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Methodological Pluralism in Practice: A systemic design approach for place-based sustainability transformations Hayley Fitzpatrick, Tobias Luthe, and Birger Sevaldson explore methodological plurality and integrate quantitative scientific … Read More

I would love to study the new ETH Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Regenerative Systems program myself – if I would not be programming it. … Read More

A podcast in the series “SageTalking” by Stella Sage In this 35min conversation curated by Stella in her SageTalking podcast series, I speak about how my … Read More

How do we build our understanding of regeneration? I had the opportunity to help set up the context for the 2023 edition of the your 2040 gathering. … Read More

This is a really cool paper on the ETH Zurich Mountain Pathways project we have been working on for quite some time: (Abstract) Mountain regions face … Read More

One on One. The Talk. Experiences and insights, drastic experiences and great successes: Biographical talks with people who have an exciting life story or an extraordinary … Read More

On March 27th, 2023, my friend Daniel Wahl invited me to have a chat with him as part of his Voices of the ReGeneration podcast. Daniel … Read More

The Swiss Television SRF broadcasted a report in hemp systems in their recent “10vor10” evening news format “The idea” on Friday, May 12th 2023. The report … Read More

Outdoor launch – we are contributing to @startup_extreme Norway for pitching “‘Hidden Potentials of Hemsedal’, or now “Hemsedal-Hallingdal Hatchery”, developed with @ahodesign Oslo student courses. I pitched … Read More

Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems professional degree program With the first ETHZ Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Regenerative Systems, we invite you to explore pathways for … Read More

Together with my good friend and scientific collaborator Dr. Romano Wyss, we had the opportunity to speak about the concept of resilience and how a rich, … Read More

Out now, the most recent edition of #ArchAlp, International journal of Alpine Architecture and Landscape, No. 9 – New environmental concepts for alpine architecture. Amongst many interesting … Read More

At this year’s congress “Tourism Fast Forward” in Mayrhofen/Zillertal, Austria, we contributed with a curated podium discussion following two keynote talks on integrated e-mobility and a … Read More

Our second Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems MOOC entitled ”Beyond Systems Thinking” has started 14th of November on EdX. In this MOOC we develop a critical understanding of … Read More

New paper identifies ‘bridges’ between resilience origins, data methods, mountain research, and co-design with local communities. ‘Mountain Resilience: A systemic literature review and paths to the … Read More

As part of the (y)our2040! community gathering 2022 in Laax, Switzerland, I had the chance to participate in various activities, both offering outdoor walking experiences on … Read More

18th SLT University of Freiburg. I am currently teaching again the Sustainability Leadership Training (SLT), for the 18th time in the 17th year together with highly … Read More

“In this day and age, it’s hard to believe in a bright future. The world is in crisis mode, striving to avert the worst, and that … Read More

Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems DRRS is a new virtual community space aiming for joint designerly science-based interventions towards regeneration. Nudged through real demand and the inspiration … Read More

Design, Resilience, Regeneration, Systems An innovative didactic offered by ETH Systemic Design Labs, designed and produced by Tobias Luthe, Justyna Swat, Daniel Wahl Being offered first … Read More

Open and cross-disciplinary conversations about the emerging field of Regenerative Design. The 2nd International System(ic) Design Lab of the HTW Berlin takes place virtually between Berlin, … Read More

At the latest RSD10 (Relating Systems Thinking and Design) symposium 2021, we presented a couple of current and ongoing research projects. Together with respected colleagues we … Read More

A graphical way to deal with complexity – or “research by design” and a “designerly way to work with systems” Students in Systems Oriented Design (SOD) … Read More

What are strategies to revive mountain communities that are in crisis? How to strengthen adaptive and innovative capacities (resilience)? More resilient – to be adaptive in … Read More

The regional journal “L’ECO DEL CHISONE” in the Italian Piedmont region published an “L’ECO EXTRA” interview article about our systemic innovation work at the MonViso Institute. … Read More

On June 6th 2021, the established highly popular TV documentary format “Bergauf Bergab” from Bavarian Television Bayern 3 broadcasted a report about climbing Monte Viso in … Read More

Swiss Espazium TEC21 architectural magazine is featuring an interview article with me about circular design architectural systems across scales, on the illustrative case of the MonViso … Read More

Title: Game of Cruxes: co-designing a game for scientists and stakeholders for identifying joint problems Salliou N., Bruley E., Luthe T., Blanco V., Lavorel S.,  A. … Read More

