PD Dr. Basil Bornemann
Delegate of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (ad interim)
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
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 (B. Bornemann).
PD Dr. Basil Bornemann
Sustainability Science Research Group
Bernoullistrasse 14/16
4056 Basel
Tel: +41 61 207 61 42