Institute of Geography

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Dr. Theresa Tribaldos

UNESCO Chair / Senior Researcher at the GIUB and CDE

Critical Sustainability Studies

Phone
+41 31 684 33 19
E-Mail
theresa.tribaldos@cde.unibe.ch
Office
254
Postal Address
University of Bern
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus

  • Ongoing habilitation with the working title “Theoretical, methodological and thematic approaches to systemic sustainability transformations” at GIUB and CDE
  • Food system sustainability, transition and transformation
  • Just transition principles and criteria
  • Sustainable regional development in mountains
  • Natural and cultural heritage in mountains
  • Transdisciplinary research for sustainability transformations
  • Role of research networks for sustainability transformations

Projects

Current projects:

Teaching

  • "Gestaltung und Umsetzung von nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien" seminar for master students at University of Bern (Co-lecturer with Prof. Dr. Thomas Breu)
  • "Von globaler Partnerschaft zu lokaler Aktion: Politikwissen-scha(f)ft nachhaltige Gesellschaft" BA course at University of Basel (Guest lecturer in Dr. Rebecca Welge’s course)
  • Food Systems and International Interlinkages. Guest lecture at Kalevan Lukio Highschool in Tampere, Finland
  • "Transformation des Ernährungssystems" module in the MA course "Inter- und transdisziplinäre Analyse- und Transformationsansätze Nachhaltiger Entwicklung" (Co-lecturer with Dr. Julie Zähringer and Bettina Scharrer)
  • "Food Sustainability – Das Recht auf Nahrung" Tutorium supervisor in the Bachelor Minor of Sustainable Development

Publications

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2024

Herzon, Irina; Mazac, Rachel; Erkkola, Maijaliisa; Garnett, Tara; Hansson, Helena; Jonell, Malin; Kaljonen, Minna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Lamminen, Marjukka; Lonkila, Annika; Niva, Mari; Pajari, Anne-Maria; Tribaldos, Theresa; Toivonen, Marjaana; Tuomisto, Hanna L; Koppelmäki, Kari; Röös, Elin (2024). Both downsizing and improvements to livestock systems are needed to stay within planetary boundaries. Nature food, 5(8), pp. 642-645. Springer Nature 10.1038/s43016-024-01030-w

Maluf, Renato S.; Burlandy, Luciene; Cintrão, Rosângela P.; Tribaldos, Theresa; Jomalinis, Emilia (2024). Food Systems and Access to Healthy Food in an Amazonian Context. Sustainability, 16(7) MDPI 10.3390/su16072652

2023

Minna, Kaljonen; Jacobi, Johanna; Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa; Lukkarinen, Jani P.; Ott, Anna; Peltomaa, Juha; Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2023). Reflexive use of methods: a framework for navigating different types of knowledge and power in transformative research. Sustainability science Springer 10.1007/s11625-023-01431-z

Herzon, Irina; Mazac, Rachel; Erkkola, Maijaliisa; Garnett, Tara; Hansson, Helena; Kaljonen, Minna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Lonkila, Annika; Jonell, Malin; Niva, Mari; Pajari, Anne-Maria; Tribaldos, Theresa; Toivonen, Marjaana; Tuomisto, Hanna L; Koppelmäki, Kari; Röös, Elin (2023). A rebalanced discussion of the roles of livestock in society. Nature food, 4(11), pp. 926-927. Springer Nature 10.1038/s43016-023-00866-y

Tribaldos, Theresa (6 October 2023). Just transition: Principles and criteria and their applications (Unpublished). In: Seminário Internacional “CERESAN 20 anos: trajetória de pesquisa e perspectivas do campo temático”. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5 - 6 October.

Tribaldos, Theresa (24 August 2023). Das global Ernährungssystem – wovon sprechen wir eigentlich?

Liechti, Karina; Tribaldos, Theresa (20 June 2023). Traditional irrigation in Europe – its role as an intangible cultural heritage (Unpublished). In: Biannual Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Nairobi, Kenya. 19-24 June.

