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Entries by Annique Lombard

Sustainability and resource consumption: Comparing the positions of politicians and voters

The political parties’ positions on issues such as climate change, sustainability and resource consumption are widely known. However, the positions of their voters on these issues are far less well known. Initial results from a research project now show remarkable differences between the positions of the parties and their respective voter groups. The “Sufficiency 23” […]

Content vs. packaging: the importance of the sender for the acceptance of climate measures

What effect does the origin of climate policy measures have on their acceptance? This question was investigated experimentally in a BFH research project. The differences found are considerable and show that acceptance of climate protection measures does indeed depend on their origin. As part of the “Sufficiency & Politics” research project, a representative survey was […]

Are citizens’ assemblies a key to more political participation?

The residents of Basel are currently discussing and testing various forms of citizen participation. Most recently, in spring 2024, the Demokratie Labor Basel and the Institute for Public Sector Transformation at Bern University of Applied Sciences organised a citizens’ assembly at which political proposals were discussed and formulated together and the various forms of participation […]