From the field to the house: building with hemp as a regenerative building material. Swiss architectural magazine TEC21 is featuring our experimental research by design at … Read More

Together with my colleague Romano Wyss we wrote his recently published article that proposes 10 concrete visions for future-ready, resilient and more sustainable mountain communities and … Read More

At the Oslo School of Architecture and Design we are starting an executive Master program in Systems Oriented Design. By pursuing a master’s degree in systems-oriented … Read More

We are offering a new EPFL-ETHZ Summer School “Designing for Resiliency: RE:GENERATE alpine-urban circularity” which is taking place June 5-13th, 2021. The pandemic-resilient hybrid format of … Read More

I was recently invited to hold a webinar for the UK Eagle Ski Touring Club – looking at what we can do, as individual skiers, to … Read More

Zero carbon skiing from Zurich city door to the local hill. With 40cm powder around the house, the most snow since 15 years. Local adhoc adventures … Read More

I supported a young group of PhD students and post docs on publishing their explorative research in the Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan. The notion of … Read More

Bayern 2 of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Munich, broadcasted a 55min report about the long distance trail GTA to Monte Viso in the Italian Piedmont, and … Read More

The 5th Regenerative Design Talk (RDT) in 2019 on building and designing with hemp we organized at the MonViso Institute was great – an inclusive, practical … Read More

As part of a large group of 176 co-authors, we published an article originating from the Transformations 2017 conference: Fazey I., Schäpke N., (…) Luthe T. … Read More

New publication: Virtualizing social outdoor experiences: chances and risks in education on sustainability in times of Covid-19 The Sustainability Leadership Training (SLT) is a transdisciplinary higher … Read More

Students in Systems Oriented Design at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) publish their Gigamaps on “Visions for future bio-regional agricultural systems with autonomous … Read More

As part of the 2019 RSD8 Symposium “Relating Systems Thinking and Design” in Chicago, our group organized a Fishbowl session, a social dynamic discourse on the … Read More

As part of the Systemic Design Labs teaching program at ETH Zurich, a short summary article on the 2019 Master course in the Italian Piedmont has … Read More

I am honored to contribute to the scientific committee of Torino-based University College Einaudi for the period 2020-2022, in the area of “Awareness of Challenges”. Collegio … Read More

I am visiting professor at the Politechnical University Torino (Polito), Italy, for this spring semester 2020. I co-teach the course “open systems design” together with Prof. … Read More

As part of the ETH Zurich ENERGYSCAPE research project, financed in part by the Swiss National Research Program NFP70 Energy Transition, I co-authored the final project … Read More

I am co-leading a new working group on mountain resilience and systemic innovation, hosted by the Mountain Research Initiative. The newly-formed Mountain Resilience Working Group originated following … Read More

At the Swiss Polar Institute’s symposium day on “Polar Social Sciences & Humanities: Spotlight on Swiss Research” I contributed with a short talk about my and fellow’s … Read More

Building fjell skis with students at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO Last semester, I taught a course on ski systems design to learn … Read More

Systemic Regenerative Design of Building Systems: Scaling Circularity beyond Materials. MBS Spotlight Lunch Lecture, Master in Integrated Building Systems, ETH Zurich. The talk explores theory and … Read More

Reaching New Heights Systemic Innovation and Identity for Resilient Alpine Communities A systems-oriented design poster on circularity and regeneration by Haley Fitzpatrick and Tobias Luthe – first published at … Read More

Hemp as Incubator of a Circular Economy Hemp is a circular plant with all its parts potentially having societal, ecological or industrial value, direct or indirect. … Read More

I am co-organizing and chairing two collaborative research and systemic design formats this September in Innsbruck, entitled “Towards a Mountain Resilience Report: Regenerating Mountain Systems by … Read More

I am contributing as panel speaker on “Sustainability in Practice” at the Systems Innovation conference in London – an open collaborative platform for systems innovation. https://systemsinnovation.io and … Read More

As part of the ETH Zurich Innovedum-financed teaching project “Systemic Design Labs”, I am teaching a new version of this course series in a field block … Read More

Since August 1st 2019, I have the honor to contribute to the evolving program in Systems Oriented Design at The Oslo School or Architecture and Design, … Read More

The MonViso Institute we are designing and building has been featured in Suston Magazine. „Renewal is in the Air“ The European Outdoor Group’s (EOG) Outdoor Futures Think … Read More

