PD Dr. Basil Bornemann
Delegate of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Grouping II
Senior researcher and lecturer
Research Network
Research Network "Sustainable Futures", Univ. of Basel
Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecolog (saguf): https://saguf.ch/ (co-president)
German Political Science Association, Working group “Environmental Policy/Global Change”: https://www.ak-umwelt.de/ (Co-speaker)
Main research topics
Sustainability governance and the state
Politics and governance of the SDGs
Food politics and food democracy
Social innovation and transformation
Current research projects
- The Sustainabilization of the State - Forms, Functions and Formation of Sustainability Governance in Swiss Cantons (funded by SNSF)
- Transformative Städtische Ernährungsprojekte: Was bewährt sich wo und wie? (TASTE) (funded by SDSN)
Favorite Courses within the MSD Curriculum
Lecture: Sustainable Development: A new Societal Paradigm?
Lectures
Lectures overview incl. current semester
For sustainable change in society, we need to empower ourselves both theoretically and practically: To think and act in new ways. Transformative potential lies in the combination of the two.
Basil Bornemann
PD Dr. Basil Bornemann
Sustainability Science Research Group
Bernoullistrasse 14/16
4056 Basel
Tel: +41 61 207 61 42