I am an environmental social scientist in the Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research group (ITD) at Eawag working on topics related to science-policy-practice interfaces. Currently, I am leading interdisciplinary knowledge integration in the project “Evidence-based Transformation in Pesticide Governance” (Trapego). My research focuses on the use of science for sustainable policy and practice, roles of scientists in inter- and transdisciplinary research, and pesticide governance. During my PhD at University of St.Gallen, I analyzed business influence in international ocean governance and was involved in interdisciplinary research on Swiss-EU energy relations.
I have hands-on experience in policymaking and diplomacy from the CCNR, an international organization in sustainable transport, and regularly moderate or facilitate workshops and dialogues at the intersection of science, policy, and practice. I am a research fellow of the Earth System Governance Project (Taskforces: Knowledge Cumulation, Ocean Governance), a fellow of the tdAcademy, an elected member of the Swiss Young Academy, and a past participant of the Robert Bosch Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership and of the tdAcademy fellowship program. I have ample teaching experience in project-based courses in environmental politics and governance.
Selected publications:
Hofmann, B.; Fischer, M.; Ingold, K.; Lieberherr, E.; Hoffmann, S. (2025). Knowledge cumulation at science-policy interfaces: opportunities and challenges for environmental governance research, Environmental Policy and Governance, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/GSMXIAYCB9HEWHMPEWDB?target=10.1002/eet.2155
Hofmann, B. (2024). Persuasive innovators for environmental policy: green business influence through technology-based arguing, Environmental Politics, 33(1), 45–69, doi:10.1080/09644016.2023.2178515
Hofmann, B.; Ingold, K.; Stamm, C.;… ; Hoffmann, S. (2023) Barriers to evidence use for sustainability: insights from pesticide policy and practice, Ambio, 52(2), 425-439, doi:10.1007/s13280-022-01790-4
Hofmann, B. (2022) Mainstreaming Earth System Governance into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Earth System Governance, 12, 100139 (6 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.esg.2022.100139