Publications Christian Hirschi

Peer-­‐reviewed Journal Articles
Publications Christian Hirschi
Hirschi, Christian, Alexander Widmer, Simon Briner and Robert Huber (in revision). “Combining Policy
Network and Model-­‐based Scenario Analysis: Restrictions and Preconditions for the Future Provision
of Agricultural Ecosystem Goods and Services in Swiss Mountain Regions,” Ecology and Society.
Huber, Robert, Simon Briner, Alexandre Peringer, Stefan Lauber, Roman Seidl, Alexander Widmer,
François Gillet, Alexandre Buttler, Bao Quang Le and Christian Hirschi (in revision). “Modelling
Feedback Effects Between Vegetation Dynamics, Farm Structural Change and Policy Development in
the Pasture Woodlands of the Swiss Jura Mountains,” Ecology and Society.
Rigling, Andreas, Robert Huber, Peter Bebi, Fridolin Brand, Simon Briner, Alexandre Buttler, Ché Elkin,
François Gillet, Adrienne Grêt-­‐Regamey, Christian Hirschi, Heike Lischke, Roland Scholz, Roman
Seidl, Thomas Spiegelberger, Ariane Walz, Willi Zimmermann and Harald Bugmann (in revision).
“Sustainable Land Use in Mountain Regions Under Global Change: Synthesis Across Scales and
Disciplines,” Ecology and Society.
Walz, Ariane, Julia Braendle, Daniel J. Lang, Fridolin Brand, Simon Briner, Ché Elkin, Christian Hirschi,
Robert Huber, Heike Lischke, Dirk R. Schmatz (in revision). “Experience from Customising IPCC
Scenarios to Specific National-­‐Level Focus Scenarios for Ecosystem Service Management,”
Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Hirschi, Christian, Alexander Widmer und Willi Zimmermann (accepted). “Aktuelle Entwicklungen der
Schweizer Waldpolitik: Entscheidungsprozesse und Konsequenzen für das Berggebiet,”
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen.
Hirschi, Christian and Thomas Widmer (2012). “Approaches and Challenges in Evaluating Measures
Taken Against Right-­‐wing Extremism,” Evaluation and Program Planning 35(1): 171-­‐179.
Hirschi, Christian (2010). “Strengthening Regional Cohesion: Collaborative Networks and Sustainable
Development in Swiss Rural Areas,” Ecology and Society 15(4): 16.
Hirschi, Christian and Thomas Widmer (2010). “Policy Change and Policy Stasis: Comparing Swiss
Foreign Policy toward South Africa (1968-­‐94) and Iraq (1990-­‐91),” Policy Studies Journal 38(3): 537-­‐
563.
Ingold, Karin, Jörg Balsiger and Christian Hirschi (2010). “Climate Change in Mountain Regions: How
Local Communities Adapt to Extreme Events,” Local Environment 15(7): 651-­‐661.
Widmer, Thomas und Christian Hirschi (2007). „Herausforderungen der Evaluation von Massnahmen
gegen Rechtsextremismus,“ LeGes – Gesetzgebung & Evaluation 2007/2: 255-­‐274.
Serdült, Uwe and Christian Hirschi (2004). “From Process to Structure: Developing a Reliable and Valid
Tool for Policy Network Comparison,” Swiss Political Science Review 10(2): 137-­‐155.
Hirschi, Christian, Walter Schenkel and Thomas Widmer (2002). “Designing Sustainable Transportation
Policy for Acceptance: A Comparison of Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland,” German Policy
Studies 2(4): 1-­‐40.
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Hirschi, Christian, Uwe Serdült und Thomas Widmer (1999). „Schweizerische Aussenpolitik im Wandel:
Internationalisierung, Globalisierung und Multilateralisierung,“ Schweizerische Zeitschrift für
Politikwissenschaft 5(1): 31-­‐56.
Peer-­‐reviewed Book Chapters
Hirschi, Christian (2009). „Ländervergleich Energie und Umwelt,“ in: Thomas Widmer, Wolfgang Beywl
und Carlo Fabian (Eds.), Evaluation: Ein systematisches Handbuch. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für
Sozialwissenschaften: 236-­‐241.
