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Environmental Humanities: Social Transitions, Innovation, and Sustainability
Switzerland

Biography

Published in four languages, my agenda on the geography of colonial Asia, climate research, the mobility of knowledge, and the transition from innovation to sustainability has received awards from eleven different countries. The Institutes for Advanced Study of Uppsala, Nantes, and Bristol have elected me Fellow. I have been since 2017 a member of the Society of Fellows of the Rachel Carson Center at Ludwig-Maximilians University, in Munich. I went to the University of California at Berkeley for postdoctoral training, earned a PhD at the University of Chicago, and used to be a graduate student at Peking University.

Activities

Employment (4)

Bard College: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, US

2024-03-01 to present | Senior Research fellow (Graduate Programs in Sustainability)
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Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Zurich, CH

2023-05-01 to present | Head of TIS programs (Transition from Innovation to Sustainability)
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University of Basel: Basel, Basel-Stadt, CH

2020-01-01 to present | Researcher (Associate), Social Transitions Research (Dept. Social Sciences)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Munich, DE

2017-01-01 to present | Member, Society of Fellows (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society)
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Education and qualifications (2)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, VD, CH

2001 to 2003 (Higher Education)
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The University of Chicago: Chicago, IL, US

1986 to 1992 | PhD (Geography)
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Professional activities (2)

Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz: Bern, Bern, CH

2013 to 2023 | Research Group Co-Director (Environmental Humanities)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Munchen, Bayern, DE

2017-01 | Carson Fellow (Rachel Carson Center)
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Works (50 of 138)

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Applying the environmental humanities

GAIA
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85052152714

Contributors: Kueffer, C.; Forêt, P.; Hall, M.; Wiedmer, C.; Di Giulio, M.
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Climate change in the silk road maps: The overlooked contributions of the sino-swedish expedition (1927-1935),Le changement climatique dans les cartes de la route de la soie: Les contributions négligées de l’expédition sino-suédoise de 1927-1935

Annales de Geographie
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85073365152

Contributors: Forêt, P.
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Source Note: Introduction to the Climate Records of Imperial China

Environmental History
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85061455416

Contributors: Pei, Q.; Forêt, P.
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Temperature and precipitation effects on agrarian economy in late imperial China

Environmental Research Letters
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84977578261

Contributors: Pei, Q.; Zhang, D.D.; Li, G.; Forêt, P.; Lee, H.F.
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Temperature and Precipitation Effects on Agrarian Economy in Late Imperial China

Environmental Research Letters, 11-6
2016 | Journal article
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Philippe C. Forêt

Rua de Macau 澳門街: Heterotopic Urbanity in the Celebration of Place, Memory and Identity

Studies in History and Theory of Architecture 2015-3
2015 | Journal article
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Seeing the environment through the humanities. A new window on grand societal challenges

GAIA
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84931831671

Contributors: Hall, M.; Forêt, P.; Kueffer, C.; Pouliot, A.; Wiedmer, C.; Zingerli, C.
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Seeing the Environment through the Humanities: A New Window on Grand Societal Challenges

Gaia. Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 2015-2
2015 | Journal article
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Developing the Environmental Humanities: A Swiss Perspective

GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
2014 | Journal article
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0940-5550

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe; Hall, Marcus; Kueffer, Christoph
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Developing the Environmental Humanities: A Swiss Perspective| GAIA 23

2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe; Hall, Marcus; Kueffer, Christoph
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Developing the Environmental Humanities: A Swiss Perspective

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
2014-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.14512/gaia.23.1.18

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0940-5550

Contributors: Philippe Forêt; Marcus Hall; Christoph Kueffer
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Climate change: A challenge to the geographers of colonial Asia

RFIEA Perspec tives
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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La découverte de l'eau chaude et le rejet des évidences géographiques

2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Philippe Forêt and Andreas Kaplony, eds., The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road (Leiden/Boston: E. J. Brill, 2008). Pp. 248. $79.00 cloth.

