Thomas Hofstetter
Thomas Hofstetter
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate Environmental Education
Focus
- Environmental Education
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Transformative learning
- Outdoor and Experiental Education
Teaching
- Module Environmental Education
- Module Didactics and Communication
- Module Educational practice
- Module Fundamentals of Environmental Systems and Sustainable Development 1
- Module Fundamentals of Environmental Systems and Sustainable Development 2
- Module Learning Region
- CAS Nature-based environmental education
- CAS Outdoor Education - Summer
- CAS Forest, Landscape, Health
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Arts / Environment and Education
University of Rostock
09 / 2009 - 07 / 2011 - Diploma / Environmental Engineer in Environmental Education
University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil
10 / 2003 - 09 / 2007
Continuing Education
- Introductory seminar on transactional analysis
Eric Berne Institute Zurich
04 / 2024 - Certificate of Advanced Studies "Teams"
Institute of Applied Psychology, ZHAW
10 / 2017 - Adult Educator
Youth and Sports
09 / 2013 - Hiking Guide
various
04 / 2012 - Trainer for experiential education and outdoor training
Drudel 11 - experience and learn
10 / 2009
Network
Membership of networks
- Conference on environmental education
- ERBINAT Professional Association for Experience and Education in Nature
- SAGUF AG Education for Sustainable Development
Social media
Projects
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Hunziker, R. and Hofstetter, T. (2021) 'Swiss regional nature parks : sustainable rural and mountain development through transformative learning?', Mountain Research and Development, 40(4), pp. R17–R24. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-20-00027.1.
Other publications
- Keller, N., Hofstetter, T. and Figini, M. (2025) Urbane Umweltbildung : Positionspapier. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33942.
- Hofstetter, T. (2024) 'Herausfordernd und lehrreich – neuer CAS Outdoor Education Summer', IUNR Magazin, 2024(01), pp. 30–31. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30612.
- Hofstetter, T. (2018) 'Naturparkpflege mit Firmen und Schulklassen', Thema Umwelt, 2018(4), pp. 16–17.
- Hofstetter, T. (2016) 'Der Regionale Naturpark Schaffhausen', in Naturforschende Gesellschaft Schaffhausen and Demmerle, S. (eds) Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen : der Natur auf der Spur. Bern: ott verlag, p. 11.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
Hofstetter, T. et al. (2022) 'Umweltbildung für die grosse Transformation', in 3. Collaboration Lab der Fachkonferenz Umweltbildung, Biel/Bienne, Schweiz, 7. November 2022.