Institute of Geography, University of Bern
judith.kirschner@unibe.ch
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I am a geographer interested in wildfire as a cultural and environmental process and risk.
My research evolves around social, organisational and policy dimensions of wildfire in Europe. I am trained in using both qualitative methods (interviews, field observations, content analysis; analysis with MaxQDA) and quantitative methods (surveys, questionnaires, remote sensing data; analysis with GIS, R, Python).
I am on the 2026-2027 job market: please reach out if you’re interested in a collaboration or in brainstorming project ideas together.
Postdoctoral researcher
April 2024-ongoing: research on wildfire, risk and learning experiences at individual and community levels in Switzerland and Cyprus
(Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management Group, Institute of Geography, University of Bern - Prof. Chinwe Ifejika Speranza).
PhD ‘Wildfire governance’ - European University Cyprus (‘PyroLife ITN’ research and training network, Marie Skłodowska Curie-Actions)
MSc ‘Earth Sciences’ - University of Amsterdam
BSc ‘Environment and Bioresources Management’ - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
To see my most recent publications, please visit Google Scholar or ORCID.