or popular votes - Instead, institutionalized platforms for cooperation between the cantons could help address this challenge Read more here 👉 www.derbund.ch/umweltpoliti...

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

How can environmental policy regain political momentum? 🤔 An article by Der Bund last week featured @kariningold.bsky.social's insights on this pressing question, highlighting possible pathways for strengthening environmental policy in today's Swiss political landscape.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The workshop is organized by Mert Duygan and @marlenekammerer.bsky.social as part of a research project funded by the Swiss Network of International Studies (SNIS).

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

How can Switzerland design effective and coherent policies to address plastic pollution? ♻️ 💡 Next week on June 11, experts will come together at the University of Bern for a half-day workshop on Swiss plastic policy.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social participated in the last session of the ENLIGHT Leadership Programme in Ghent, Belgium! 🇧🇪 Representatives from universities across the ENLIGHT network took part in the programme, focused on strengthening collaboration and enhancing leadership skills.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The conference provided a great opportunity for researchers and practitioners working on solutions for marine plastic pollution to exchange ideas. Many thanks to the Vietnam Maritime University and Rachel Karaskik from the Niva Norwegian Water Research Institute for organizing the conference!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The implementation gap: there are national policies, but there are big problems regarding their implementation. A policy mix to reduce plastics should build on solid waste management systems, which provide the foundation for measures such as awareness campaigns, fees and bans for plastic products.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🌏 Marlene's presentation highlighted some insights from her recent field work in Bhutan, Nepal and Malaysia where she conducted interviews and put together workshops to investigate policies on plastics. These first insights include:

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

PEGO member @marlenekammerer.bsky.social presented research findings from her project on plastic pollution at the International Conference on Marine Plastic Pollution in ASEAN (ICMPP 2026) in Hiaphong, Vietnam!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Wie können die Risiken von Pestiziden in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft reduziert werden? 🌱🇨🇭 Im neuen TRAPEGO-Factsheet werden verschiedene politische Massnahmenkombinationen zur Reduktion der Risiken von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (PSM) analysiert. Hier zum Factsheet 👉 trapego.ch/en/factsheets/

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This week, PEGO member Annika Krüger presented the first results from her PhD research at the European Geosciences Union Conference! 🔥 Her work is exploring the management and governance of wildfires in Switzerland, focusing on the collaboration and cooperation between different actors.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📚 One policy mix performed surprisingly well: a combination of risk-based tax incentives on pesticide use and an adapted pesticide approval procedure. This was a surprising finding since tax incentives only have limited support from some stakeholders.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📣 New PEGO publication PEGO member Milena Wiget co-authored a new paper with Judit Lienert where they evaluate policy mixes for agricultural pesticide risks reduction in Switzerland. 🌱 🇨🇭 Read more here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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How to reduce agricultural pesticide risks? An evaluation of policy mixes considering stakeholder preferences and uncertain consequences

Pesticide use in agriculture is a pressing but complex sustainability problem. It involves various stakeholders and trade-offs between health, environ…

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Zum Factsheet 👉 trapego.ch/de/factsheet... Oder auch als Blog 👉 agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/04/17/p...

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Neuer TRAPEGO Factsheet zu PIWI-Rebsorten 🎉 🍇 Der Factsheet zeigt das pilzwiderstandsfähige (PIWI) Rebsorten den Einsatz von Pflanzenschutzmitteln im Weinbau um bis zu 80% reduzieren können. Trotzdem werden sie in der Schweiz bisher nur auf einem kleinen Teil der Rebflächen angebaut

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Thank you ProClim for organizing a great Swiss Global Change Day yesterday! 🌎 The event brought together inspiring keynote speakers working across climate science and communication, and highlighted the importance of collaboration across fields and to wider audiences 🤝

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The report provides a scientific basis of climate change in Switzerland, divided into the three parts: 🇨🇭 overview of the current state of climate change in Switzerland 🌡️ the projections of climate change in the future 📉 potential mitigation and adaptation measures

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We are very excited about the new "Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz" Report that was published last week, especially since @kariningold.bsky.social, Jeanine Janz and Lukas Fesenfeld are some of the authors of this report 🎉 To the report 👉 proclim.scnat.ch/de/uuid/i/45...

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Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz 2026

Wo steht die Schweiz im Umgang mit dem Klimawandel? Der neueste Bericht der Akademien der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT) liefert eine Antwort auf diese Frage. Ausserdem ordnet er künftige Risiken...

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Many thanks to VUR and all speakers for this insightful and highly topical conference! Kurt Seiler, Rahel G., Sebastian Heselhaus, Tensing Gammeter, Felix Uhlmann, Isabelle Romy, Reto Schmid

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🔍 The Canton of St. Gallen illustrated a pioneering role in addressing PFAS and the challenges of implementation in practice. Authorities are confronted with situations with no obvious solution and case-by-case assessments required.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

💡 Key takeaway: addressing PFAS requires a policy mix that reflects the complexity and persistence of the problem. This includes strengthening upstream prevention and a meaningful application of the polluter pays principle, particularly in the context of diffuse pollution and unclear liability

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Last Friday, PEGO member @jeaninejanz.bsky.social attended the Vereinigung für Umweltrecht conference on PFAS ("forever chemicals") in Aarau 🔬 👉 Discussions pointed out gaps in the precautionary principle and questioned whether current focus on end-of-pipe solutions is still appropriate

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Das Projekt untersucht die PFAS-Problematik 🔬 entlang des gesamten Lebenszyklus von PFAS und zielt darauf ab, einen geeigneten Policy-Mix zur wirksamen Regulierung der sogenannten „Forever Chemicals“ in der Schweiz zu entwickeln.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Neue Mitarbeiterin im PEGO Team 🎉 Jeanine Janz ist neu (wieder) Teil von PEGO und arbeitet als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in einem gemeinsamen Projekt der Universität Bern, der Eawag und des Oekotoxzentrums. Willkommen im Team Jeanine!

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Konferenz der Landwirtschaftsämter (Kolas), Konferenz der Umweltschutzämter (KVU), Schweizer Obstverband (SOV), Schweizer Bauernverband, scienceindustries, Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO, Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, WWF Switzerland. (2/2)

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Für den wertvollen Austausch möchten wir uns ganz herzlich bei unserem Advisory Board bedanken: AGRIDEA, Agroscope, Bio Suisse, Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft BLW, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, IP-SUISSE... (1/2)

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Das TRAPEGO Projekt wurde letztes Jahr erfolgreich abgeschlossen und die Factsheet Reihe ist ein Ergebnis eines konstruktiven Austausches mit der Praxis.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Das Factsheet zeigt, dass Evidenz aus der Wissenschaft für den politischen Diskurs sehr wichtig ist, aber bei polarisierten Diskursen vermehrt Erfahrungswissen zur Anwendung kommt.

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Braucht die Politik Evidenz aus der Wissenschaft? 🤔 Das erste Factsheet vom TRAPEGO Projekt geht dieser Frage im Kontext der Schweizer Landwirtschaftspolitik 🚜 nach. Link zum Factsheet 👉 lnkd.in/eGhu3R_H

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social traveled to Galway to participate in the ENLIGHT Academic Leadership Programme and represent Uni Bern. We are excited to hear about her experience and insights from the programme! Read more about the ENLIGHT Programme here 👉 enlight-eu.org

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🧠 Science or experience: what shapes political arguments? A fact sheet from the TRAPEGO project outlines the findings from a study on the regulation of plant protection products in Swiss agricultural policy. trapego.ch/de/factsheet... Authors: Ueli Reber, @kariningold.bsky.social, Christian Stamm

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