Dr. Norman M. Kearney

Senior Research Scientist

Just Economies and Human Well-Being Impact Area

Phone
+41 31 684 69 24
E-Mail
norman.kearney@unibe.ch
Office
254
Postal Address
Dr. Norman M. Kearney
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of Professional Focus

  • SDG interactions
  • Food systems
  • Sustainability transformations
  • Knowledge integration
  • System dynamics modelling
  • Scenario analysis
  • Natural language processing

Projects

  • G20 Land Initiative course on sustainable agriculture for land restoration (with WOCAT and the UNCCD)
  • Nature-based solutions for sustainable food systems (with the Wyss Academy, ecos, SOLcollab, Global Infrastructure Basel, and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture)
  • 2030PLUS: Deep system change for sustainable development (with the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Sustainable Development)

Further Professional Interests

  • Social psychology
  • Political economy
  • International relations theory
  • Macro-sociology
  • Cultural evolution
  • Ethics and political philosophy

Languages

English, Spanish, German, French

Publication Year Type
  • Fellow, Earth System Governance
  • Member, SDG Task Force on the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Member, Archetypes Network