Prof. Dr. Isabel Jaisli
Prof. Dr. Isabel Jaisli
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Focus
Food system transformation
Teaching
Course responsibility "Agriculture for the future" (Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources)
Experience
- Project manager renewable energies
NEK Umwelttechnik AG
2008 - 2012 - Project staff
Foundation Vivamos Mejor
2008 - 2008 - Consultant
ERM GmbH
2007 - 2008 - Project development wind energy (UK)
Energy Kontor UK
2006 - 2007
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
University of Pisa
12 / 2021 - 06 / 2025 - MSc. tropical and international agriculture
Georg-August University Goettingen
2004 - 2007 - Diploma in environmental biology
University of applied sciences Bremen
1999 - 2004
Continuing Education
- CAS Leadership
ZHAW
2018 - CAS Didactics in higher education
ZHAW
2014 - MAS Management, Technology and Economics
ETH Zurich
2012
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Projects
- Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system / Team member / ongoing
- Farm to Table 2.0 - Wädenswil Edition / Team member / ongoing
- CirculAr, let's go! / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- Local Food Challenge – Shaping the future of local food together / Project leader / ongoing
- Food strategies for all: participation and transformation in smaller cities / Project leader / ongoing
- Agrobiodiversity Summer School / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- Participatory decision-making for food system transformation / Deputy project leader / completed
- Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Project leader / completed
- WWF Standards Evaluations / Deputy project leader / completed
- International Virtual Course - Tackling Climate Change through Global Learning / Deputy project leader / completed
- MyFoodChoice: Personal values for sustainable consumption / Project leader / completed
- Foodscape.ch – A serious game on the Swiss food system as a teaching unit / Deputy project leader / completed
- Transfood – Improving Sustainability Impact of Transnational Food Value Chains / Co-project leader / completed
- AgroInnoTool / Project leader / completed
- Pearls of Sustainability / Project leader / completed
- Global site assessment for hazelnut production / Project leader / completed
- Eco-confession-chair / Project leader / completed
- CONSUS – A GIS tool for agricultural planning / Project leader / completed
- Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Project leader / completed
- Life Cycle Assessment of Wind Power / Team member / completed
- Potential of use of biomass from alpine grassland / Project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Aubert, A. H., Bauer, R., Böckler, N. S., Jaisli, I., Mariani, E., Schmidlin, S., & Trachsel, S. (2025). Balancing reality, meaning, and play - the case of a digital game about the Swiss food system : a reflection on Foodscape’s design journey and its lessons for future serious games. Gaia, 34(3), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.34.3.13
- Jaisli, I., & Brunori, G. (2024). Is there a future for livestock in a sustainable food system? Efficiency, sufficiency, and consistency strategies in the food-resource nexus. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18(101496). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101496
- Jaisli, I., & Grüter, R. (2024). Potentials of grassland-based livestock farming in Switzerland : a scenario comparison. Sustainability, 16(23), 10362. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310362
- Grüter, R., Trachsel, T., Laube, P., & Jaisli, I. (2022). Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change. Plos One, 17(1), e0261976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976
- Jaisli, I., Bättig-Frey, P., Eymann, L., Mariani, E., & Stucki, M. (2019). Scientainment for sustainability : the eco-confessional as a new approach for life cycle thinking. Sustainability, 11(20), 5686. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205686
- Jaisli, I., Laube, P., Trachsel, S., Ochsner, P., & Schuhmacher, S. (2019). Suitability evaluation system for the production and sourcing of agricultural commodities. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 161, 170–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.02.002
Book chapters, peer-reviewed
- Jaisli, I., Grüter, R., Oehen, B., Pintar, M., & Kontrakere Basegowda, U. (2021). Geography of food summer school : international exchange for sustainable food value chains. In W. Leal Filho, A. L. Salvia, L. Brandli, U. Azeiteiro, & R. Pretorius (Eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society : Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 107–122). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_8
- Jaisli, I., & Schmitt, E. (2019). Ernährungsgeographie. In U. Kluwick & E. Zemanek (eds.), Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär : Konzepte, Diskurse, Praktiken (pp. 220–237). Böhlau Verlag.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Mariani, E., & Jaisli, I. (2018). Didaktische Herausforderungen bei der Erstellung eines frei verfügbaren Onlinekurses [Conference paper]. In U. Lucke & S. Strickroth (eds.), Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit – (k)ein Gegensatz? (pp. 29–40). Universitätsverlag Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3413
- Trachsel, S., Jaisli, I., & Schmitt, E. (2018). Finding and Analysing Social Hotspots in a Global Food Value Chain as a Basis for Livelihood Improvement [Conference paper]. 13th European IFSA Symposium, 1-5 July 2018, Chania (Greece), 1–18.