Widmer, Thomas and Christian Hirschi (2009). “How to Evaluate Measures taken against Right-­‐wing
Extremism,” in: Marcel Niggli (Ed.), Right-­‐wing Extremism in Switzerland – National and International
Perspectives. Baden-­‐Baden: Nomos: 277-­‐289.
Widmer, Thomas, Christian Hirschi, Uwe Serdült and Chantal Vögeli (2008). “Analysis with APES, the
Actor-­‐Process-­‐Event Scheme,” in: Manfred Max Bergman (Ed.), Advances in Mixed Methods Research:
Theories and Applications. London: Sage: 150-­‐171
Hirschi, Christian, Thomas Milic, Christian Moser, Sarah Neukomm und Celina Ramjoué (2003).
Books
„Eidgenössische Abstimmungsvorlagen und ihre Arenen: Der Einfluss des Vorlageninhalts auf die
Konfliktstruktur im Abstimmungskampf,” in: Uwe Serdült und Thomas Widmer (Eds.), Politik im
Fokus: Festschrift für Ulrich Klöti. Zürich: NZZ Verlag: 315-­‐348.
Bisang, Kurt, Christian Hirschi und Karin Ingold (Eds.) (2011). Umwelt und Gesellschaft im Einklang?
Festschrift für Willi Zimmermann. Zürich: Dike.
Hirschi, Christian (2009). Intervening Against Apartheid: The South Africa Policy of the United States, West
Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, 1977-­‐1996. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Zurich.
Widmer, Thomas und Christian Hirschi (2005). Stabilität im Wandel: Gestaltung der schweizerischen
Südafrikapolitik von 1968 bis 1994. Zürich: Rüegger.
Klöti, Ulrich, Christian Hirschi, Uwe Serdült und Thomas Widmer (2005). Verkannte Aussenpolitik:
Entscheidungsprozesse in der Schweiz. Zürich: Rüegger.
Non-­‐peer-­‐reviewed Articles, Edited Volumes and Selected Reports
Hirschi, Christian und Robert Huber (2012). “Ökologisierung der Landwirtschaft im agrarpolitischen
Prozess,” Agrarforschung Schweiz 3(7-­‐8): 360-­‐365.
Translation: Hirschi, Christian und Robert Huber (2012). “Ecologisation de l’agriculture dans les
processus politique agricole,” Recherche Agronomique Suisse 3(7-­‐8): 360-­‐365.
Huber, Robert, Peter Bebi, Simon Briner, Harald Bugmann, Alexandre Buttler, Adrienne Grêt-­‐Regamey,
Christian Hirschi, Roland Scholz, Willi Zimmermann und Andreas Rigling (2012). “Klimawandel und
nachhaltige Landnutzung im Berggebiet,” Agrarforschung Schweiz 3(7-­‐8): 340-­‐345.
Translation: Huber, Robert, Peter Bebi, Simon Briner, Harald Bugmann, Alexandre Buttler, Adrienne
Grêt-­‐Regamey, Christian Hirschi, Roland Scholz, Willi Zimmermann und Andreas Rigling (2012).
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“Changements climatiques et utilization durable du sol en montagne,” Recherche Agronomique Suisse
3(7-­‐8): 340-­‐345.
Hirschi, Christian (2010). “Introduction: Applications of Social Network Analysis,” Procedia—Social and
Behavioral Sciences Vol. 4: 2-­‐3.
Hirschi, Christian, Karin Ingold and Uwe Serdült (Eds.) (2010). Applications of Social Network Analysis.
Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 4: 1-­‐102.
Widmer, Thomas und Christian Hirschi (Eds.) (2007). Fallstudien zur Evaluation von Massnahmen gegen
Rechtsextremismus. Zürcher Politik-­‐ & Evaluationsstudien Nr. 6. Zürich: Institut für
Politikwissenschaft.
Widmer, Thomas, Christian Hirschi und Swen Hutter (2005). Qualitätsbeurteilung und Synthese von
Studien zur Wirksamkeit der Osec. Zürcher Politik-­‐ & Evaluationsstudien Nr. 2, Zürich: Institut für
Politikwissenschaft.
