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Lydia Pedoth

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Center for Climate Change and Transformation

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Lydia Pedoth ist Forscherin und Projektleiterin bei Eurac Research am Center for Climate Change and Transformation und verfügt über umfassende Erfahrung in den Bereichen der gesellschaftlichen Aspekte von Risiken im Zusammenhang mit Naturgefahren, der Klimawandelanpassung und der Risikogovernance.

Sie leitet gemeinsam den Forschungsbereich „Transformation zu klimagerechten Gesellschaften“ und koordiniert eine Arbeitsgruppe zur Risikogovernance mit den Schwerpunkten Risikowahrnehmung, Risikokommunikation, Resilienz von Gemeinschaften sowie den Zusammenhängen zwischen Gender, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und Klimawandelanpassung. In ihrer Arbeit verbindet sie Forschung und Praxis und legt großen Wert auf Stakeholder-Engagement sowie auf Methoden transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit.

Sie hat einen Masterabschluss in Politikwissenschaft und Internationalen Beziehungen an der Universität Roma Tre sowie einen Abschluss als universitäre Projektmanagerin an der Universität Salzburg. Derzeit schließt sie ihre Promotion im Fach Landschaftsplanung an der BOKU Wien ab.

Lydia Pedoth ist in mehreren regionalen und internationalen Projekten tätig und verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Zusammenarbeit mit verschiedenen Stakeholdern. Sie ist außerdem Co-Vorsitzende der Action Group 8 zur Risikogovernance innerhalb von EUSALP (EU-Makroregionale Strategie für den Alpenraum) sowie Mitglied des Steering Committees von we4DRR, einem europäischen Netzwerk für den Austausch von Frauen im Bereich Naturgefahrenmanagement und Katastrophenvorsorge.

Ihre wichtigsten Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Risikogovernance, Klimawandelanpassung, Risikowahrnehmung und -kommunikation, Resilienz von Gemeinschaften, partizipative Ansätze sowie Gender und soziale Gerechtigkeit in der Klimaanpassung.

Scientific Publications

Report2026

Designing Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Climate-Just Societies

Dalla Torre C, Pedoth L, Pörnbacher M, Romagnoli F, Maino F, Lavarello Schettini R, D’Inzeo G, Longariva K,

Federica Maino, Elisa Ravazzoli, Lydia Pedoth, Cristina Dalla Torre, Romina Lavarello Schettini

Projekt: Transdisziplinäres umsetzbares Wissen für eine klimagerechte Gesellschaft

This report presents the results of the TRANSACTIONABLE project, which explored how transdisciplinary collaborations (TDCs) can support the production of actionable knowledge for just and climate-resilient societies. Combining literature review, interviews, participatory workshops, and collective reflection processes, the report analyses enabling conditions, challenges, and power dynamics shaping TDCs across different project phases. A key contribution is the TRANSACTIONABLE analytical framework, which operationalises reflection on TDCs through six interconnected dimensions while integrating power relations and positionality as transversal elements. Based on the findings, the report proposes practical guidelines and peer-learning approaches to support more reflexive, equitable, and actionable transdisciplinary practice.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.57749/ceq6-yq52

Report2025

Climate Justice: What it is and how it relates to other justice concepts and components (ASCEND project)

Balest J, Voltolini F, Tomaselli A, Bernhard von Schlechtleitner AL, Budabin AC, De Bortoli I, Pedoth L, Gruber M,

Alexandra Tomaselli, Jessica Balest, Lydia Pedoth, Isidoro De Bortoli, Mirjam Gruber, Alexandra Budabin, Anna Lea Bernhard von Schlechtleitner, Adriana Recalde Martínez, Federico Voltolini

Projekt: Klimagerechtigkeit und Intersektionalität: von der Anpassung zur Transformation