- Schmitt, E., Schwab, S., Vukotic, F., & Jaisli, I. (2018). The potential of digital platforms to facilitate the diffusion of diversification strategies in agriculture [Conference paper]. In Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (Ed.), 13th European IFSA Symposium. IFSA. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3875
- Jaisli, I., Bättig-Frey, P., Itten, R., & Stucki, M. (2018, September 30). Scientainment for sustainability : the eco-confessional as new approach for awareness raising. 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018.
- Schmitt, E., Vukotic, F., Schwab, S., Jaisli, I., & Rieger, L. (2018, April 12). Diversifizierung in der Landwirtschaft : Potentiale der digitalen Vernetzung für Innovationen und Nischenmärkte. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3868
Other publications
- Jaisli, I., & Trachsel, S. (2026). Vision PLANT50 : für ein zukunftsfähiges Ernährungssystem der Schweiz: pflanzlich – lokal – ausgewogen – nachhaltig – tiergerecht. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Grüter, R., Kummer, C., Koll, M., Rahn, H., & Jaisli, I. (2022). Standortanalyse von Spezialkulturen und Spezialitäten im Ackerbau für den Kanton Luzern (Offensive Spezialkulturen). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31812
- Mariani, E., Schmitt, E., & Jaisli, I. (2020). Foodscape - Begleitdossier für Lehrpersonen : Lernspiel und Unterrichtsmaterial zum Schweizer Ernährungssystem. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21287
- Jaisli, I. (2020). Wege zu einem nachhaltigen Schweizer Ernährungssystem. ProClim Flash, 2020(72), 12–13. http://proclim.ch/id/xVhYd
- Jaisli, I. (2019). Digitale Bildung zur Nachhaltigkeit. LVT Lebensmittel Industrie, 2019(1-2).
- Jaisli, I., Corrêa da Silva, M., Rossi Borges, J. A., Stucki, M., Favarini Ruviaro, C., & de Faria Domingues, C. H. (2019). Food trade between Brazil and Switzerland : pathways to drive family farming and sustainability. Jahrestagung Der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft Für Agrarwirtschaft Und Agrarsoziologie (SGA), Wädenswil, 4.-5. April 2019. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3319
- Jaisli, I., Mariani, E., Meier, R., Rieger, L., & Daniel, B. (2018). Designing sustainable food systems : an open E-learning course. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
- Jaisli, I., & Schmitt, E. (2017, June 23). Geography of food summer school : designing food value chains. 1st Global Conference of the 10 YFP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Pretoria, 23 June 2017. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3663
- Jaisli, I., & Stauffacher, S. (2016). CONSUS : ein neues Tool für die Agrarplanung. Transfer, 2016(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5720
- Jaisli, I., & Laube, P. (2015, June 22). Food production in smallholder farming systems : developing a spatially explicit decision-model for trade opportunities. Tackling World Food System Challenges: Across Disciplines, Sectors, and Scales, Ascona, 22. Juni 2015. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3737
- Jaisli, I., Rohrer, J., & Stucki, M. (2014, April 10). Macht Fotovoltaik im freien Gelände Sinn? 12. Nationale Photovoltaik-Tagung 2014, Lausanne, 10. April 2014.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Aubert, A., & Jaisli, I. (2025, June 24). Rethinking livestock future : behavioural insights from value-focused thinking and MCDA. 34th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Leeds, United Kingdom, 22-25 June 2025.
- Aubert, A., & Jaisli, I. (2025, May 9). Actors’ trade-off preferences matter : an illustrative case based on Swiss agricultural policy for the future of livestock production. 53. Jahrestagung Der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft Für Agrarwirtschaft Und Agrarsoziologie (SGA), Bern, Switzerland, 8-9 May 2025.
- Geiser, A., Schmitt, E., & Jaisli, I. (2022, June 15). Cereal production in a Swiss mountain region : analysing drivers of change for more resilient mountain food systems. 14th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE 2022), Pisa, Italy, 14-17 June 2022.
- Trachsel, S., Jaisli, I., & Lüchinger, M. (2020, September 17). Motivations for sufficiency in individual dietary decisions : a typology. The 8th World Sustainability Forum, Virtual, 15-17 September 2020.
- Jaisli, I., Bischof, T., Mariani, E., Meier, R., & Rieger, L. (2018). Educating for sustainable food value chains : insights from an open online course. Tropentag 2018 : Global Food Security and Food Safety: The Role of Universities.
- Jaisli, I., & Bättig-Frey, P. (2017). Ökobeichtstuhl - Provoking and Entertaining : Confessions of a ‘Scientainment’ Project. EUPRIO Conference, Mannheim, Deutschland, 1. Juli 2017.