Kaljonen, Minna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Tribaldos, Theresa (2023). Introduction to the special issue on just food system transition: Tackling inequalities for sustainability. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 46, p. 100688. Elsevier 10.1016/j.eist.2022.100688

Fesenfeld, Lukas; Mann, Stefan; Meier, Matthias; Nemecek, Thomas; Scharrer, Bettina; Bornemann, Basil; Brombach, Christine; Beretta, Claudio; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Grabs, Janina; Ingold, Karin; Jeanneret, Philippe; Kislig, Sol; Lieberherr, Eva; Müller, Adrian; Pfister, Stephan; Schader, Christian; Schönberg, Sonja; Sonnevelt, Martijn; Barjolle, Dominique; ... (2023). Wege in die Ernährungszukunft der Schweiz - Leitfaden zu den grössten Hebeln und politischen Pfaden für ein nachhaltiges Ernährungssystem SDSN Schweiz 10.5281/zenodo.7543576

Tribaldos, Theresa (2023). Just transition in food systems – the concept and its meaning in different contexts (Unpublished). In: Languages and Practices of Sustainability. Bern, Switzerland. 25-26 May.

Tribaldos, Theresa (2023). Just transition principles and criteria for food systems and beyond (Unpublished). In: Biannual Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Nairobi, Kenya. 19-24 June.

2022

Maluf, Renato S.; Burlandy, Luciene; Cintrão, Rosângela P.; Jomalinis, Emilia; Carvalho, Tassia C.O.; Tribaldos, Theresa (2022). Sustainability, justice and equity in food systems: Ideas and proposals in dispute in Brazil. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 45, pp. 183-199. Elsevier 10.1016/j.eist.2022.10.005

Musselli, Irene; Solar, Jimena; Tribaldos, Theresa; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth (December 2022). Tropical Product Act and WTO Compliance. Preferential Tariff Treatment Based on PPMs: A Case Study (Working Paper NRP73 NRP73-WP06-2022). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Musselli, Irene; Solar, Jimena; Tribaldos, Theresa; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth (December 2022). Livestock Farming Act and WTO Compliance. Preferential Tariff Treatment Based on PPMs: A Case Study (Working Paper NRP73 NRP73-WP05-2022). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Frey, Sara; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Tribaldos, Theresa (November 2022). Better, But Not Sustainable: The Impacts of Switzerland’s Sector Agreement on Soy Production in Brazil (Working Paper NRP73 NRP73-WP02-2022). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Tribaldos, Theresa (October 2022). Opportunities and challenges of mountain food systems - entry points for transformation (Unpublished). In: Forum Origin, Diversity, and Territories 2022. Saignelégier, Switzerland. 19-21 October 2022.

Tribaldos, Theresa (October 2022). Just transition of food systems as a concept for mountain contexts? (Unpublished). In: Forum Origin, Diversity, and Territories 2022. Saignelégier, Switzerland. 19-21 October 2022.

Tribaldos, Theresa; Kortetmäki, Teea (2022). Just transition principles and criteria for food systems and beyond. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 43, pp. 244-256. Elsevier 10.1016/j.eist.2022.04.005

Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (2022). Connecting Human Health to Nature Health: The Bridging Potential of Sustainable Food Systems. In: Scrimshaw, Susan C.; Lane, Sandra D.; Rubinstein, Robert A.; Fischer, Julian (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine (pp. 529-543). London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd

Maluf, Renato S.; Burlandy, Luciene; Cintrão, Rosângela P.; Jomalinis, Emilia; Santarelli, Mariana; Tribaldos, Theresa (2022). Global value chains, food and just transition: a multi-scale approach to Brazilian soy value chains. The journal of peasant studies, 50(7), pp. 2642-2665. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2022.2105700

Tribaldos, Theresa; Jacobi, Johanna; Llanque, Aymara; Nogales, Maria Teresa (2022). Bio-cultural diversity in South America. Overcoming agro-extractivism linked to unhealthy diets. In: Kevany, Kathleen; Prosperi, Paolo (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets (pp. 636-647). London: Routledge 10.4324/9781003174417-60

2021

Kaljonen, Minna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Tribaldos, Theresa; Huttunen, Suvi; Karttunen, Kaisa; Maluf, Renato S.; Niemi, Jyrki; Saarinen, Merja; Salminen, Jani; Vaalavuo, Maria; Valsta, Liisa (2021). Justice in transitions: Widening considerations of justice in dietary transition. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 40, pp. 474-485. Elsevier 10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.007

Ebneter, Laura; Liechti, Karina; Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (August 2021). Forschungsschwerpunkt Traditionelle Bewässerung an der Universität Bern: Traditionelle Bewässerung in Europa - immaterielles Kulturerbe für die Zukunft Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment, Geografisches Institut, UNESCO Chair Natur- und Kulturerbe zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung von Berggebieten, Universität Bern, und Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz

