Dr. Katrin Maria Pakizer

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

www.zhaw.ch/de/sml/institute-zentren/iie/

Expertise and research interests

Sustainability transitions - Nature-based innovation systems - Water governance - Public policy - Alternative governance arrangements - Business Model development - Sufficiency-based business models - Social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial strategies - Mixed methods - Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Educational background

Dr. Sc. ETH Zürich
M.A. Political Science
M.A. Peace & Security Studies
B.A. Communication Studies & Social Sciences

Professional milestones

Researcher in the COMIX project ("Challenges and Opportunities of Modular water Infrastructures for Greening the Swiss Economy") as part of NFP 73 "Sustainable Economy"

Interim project leader of the subproject "Business Model Development" within the Innosuisse Flagship Initiative WISER

Projects

• WISER – Digital ecosystem for environmental data and greenhouse gas accounting / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing

Publications

• Pakizer, Katrin; Fischer, Manuel; Eva, Lieberherr,

  2022.

  Entrepreneurial strategies for transformative change : an application to grassroots movements for sustainable urban water systems.

  Journal of Cleaner Production.

  375(134003).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134003

• Pakizer, Katrin Maria; Fischer, Manuel; Lieberherr, Eva,

  2020.

  Policy instrument mixes for operating modular technology within hybrid water systems.

  Environmental Science & Policy.

  105, pp. 120-133.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.12.009

• Pakizer, Katrin Maria; Lieberherr, Eva,

  2018.

  Alternative governance arrangements for modular water infrastructure : an exploratory review.

  Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.

  19(1-2), pp. 53-68.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1783591718814426

• Pakizer, Katrin,

  2022.

  Flexibility through hybridity : governance arrangements for sustainable urban water systems.

  ETH Zürich.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000554583

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

Pakizer, K., Fischer, M. und Lieberherr, E. (2022) “Entrepreneurial strategies for transformative change: An application to grassroots movements for sustainable urban water systems”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 375, DOI:10.1016/j.clepro.2022.134003

Pakizer, K., Fischer, M. und Lieberherr, E. (2020) “Policy instrument mixes for operating modular technology within hybrid water systems”, Environmental Science and Policy, Vol 105, DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2019.12.009

Pakizer, K. und Lieberherr, E. (2018) “Alternative governance arrangements for modular water infrastructures: An exploratory review”, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol 19 (1-2), DOI:10.1177/1783591718814426s

Book chapters:

Fischer, M., Ingold, K., Duygan, M., Manny, L. and Pakizer, K. (2022) "Actor networks in urban water governance", in: Bolognesi, T., Silva Pinto, F. and Farrelly, M. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Urban Water Governance, London: Routledge, 243-256.

Lieberherr, E., Hüesker, F. and Pakizer,K. (2022) "Rethinking urban water governance and infrastructure in Europe: Challenges and opportunities of regionalization and organizational autonomy", in: Bolognesi, T., Silva Pinto, F. and Farrelly, M. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Urban Water Governance, London: Routledge, 272-283.


Practitioner journal articles:

Lieberherr, E. und Pakizer, K. (2022) "Modulare Abwassertechnologien - Bedingen neue Technologien Änderungen in Politik, Verwaltung und Management?", Aqua & Gas, No.10.

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