Dr. Mario Angst

Dr. Mario Angst

ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
Abteilung F&E, WB, DL

mario.angst@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Focus

Research on Sustainability and Digitalization in Urban Contexts

Teaching

Wahlpflichtmodul Urban Strategies
Forschungsorientiertes Modul Urban Research

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8297-9827

Social media

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Pham-Truffert, M. and Angst, M. (2026) 'Core-periphery divide : perceived obstacles to modal shift in Swiss urban transport systems along the urban gradient', Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 6(3), p. 035008. doi: 10.1088/2634-4505/ae8dfb.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Publication list with links to replication materials (link)
Google Scholar Profile
Angst, M., Müller, N. N., Walker, V., & Pham-Truffert, M. (2026). How policy narratives shape sustainability governance: A case study of urban transport policy discourse. Policy and Politics. doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2025D000000084
Walker, V., & Angst, M. (2025). Promises and pitfalls of using LLMs to identify actor stances in political discourse. PloS One, 20(11), e0335547. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335547
Angst, M., Frei, N., Lederer, L., Mühlethaler, H.-J., Pailamilla, N., Rickli, M., Sprenger, R., & Wagner, L. (2025). How a hacked 70s knitting machine became a participant in our lab on weaving sustainable digital future stories. Proceedings of the First Conference on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts, 1. 2025.algorithmicpattern.org/proceedings/CW3JCV/paper.html
Pham-Truffert, M., Angst, M., Breu, T., & Santos, M. J. (2025). Citizens ditching cars: how do assessments of SDG interactions predict a modal shift towards low-carbon urban transport choices? Environmental Research Letters, 20(8), 084029. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ade817
Angst, M., Müller, N. N., & Walker, V. (2025). Automated extraction of discourse networks from large volumes of media data. Network Science (Cambridge University Press), 13(e4), e4. doi.org/10.1017/nws.2025.4
Huber, M. N., Angst, M., & Fischer, M. (2024). The link between social-ecological network fit and outcomes: A rare empirical assessment of a prominent hypothesis. Society & Natural Resources, 37(7), 1090–1107. doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2024.2335393
Angst, M., & Huber, M. N. (2024). Who is satisfied with their inclusion in polycentric sustainability governance? Networks, power, and procedural justice in Swiss wetlands. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization, 52(1), 139–167. doi.org/10.1111/psj.12515
Sprenkamp, K., Zavolokina, L., Angst, M., & Dolata, M. (2023). Data-driven governance in crises: Topic modelling for the identification of refugee needs. Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, DGO ’23, 1–11. doi.org/10.1145/3598469.3598470
Angst, M., & Strauß, N. (2023). Discourses surrounding sustainability and digitalization in Europe on Twitter over time. Gaia, 32(1), 10–20. doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.s1.4
Kreft, C., Angst, M., Huber, R., & Finger, R. (2023). Farmers’ social networks and regional spillover effects in agricultural climate change mitigation. Climatic Change, 176(2), 8. doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03484-6
Manny, L., Angst, M., Rieckermann, J., & Fischer, M. (2022). Socio-technical networks of infrastructure management: Network concepts and motifs for studying digitalization, decentralization, and integrated management. Journal of Environmental Management, 318(115596), 115596. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115596
Angst, M., Mewhirter, J., McLaughlin, D., & Fischer, M. (2022). Who joins a forum—and who does not?—evaluating drivers of forum participation in polycentric governance systems. Public Administration Review, 82(4), 692–707. doi.org/10.1111/puar.13427
Angst, M., & Brandenberger, L. (2022). Information exchange in governance networks—Who brokers across political divides? Governance (Oxford, England), 35(2), 585–608. doi.org/10.1111/gove.12601
Hileman, J. D., Angst, M., Scott, T. A., & Sundström, E. (2021). Recycled text and risk communication in natural gas pipeline environmental impact assessments. Energy Policy, 156(112379), 112379. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112379
Kammermann, L., & Angst, M. (2021). The effect of beliefs on policy instrument preferences: The case of Swiss renewable energy policy: The effect of beliefs on policy preferences. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization, 49(3), 757–784. doi.org/10.1111/psj.12393
Angst, M. (2020). Bottom‐up identification of subsystems in complex governance systems: Subsystems in complex governance systems. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization, 48(3), 782–805. doi.org/10.1111/psj.12301
Metz, F., Angst, M., & Fischer, M. (2020). Policy integration: Do laws or actors integrate issues relevant to flood risk management in Switzerland? Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions, 61(101945), 101945. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101945
Angst, M. (2019). Networks of Swiss water governance issues. Studying fit between media attention and organizational activity. Society & Natural Resources, 32(12), 1416–1432. doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1535102
Angst, M., Widmer, A., Fischer, M., & Ingold, K. (2018). Connectors and coordinators in natural resource governance: insights from Swiss water supply. Ecology and Society, 23(2). doi.org/10.5751/ES-10030-230201
Angst, M., Widmer, A., Fischer, M., & Ingold, K. (2018). Connectors and coordinators in natural resource governance: insights from Swiss water supply. Ecology and Society, 23(2). doi.org/10.5751/ES-10030-230201
Angst, M., & Hirschi, C. (2017). Network dynamics in natural resource governance: A case study of Swiss landscape management: Network dynamics in natural resource governance. Policy Studies Journal: The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization, 45(2), 315–336. doi.org/10.1111/psj.12145