© Der Bund, 19 June 2025 © Michael Derrer Fuchs – stock.adobe.com Blatten could become a pioneering village The vision for the reconstruction of the village is a model for peripheral areas in Switzerland, say the two economic geographers Heike Mayer and Ellena Brandner. Blatten can become a pioneering village in the Alps if the transformation to sustainable development takes center stage. They refer to the work of the Council for Spatial Planning on Living Peripheries and to their ongoing SNSF project on Mountain Hubs. Link to the article in the newspaper «Der Bund» (in German)
© RTS, 20 May 2022 Barrages: impactés par le réchauffement climatique? Interview with Bettina Schaefli on Swiss Television RTS (FORUM) Link to the RTS report
28 February 2019 Small and medium-sized towns are surprisingly innovative Small and medium-sized towns are increasingly appearing on the radar of policy makers all over Europe. Findings from a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on the role and significance of these towns in Switzerland show that national policy and planning overlook their potential. SNSF media release on the interdisciplinary project (GIUB: Heike Mayer) on small and medium-sized towns Link ‹SNSF›
