Dr. Vanessa Schweizer

Dr. Vanessa Schweizer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Knowledge Integration in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo in Canada. She is also a faculty member at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research focuses on decision-making under (deep) uncertainty, namely the problem of near-term decision-making in the context of long-term consequences. Her scenario research influenced the development of the Shared Socio-economic Pathways, which are scenarios assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her research interests in scenario analysis span a variety of governance challenges including technology management of carbon dioxide removal in Canada, scenarios of solar radiation management, and the policy coherence of Sustainable Development Goals.