Int. J. Middle East Stud.
2010-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1017/s0020743810000085

Part of ISSN:

0020-7438

Contributors: Liang Cai
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Bishu shanzhuang

2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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The summer capital of the wealthiest empire of the world

2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Uiguren sind ärmer

2009 | Journal article
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Yuanming yuan, ruins of

2009 | Journal article
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Cartographie de l'imaginaire chinois: Les lieux de passage dans la colonie de Hong Kong

2008 | Journal article
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Conclusion

Brill's Inner Asian Library
2008 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84969523638

Contributors: Forêt, P.; Kaplony, A.
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Introduction

Brill's Inner Asian Library
2008 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84969583302

Contributors: Forêt, P.; Kaplony, A.
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Mirja Juntunen and Birgit N. Schlyter (eds), Return to the Silk Routes. Current Scandinavian Research on Central Asia

The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
2008 | Journal article
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1395-4199

Contributors: Foret, Philippe
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Sven Hedin and the invention of climate change

2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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The books of the Black City

2008 | Journal article
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The journey of maps and images on the Silk Road

2008 | Book
ISBN:

9004171657

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe; Kaplony, Andreas
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The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road

2008-11 | Book
DOI:

10.1163/ej.9789004171657.i-248

ISBN:

9789004171657

Contributors: Andreas Kaplony; Philippe Forêt
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Le baroque de la géographie: La ligne droite, le pli, la ligne courbe et la gomme

2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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6 Globalizing Macau

Globalization and the Chinese City
2006 | Journal article
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1134263872

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Globalization and the Chinese city

Routledge contemporary China series
2006 | Book
ISBN:

0415351995 9780415351997

Contributors: Wu, Fulong
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Globalizing Macau: The emotional costs of modernity

Globalization and the Chinese City
2006 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84908922820

Contributors: Forêt, P.
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Géographie des langues en Chine

Cursus
2006 | Journal article
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Les frontières du Central Asia Atlas de Sven Hedin: Un exemple de dilemne politique

Le Monde des cartes
2006 | Journal article
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1634-3522

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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JAMES A. MILLWARD, RUTH W. DUNNELL, MARK C. ELLIOTT and PHILIPPE FORÊT (eds): New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde . xix, 249 pp. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. £70.

BSO
2006-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1017/s0041977x06370073

Part of ISSN:

0041-977X

Contributors: PAMELA KYLE CROSSLEY
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Edward Duyker, Citizen Labillardière. A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834). Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2003. xx+ 383 pp. ISBN 0-522-85010-3

Itinerario
2005 | Journal article
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2041-2827

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Gobi desert

2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Review of Citizen Labillardière. A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)

2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Review of Twilight in the Forbidden City

2005 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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Edward Duyker, Citizen Labillardière. A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834). Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2003. xx + 383 pp. ISBN 0-522-85010-3.

Itinerario
2005-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1017/s0165115300021847

Part of ISSN:

0165-1153

Contributors: Philippe Forêt
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Buddhism: Tibet

2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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La véritable histoire d'une montagne plus grande que l'Himalaya: les résultats scientifiques inattendus d'un voyage au Tibet, 1906-1908, et de la querelle du Transhimalaya

2004 | Book
ISBN:

2749503469

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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New Qing Imperial History

Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde. New York: RoutledgeCurzon
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Millward, James; Dunnell, Ruth W; Elliott, Mark C; Forêt, Philippe
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New Qing imperial history: The making of Inner Asian empire at Qing Chengde

New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qjng Chengde
2004 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84909057196

Contributors: Millward, J.A.; Dunnell, R.W.; Elliott, M.C.; Forêt, P.
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New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde

2004 | Book
ISBN:

1134362226

Contributors: Dunnell, Ruth W; Elliott, Mark C; Foret, Philippe; Millward, James A
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2004 | Journal article
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A story of European hammers and Central Asian boulders: How a Swiss Museum Exhibits" High Asia

2003 | Journal article
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La Haute-Asie telle qu'ils l'ont vue: explorateurs et scientifiques de 1820 à 1940

2003 | Book
ISBN:

288086299X

Contributors: Baud, Aymon; Forêt, Philippe; Gorshenina, Svetlana
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La Haute-Asie telle qu'ils l'ont vue: Explorateurs et scientifiques de 1820 à 1940

2003 | Journal article
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La politique patrimoniale du Gouvernement-Général du Chosen ā Keijô

2003 | Journal article
Contributors: Foręt, Philippe
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La politique patrimoniale du gouvernement-général du Chôsen à Keijô (Séoul)= The Government-General of Chôsen's Heritage Policy in Keijô (Seoul)

Regards croisés sur le patrimoine dans le monde à l'aube du XXIe siècle
2003 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN:

2840502771

Contributors: Forêt, Philippe
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The invisible cities of today's China

2003 | Journal article
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Peer review (6 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for Atmosphere. (1)
Review activity for China quarterly. (1)
Review activity for Environment, development and sustainability. (1)
Review activity for Humanities. (1)
Review activity for International journal of digital humanities. (1)
Review activity for Sustainability. (1)