Climate justice examines the responsibilities and impacts of climate change through a justice framework, incorporating distributive, procedural, recognitional, and corrective justice. It intersects with concepts like social inequality, vulnerability, and resilience. This report thus first traces the evolution of inequality studies in relation to climate justice, highlighting how the uneven and asymmetric access to and distribution of resources reflect the core principles of climate (in)justice. It also offers a systematic review of the most prominent definitions of climate justice in scientific literature, followed by a critical analysis of its implications for climate change research. In particular, it includes a diagnosis of concepts and debates closely related to climate justice that have often been treated separately, fostering cross-fertilization and cross-disciplinary dialogues that bridge different perspectives. Finally, it highlights the need for climate research and policy to consider the diverse nature of societies and how different groups and communities access services and processes. It ultimately calls for significant societal changes that address current power structures.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.57749/fjqf-gm87

Journal article2025

From Denial to Acceptance—Leveraging the Five Stages of Grief to Unlock Climate Action

Baselt I, Erber S, Monnet L, Berger F, Carnelli F, Pedoth L, Moro A, Bazzan E,

Lydia Pedoth, Fabio Carnelli

Projekt: Stärkung der Anpassungskapazitäten für hoch belastete und exponierte Alpengebiete jetzt

Climate change is not only a technical and environmental challenge but also an emotional and psychological one that affects public engagement, policy acceptance, and long-term sustainability. This study presents a conceptual framework based on the Kübler-Ross model from psychotherapy to explore emotional responses to climate change: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Based on a thematic analysis of the interdisciplinary secondary literature and illustrative cases, we analyse how these emotional dynamics influence climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Each stage reveals specific psychological barriers and entry points for communication, resilience-building, and policy design. We argue that emotional readiness is a critical yet underacknowledged factor in sustainable development and societal transformation. Addressing emotional dimensions can support mental health, increase acceptance of climate measures, and improve the alignment between sustainability strategies and public responses. Our findings emphasise the importance of tailoring sustainability communication and policies to different emotional stages to foster inclusive, effective, and lasting climate action.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.3390/su17198929

Journal article2025

Impacts of hazard maps on individual reaction? Results from a case study in South Tyrol, Italy

Pedoth L, Stawinoga A E, Thaler T, Schneiderbauer S, Carnelli F, Damyanovic D

Lydia Pedoth, Agnieszka Stawinoga, Fabio Carnelli, Stefan Schneiderbauer

Projekt: Risikokommunikationsstrategien

This study investigates the impact of hazard maps on people’s risk awareness, risk perception and willingness to engage in risk management activities in South Tyrol, Italy. By comparing empirical survey data from municipalities with and without approved hazard maps, the research aims to understand how these maps influence people’s awareness and attitudes towards natural hazards. The results show that while hazard maps significantly improve risk perception and encourage proactive behaviour, their effect on knowledge about risk relevant tools and measures remains limited. There is a high level of uncertainty and misinformation regarding existing risk mitigation measures, particularly in communities without approved hazard maps. The results show that hazard maps have a significant impact on public risk perception. In communities with approved hazard maps, people perceive a greater need for additional protective measures and have a lower sense of security in case of a natural hazard event. The study also shows that hazard maps increase people’s willingness to become more involved in risk management activities. The study emphasizes the importance of targeted risk communication strategies and suggests that hazard maps should be complemented by ongoing risk communication initiatives and participatory formats to achieve sustainable engagement and increase people’s preparedness. Additionally, the research highlights the potential of hazard maps to raise awareness and encourage active participation but also identifies challenges and the need for comprehensive follow-up activities to ensure long-term impact.

