Prof. Dr. Tobias Luthe - HTW Chur

Promotion im Bereich Mensch-Umwelt-Systeme und Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien an der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln, Institut für Natursport und Ökologie, sowie der Universität Zürich, Institute für Wirtschaftsgeographie.
Master of Arts in Umwelt & Bildung. Universität Rostock (M.A.)

Diplom Forstwirt. Studium der Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften, Zusatzfach Betriebliche Umweltökonomie. Universitäten Freiburg und UBC Vancouver (Dipl.-Forstwirt)

2020. Visiting Professor for Systemic Regenerative Design. Department of Architecture and Design. Politecnico Torino, Italy
Since 2019. Associate Professor for Systemic Regenerative Design and Innovation for Sustainability. The Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO, Norway
Since 2018. Research Scientist in Resilience of Social-Ecological (Mountain) Systems. Institute for Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems. Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering. Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Since 2015. Co-Founding director. The MonViso Institute, a real-world mountain laboratory for research, education and entrepreneurship in sustainability transformations and systemic design, situated in the Italian Piedmont Alps.
Since 2008. Co-Founder and systemic designer. Grown, Outdoor Creativity Lab. Regenerative design inspired by outdoor creativity. Essential outdoor tools, local adventures, co-creation community, science-industry partnerships.
Since 1998. Mountain Guide and Sports Teacher, leading mountaineering, ski, kayak and bike expedition trips worldwide

2016-2018 Visiting Professor. Engineering Design and Computing Laboratory. BSc/MSc courses “Integrative Ski Building Workshop” and “Systemic Design for Sustainability”. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2016-2019 Visiting Professor. Institute for Economic Research. MSc courses “Resilience of Mountain Economies” and “Landscape Architecture”. Università della Svizzera Italiana USI, Lugano, Switzerland
2011-2018 Full Professor for Sustainability Science. 2012-2015 Director of the Research Institute for Tourism and Leisure. Department “Living Environment”. University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Switzerland.
2008-2009 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut de la Montagne. Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France.
2003-2008 Director of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability Manager of the German Ski Federation (DSV), Munich, Germany.
2003 Trainee in Sustainable Investment Research, Renewable Energies Invest. Private Bank Sarasin, Basel, Switzerland.
2002 Business consultant in the wood product industry. Applikatio Consultancy, Freiburg, Germany.

My current research focuses on four interrelated themes:

resilience of complex social-ecological systems (SES) to global environmental change, i.e. alpine-urban and Arctic environments;

regenerative systems design, i.e. bio-inspired, nature-based solutions with circularities in the economy and multiple scales of SES, spanning from raw materials to products and buildings to land use and bio-regional economies;

real-world laboratory communication, experiential learning and behavioral change for sustainability.

2066 Berufsfeld Nachhaltigkeit – Gestaltungskompetenz für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung am Beispiel von Tourismus, Sport und Naturschutz