Werkstätten Systemische Erlebnispädagogik Systemische Erlebnispädagogik (planoalto) verbindet Naturerfahrungen, Kreativtechniken, szenische Arbeitsformen und rituelle Strukturen zur Praxis der kreativ-rituellen Prozessgestaltung. Werkstätte Juni 2019   “online – verbunden, echt, … Read More

I am invited to deliver a keynote speech on “Resilience of Mountain Systems” at The Mountain Business Summit in Tarbes, France, on June 11th 2019. “Taking … Read More

SUSTON magazine, Sweden Hemp-Paulownia composite material skis advancing regenerative design and going beyond efficiency towards effectiveness, net-positive creation. Article written by Jonathan Fraenkel-Eidse. The Renaissance Man

Delivering a keynote speech on tourism, sustainability and the chance to design the mountains we live in a regenerative way: “Bringing Tourism and environmental protection under … Read More

After the main RSD7 conference “Research on Systemic Design” organized by and taking place at Politecnico Torino, the following first RSD De-Conference was organized by the … Read More

Inspired by Philippe Vandenbroek of ShiftN, we just co-offered a new course format “View from Above”: flying drones to learn about the complexity of sustainability transitions … Read More

Luthe, T. 2018. Designing More Resilient Arctic Communities: Change Means Chance. In: The Circle 2/2018. WWF Arctic Program. “Melting glaciers, thinning sea ice, traditional subsistence hunters looking for … Read More

9th International Sustainability Transitions Conference Conference dates: 12 – 14 June 2018 Venue: The University of Manchester Reconfiguring Consumption and Production Systems I will be speaking … Read More

Speaking in the track on knowledge Management and Capacity Building: Keys to Success. “The MonViso Institute as a Hub for Research, Education and Entrepreneurship in Sustainability … Read More

Der 19. Österreichische Klimatag findet von Montag, 23. bis Mittwoch, 25. April 2018 an der Universität Salzburg statt Opening Keynotes am 24.April Tobias Luthe – Professor, Nachhaltiges Engineering … Read More

MISSION:SUSTAINABLE Mehrwert durch Nachhaltigkeit. ​ Am 17. Mai 2018 geht in der Panzerhalle in Salzburg der erste ECO DESIGN TALK über die Bühne. Pioniere wie Mag. Reinhard Kepplinger (Grüne Erde), Dr. … Read More

As part of a teaching course for engineering students in systemic design at ETH Zurich, the newly developed Grown hemp ski “MonViso edition” won two ISPO … Read More

Abstract Snow sports are a fascination that succumbs to those who have already experienced the unique, multi-dimensional pleasure of gliding in snow. Several thousand years of … Read More

At the International Transdisciplinarity conference, held in September ’17 at Leuphana University, Germany, co-organized by the Swiss td-net, I contributed with one talk entitled “Success in … Read More

The theme of the conference is “Globalizing Polar Issues – High altitudes meet high latitudes”. I contributed with a talk entitled “Cooperation, circular economy and tourism: Building … Read More

As part of the EDAC group of ETH Zurich, I am lead author of a paper on an experiential didactic approach to teach systemic design for … Read More

I am excited to contribute with two speed talks and following intense discussions to the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm. My talks will be about resilience … Read More

Poster presentation at the International Sustainability Transition Conference in Gothenborg, Sweden, IST 2017.   Topic: The Revival of Resilient Mountain Communities. What constitutes a new model … Read More

Coming up at the OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, June 2017, on the GreenroomVoice booth: presenting students’ work from my ETH Zürich BSc/MSc Engineering/Architecture elective course on Systemic … Read More

The recent edition of Greenpeace Magazin is a special issue on the Alps – named “Die Zauberberge“. This magazine provides a facet of alternative views on … Read More

The complexity of sustainable development and societal transitions require both analytical understandings of how coupled human-environment systems function and transdisciplinary science-to-practice approaches. The academic discourse has … Read More

October 21, 2016 Building Common Ground in Mental Models of Sustainability Tobias Luthe and Michael von Kutzschenbach Sustainability: The Journal of Record.October 2016, Vol. 9, No. … Read More

Tobias Luthe and Ivan Nikitin (in German) Spätestens mit der Verabschiedung der 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) durch die Vereinten Nationen (UN) im Herbst 2015 ist … Read More