Tribaldos, Theresa Margarete; Jacobi, Johanna; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Campos Motta, Renata; Kortetmäki, Teea; Bürgi, Elisabeth (23 June 2021). Approaches to food justice and their role in transformative food research (Unpublished). In: EurSafe 2021 Conference. Fribourg, Switzerland. 24-26 June.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Allheilig, Gaby (May 2021). We are outsourcing many of the problems of our food system. In: CDE Spotlight. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Adler, Carolina; Biggs, Reinette (Oonsie); de Brémond, Ariane; Buser, Tobias; Krug, Cornelia; Loutre, Marie-France; Moore, Sarah; Norström, Albert V; Paulavets, Katsia; Urbach, Davnah; Spehn, Eva; Wülser, Gabriela; Zondervan, Ruben (2021). Co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: a strategic compass for global research networks. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 49, pp. 127-142. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2021.04.007

Mountain Partnership, Secretariat; Tribaldos, Theresa (April 2021). Highlighting sustainable food systems in Mountains for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 (Unpublished). In: UN Food Systems Summit 2021. New York.

Llanque, Aymara; Jacobi, Johanna; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Mukhovi, Stellah; Silvestre, Carlos; Tecchio, Andreia; Fernandez, Lidiane; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Maluf, Renato; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2021). Transformations towards food sustainability using the participatory Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (FoodSAF). Social Innovations Journal, 5 Social Innovations Partners

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2021). Finding ways to sustainability through the “network compass” Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2021). PPM-Based Trade Measures to Promote Sustainable Farming Systems? What the EU/EFTA-Mercosur Agreements Can Learn from the EFTA-Indonesian Agreement. In: European Yearbook of International Economic Law. European Yearbook of International Economic Law: Vol. 11 (pp. 359-385). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/8165_2020_64

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Kortetmäki, T. (2021). Developing principles and criteria for just transition in food systems: a transdisciplinary endeavour. In: Schübel, Hanna; Wallimann-Helmer, Ivo (eds.) Justice and food security in a changing climate (pp. 158-163). Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers 10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_22

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina (2021). Enabling Players to Develop Theories of Change for Sustainable Development: A Serious Game. Simulation & gaming, 52(5), pp. 664-678. Sage 10.1177/10468781211022399

Tribaldos, Theresa; Ebneter, Laura (2021). UNESCO Welterbe und nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme: Die Rolle von Berghütten (Unpublished). In: 4. Tagung Parkforschung Schweiz. Schüpfheim, Switzerland. 15. Oktober 2021.

Tribaldos, Theresa; Kortetmäki, Teea (2021). Developing principles and criteria for just transition in food systems: a transdisciplinary endeavour (Unpublished). In: EurSafe 2021 Conference. Fribourg, Switzerland. 24-26 June.

Tribaldos, Theresa; Kaljonen, Minna; Jensen, Hanna (2021). How to build a just food system in a climate change situation?

Jungmeier, Michael; Rist, Stephan; Tribaldos, Theresa; Kirchmeir, Hanns; Liechti, Karina; Lochmatter, Alessandra; Meessen, Heino; Auinger, Monika; Schmalzl, Lilia; Plassmann, Guido (2021). Governing mountain commons between tradition and innovation. In: III World Higher Education Conference. Barcelona, Spain. 18-20 May 2022.

2020

Fazey, Ioan; Schäpke, Niko; Caniglia, Guido; Hodgson, Anthony; Kendrick, Ian; Lyon, Christopher; Page, Glenn; Patterson, James; Riedy, Chris; Strasser, Tim; Verveen, Stephan; Adams, David; Goldstein, Bruce; Klaes, Matthias; Leicester, Graham; Linyard, Alison; McCurdy, Adrienne; Ryan, Paul; Sharpe, Bill; Silvestri, Giorgia; ... (2020). Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there. Energy research & social science, 70, p. 101724. Elsevier 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101724

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Oberlack, Christoph; Schneider, Flurina (2020). Impact through participatory research approaches: an archetype analysis [Dataset].

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2020). Co-Production of Knowledge at Network-Level [Movie].

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Oberlack, Christoph; Schneider, Flurina (2020). Impact through participatory research approaches: an archetype analysis. Ecology and Society, 25(3) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-11517-250315

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Giger, Markus; Bessa, Adriana; Golay, Christophe; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mwangi, Veronica; Augstburger, Horacio; Buergi-Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Haller, Tobias; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Delgado Burgoa, José M. F.; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2020). A new understanding and evaluation of food sustainability in six different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Scientific reports, 10(1), p. 19145. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-020-76284-y

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Allheilig, Gaby (2020). Crops from mountain regions are crucial to our food systems. An interview by Gaby Allheilig with Theresa Tribaldos the the UNESCO Chair on Natural and Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Mountain Development. In: CDE Spotlight.