Kübler Daniel, Peter Neuenschwander, Christian Hirschi, Erwin Rüegg, Kathrin Frey, Arianna Radaelli,
Sibylle Stamm und Thomas Widmer (2003). Massnahmenpaket Drogen: Determinanten der politischen
Verankerung. Zürcher Politik-­‐ & Evaluationsstudien Nr. 1, Zürich: Institut für Politikwissenschaft.
Serdült, Uwe, Thomas Widmer und Christian Hirschi (2001). „Entscheidungsprozesse 1981-­‐1993“, in:
Daten zur Schweizerischen Aussenpolitik von 1848-­‐1998. Bern: Nationales Forschungsprogramm 42
(Grundlagen und Möglichkeiten der schweizerischen Aussenpolitik).
Widmer, Thomas, Walter Schenkel und Christian Hirschi (2000). Akzeptanz einer nachhaltigen
Verkehrspolitik im politischen Prozess: Deutschland, Niederlande und die Schweiz im Vergleich.
Bern: Nationales Forschungsprogramm 41 (Verkehr und Umwelt).
Selected Conference Papers and Presentations
Hirschi, Christian (2012). “Transnational Networks and Climate Policy Behavior,” Paper presented at the
5th Annual Political Networks Conference, Boulder, CO, USA, 13-­‐16 June 2012.
Widmer, Alexander and Christian Hirschi (2012). “Adaptation Discourses and Modes of Governance in
Swiss Alpine Regions,” Paper presented at the Symposium ‘The Governance of Adaptation,’
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-­‐23 March 2012.
Hirschi, Christian (2011). “Approaches to Assess the Process Quality in National and International
Climate Policymaking,” Expert Workshop Challenges for Democracy due to Climate Change, Institute
for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen, Germany, 7 December 2011.
Serdült, Uwe and Christian Hirschi (2011). “Applications of Social Network Analysis in Political Science,”
8th Conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis (ASNA), Zurich, Switzerland, 13 September
2011.
Hirschi, Christian (2011). “Transnational Networks in Climate Policymaking: Structure and Impacts,”
Paper presented at the 7th UK Social Networks Conference, Panel: Policy Networks, University of
Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, 7-­‐9 July 2011.
Hirschi, Christian (2011). “The Role of Transnational Networks in Climate Policymaking: Evidence from
Event Data,” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Panel:
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Network Analysis in Transnational Politics: Towards Advanced Research on Transnational Political
Networks, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 16-­‐19 March 2011.
Walz, Ariane, Fridolin Brand, Julia Braendle, Simon Briner, Che Elkin, Christian Hirschi, Heike Lischke,
Dirk Schmatz and Daniel Lang (2010). “Do All Mountain Regions React Upon the Same Drivers of
Change? Or how to customize IPCC Scenarios to Regional Level Analysis?” Paper presented at the
Global Change and the World’s Mountain Conference, Perth, Scotland, 26-­‐30 September 2010.
Hirschi, Christian (2010). “Network Dynamics in the Politics of Climate Change,” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., USA, 2-­‐5 September
2010.
Hirschi, Christian (2010). “Analyzing Political Networks using Newswire Services as Data,” Paper
presented at Sunbelt XXX, Panel: Words and Networks, Riva del Garda, Italy, 29 June – 4 July 2010.
Hirschi, Christian and Karin Ingold (2010). “Integration for the Better? Local Networks and Natural
Resources Management in Swiss Mountain Regions,” Paper presented at Sunbelt XXX, Panel:
Networks and Natural Resource Management, Riva del Garda, Italy, 29 June – 4 July 2010.
Sattler, Thomas and Christian Hirschi (2010). “The Cost of Conflict: Responses of Oil Prices to Interstate
Disputes,” Paper presented at the 68 th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 22-­‐25 April 2010.
Hirschi, Christian (2010). “Network Dynamics in the Politics of Climate Change,” Paper presented at the
ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop: Network Governance and the Governance of
Networks: Social Network Analysis in Political Science, Münster, Germany, 22-­‐27 March 2010.
Hirschi, Christian (2009). “Strengthening Regional Cohesion: Local Collaboration Networks and
Sustainable Development in Swiss Rural Areas,” Paper presented at the 4 th Lüneburg Workshop on
Environmental and Sustainability Communication “Communication and Learning in Networks:
Potentials and Challenges for Environmental Sustainability”, Lüneburg, Germany, 28-­‐29 September
2009.
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