🎲 Through @kariningold.bsky.social's class, students and some @pego-group.bsky.social members played the 2030 SDGs Game last Tuesday facilitated by Siro Koch.

💵🌱🏘️ Balancing Economy, Environment & Society proved tricky, but by the end our group boosted the 🌱 Environment sector.

📢 The Swiss Climate Summer School on climate variability across space & time takes place 🇨🇭 30 Aug–4 Sept 2026 in Grindelwald.
🌍 Organized by the Oeschger Centre, @unibe.ch — a great chance for PhDs & postdocs to connect across disciplines.
🗓 Apply by 15 Jan 2026
www.oeschger.unibe.ch/studies/summ...

🧪 How should we regulate chemicals?
Yesterday at #ContaSed2025, a round table moderated by @kariningold.bsky.social brought together politics, science, industry & practice to discuss this pressing question from a multi-level and cross-sectoral perspective.

....Anna Kukkonen, Arttu Malkamäki, @petrocelik.bsky.social, Keiichi Satoh, Mark Stoddart, Pradip Swarnakar, and @paulmwagner.bsky.social.

📢 #NewPublication: @marlenekammerer.bsky.social & Ulrike Zeigermann in npj Climate Action:

“Managing climate impacts—adaptation funding in German cities & districts”

🔗 nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00280-z

@unibe.ch @eawag.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

#NewPublication: How do actors choose between scientific & experiential evidence in political debates?
By Ueli Reber, Benjamin Hoffmann, Christian Stamm & @kariningold.bsky.social in @evidencepolicy.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1332/17442648Y2025D000000064

🧪 How should we regulate chemicals?
Join our round table with voices from politics, science & industry.
📍 Wed, 03.09.25 | 11:00–12:30
UniS, Bern (Rm. A022)
💬 With C. Casado-Martinez, J. Reich, D. Werner & A. Trede
👩‍💼 Moderator: @kariningold.bsky.social
Part of #ContaSed2025 – no registration needed.

📢 New (TRA)PEGO publication!
Milena Wiget, Judit Lienert & @kariningold.bsky.social in ‪@jpublicpolicy.bsky.social‬:
"Understanding policy instrument preferences under conflicting beliefs and uncertainty"
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S014...

🌿 How can we transform pesticide governance for a more sustainable future?

Monday was the final advisory board meeting of the TRAPEGO project, led by @kariningold.bsky.social — wrapping up 4+ years of research across science, policy & practice.

Read more on the project:
🔗 trapego.ch/de/

🌱 What happens when new issues—like food waste or AMR—hit the agenda with no clear policies yet?

This chapter introduces:
✔️ Concept of nascent subsystems
✔️ Typology of belief systems & coordination patterns
✔️ 3 Swiss cases
✔️ Reflections on studying uncertain, early-stage policy processes

🚀 New publication in Sustainability Science!

PEGO’s Ueli Reber & Milena Wiget, with Benjamin Hofmann, Priska Ammann, Julia Dötzer, Jennifer Mark, Chloe McCallum & Lucca Zachmann, explore how interdisciplinary research unfolds in practice 🌱

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧠 How can we better cumulate knowledge at science–policy interfaces?
In their article, Benjamin Hofmann, Manuel Fischer, @kariningold.bsky.social, Eva Lieberherr and Sabine Hoffmann argue that publishing isn’t enough—SPIs must actively integrate, synthesize & translate knowledge to inform policy.

Last week, Laurie, Annika & @maikenmelanie.bsky.social from @pego-group.bsky.social joined the Oeschger Young Researchers Meeting 🌍

2 days of inspiring input & exchange on often-overlooked essentials:
✍️ Writing habits
🗂️ Project & team management
🧘‍♀️ Resilience & well-being

🌿 PEGO Group Retreat in Bern!
Last week, we gathered for a retreat full of exchange & ideas.

🧭 Kickoff: climate history tour by @claudealongchmp.bsky.social
🧠 Paper updates
🤝 New collabs
👥 Warm welcome to new members

Thanks to all who brought energy & spirit! 🙌

💡 What is the aha effect when it comes to positive tipping points in climate action? Tonight, Lukas Fesenfeld gave an inspiring Theodor Kocher Prize Lecture @unibe.ch.
🙏 Thanks for sharing insights on how policy, innovation & behavior can work together to drive sustainability transitions ⚡🌱