Tribaldos, Theresa; Rist, Stephan (2020). Developing indicators for sustainable regional development in mountain areas (Unpublished). In: 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Zurich, Switzerland. 6-7 November.

2019

Schneider, Flurina; Buser, Tobias Johannes; Keller, Rea; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Research funding programmes aiming for societal transformations: ten key stages. Science and public policy, 46(3), pp. 463-478. Oxford University Press 10.1093/scipol/scy074

Oberlack, Christoph; Breu, Thomas; Giger, Markus; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl Günter; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Messerli, Peter; Moser, Stephanie; Ott, Cordula; Providoli, Isabelle; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Zimmermann, Anne; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Theories of change in sustainability science: Understanding how change happens. GAIA - Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / ecological perspectives for science and society, 28(2), pp. 106-111. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.28.2.8

Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2019). UNESCO Chair on Natural and Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Mountain Development (Unpublished). In: 3rd international conference of the UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Development. Bordeaux, France. 28-29 May 2019.

Schneider, Flurina; Giger, Markus; Harari, Nicole; Moser, Stephanie; Oberlack, Christoph; Providoli, Isabelle; Schmid, Leonie; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Zimmermann, Anne (2019). Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: Three generic mechanisms of impact generation. Environmental science & policy, 102, pp. 26-35. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.08.017

Schneider, Flurina; Binder, Claudia; Buser, Tobias; Fritz, Livia; Hoffmann, Sabine; Pohl, Christian; Providoli, Isabelle; Schilling, Thorsten; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2019). Pathways to Impact of Transdisciplinary Research: The Role of Contexts, Goals, and Epistemological Assumptions (Unpublished). In: International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden. 10-13 September 2019.

Fritz, Livia; Binder, Claudia; Buser, Tobias; Ejderyan, Olivier; Pohl, Christian; Providoli, Isabelle; Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2019). Power dynamics in transdisciplinary research: from power over to power with? (Unpublished). In: International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden. 10-13 September 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Developing theories of change for supporting sustainability transformations: A serious game (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico. 07 November 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Integrating protected areas into sustainable regional development based on environmental justice – a case study from the National Reserve of Coyhaique, Chile (Unpublished). In: Transformation Conference 2019. Santiago, Chile. 16 October 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Integrating protected areas into sustainable regional development based on environmental justice – a case study from the National Reserve of Coyhaique, Chile (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference. Oaxaca, Mexico. 06 November 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Developing theories of change for supporting sustainability transformations: A serious game (Unpublished). In: Transformation Conference 2019. Santiago, Chile. 17 October 2019.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Emotions in group dynamics on equal footing (Unpublished). In: International Transdisciplinary Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden. 11 September 2019.

Jacobi, Johanna; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2019). Sustainable food system transformation: participatory evaluation and leverage points (Unpublished). In: Transformations Conference 2019. Santiago, Chile. 15 October 2019.

2018

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Schneider, Flurina; Oberlack, Christoph; Rist, Stephan (November 2018). Governance of sustainability problems through transdisciplinary research: pathways to impact in agricultural systems (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference 2018. Utrecht, Netherlands. 05-08 November 2018.

Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Jacobi, Johanna; Rist, Stephan (2018). Linking sustainable diets to the concept of food system sustainability. Future of food : journal on food, agriculture and society, 6(1), pp. 71-84. University of Kassel

Providoli, Isabelle; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Brémond, Ariane Carole; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Schneider, Flurina (2018). Fostering transdisciplinarity in global research networks through digital means – potentials and challenges (Unpublished). In: Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018. Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in a Digital World. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. 15 November 2018.

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2018). How can research networks of the Future Earth framework effectively contribute to implementation of the SDGs in Africa? (Unpublished). In: Seedbeds for Transformation Conference. Port Elizabeth. 11 Mai 2018.

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2018). How can the Earth System Governance community effectively contribute to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals? (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference. Utrecht, Netherlands. 09 November 2018.

2017

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2017). Enhancing transformative research for sustainable development: mutual learning within the Future Earth research platform (Unpublished). In: International Transdisciplinarity Conference. Lüneburg, Deutschland. 14 September 2017.

Schneider, Flurina; Tribaldos, Theresa M. (2017). Enhancing transformative research for sustainable development: mutual learning within the Future Earth research platform (Unpublished). In: International Conference on Research for Development, (ICRD Conference). Bern, Switzerland. 08 September 2017.