DOI

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105803

Report2025

Intersectional Climate Justice Adaptation (ASCEND project)

Recalde Martínez A, Pedoth L, Tomaselli A, Vergara V

Alexandra Tomaselli, Lydia Pedoth, Adriana Recalde Martínez

Projekt: Klimagerechtigkeit und Intersektionalität: von der Anpassung zur Transformation

Climate change intensifies social inequalities, yet traditional research often neglects how factors like gender, ethnicity, race, age, disability, and socioeconomic status create unique vulnerabilities. The ASCEND project aims to merge climate justice principles with an intersectional approach, highlighting gender, minority, youth, and migrant perspectives in both theory and practice. This report explores how states, regions, and communities outside South Tyrol have succeeded or failed in applying an intersectional lens in local climate change adaptation planning. The objective was to draw lessons from these cases to foster cross-fertilization and inspire strategies for South Tyrol, identifying existing research gaps, needs, and foci for future research. It discusses intersectionality in climate research, outlines methodologies, presents key findings, and offers lessons learned and recommendations. A glossary of intersecting social factors and a comprehensive list of cases are included in the appendix.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.57749/tm3s-s881

Report2025

Klimarisiken und Anpassung - Wege zu einem klimaresilienten Südtirol

Zebisch M, Pedoth L, Pörnbacher M, Renner K, Fritsch U, Alberton M, Bertoldi G, Bisignano J,

Chiara Pellegrini, Mariachiara Alberton, Giacomo Bertoldi, Federica Maino, Uta Fritsch, Andreas Hilpold, Andrea Omizzolo, Wolfram Sparber, Nikolaus Obojes, Lydia Pedoth, Kathrin Renner, Marc Zebisch, Alice Crespi, Philipp Corradini, Giacomo Strapazzon, Chiara Crippa, Christian Hoffmann, Matteo Prina, Giulia Roveri

Projekt: Entwicklung einer Klimaanpassungsstrategie für die Autonome Provinz Bozen, Umweltrecht und -politik in Mehrebenensystemen, Eco-Hydrologie alpiner Einzugsgebiete

Der Bericht „Klimarisiken und Anpassung – Wege zu einem klimaresilienten Südtirol“ untersucht die möglichen Klimafolgen und Klimarisiken sowie deren Ursachen für Südtirol für neun Sektoren und schlägt Strategien und Maßnahmenbündel für eine notwendige Klimaanpassung vor. Er soll die Klimaanpassungsstrategie des Landes vorbereiten sowie informieren und setzt daher die Schwerpunkte auf Klimarisiken, die weite Teile Südtirols oder mehrere Systeme, Sektoren oder Handlungsfelder gleichzeitig betreffen und sich kaskadenartig ausbreiten. Außerdem fokussiert diese Studie auf Anpassungsstrategien und Maßnahmen (wie z.B. Politikinstrumente), die auf der Ebene der Provinz eingeführt und umgesetzt werden sollten, und weniger auf technische Maßnahmen in einzelnen Handlungsfeldern.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.57749/4ehb-1753

Report2025

Rischi climatici e adattamento - Verso un Alto Adige resiliente al clima

Zebisch M, Pedoth L, Pörnbacher M, Renner K, Fritsch U, Alberton M, Bertoldi G, Bisignano J,

Projekt: Entwicklung einer Klimaanpassungsstrategie für die Autonome Provinz Bozen

Il documento “Rischi climatici e adattamento – Verso un Alto Adige resiliente al clima” analizza i possibili impatti, i rischi climatici e le loro cause per l’Alto Adige in nove settori e propone strategie e pacchetti di misure per il necessario adattamento. Lo scopo è quello di preparare e informare la strategia di adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici della Provincia; pertanto, si concentra sui rischi climatici che interessano vaste zone dell'Alto Adige o che colpiscono contemporaneamente diversi sistemi, settori o campi d'azione e si diffondono a cascata. Inoltre, questo studio si concentra sulle strategie e sulle misure di adattamento (come gli strumenti politici) che dovrebbero essere introdotte e implementate a livello provinciale, piuttosto che sulle misure tecniche nei singoli campi di azione.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.57749/q8y8-tv70

Journal article2024

Enhancing risk governance by addressing key risk communication barriers during the prevention and preparedness phase in South Tyrol (Italy)

Carnelli F, Pedoth L

Lydia Pedoth, Fabio Carnelli

Different European policies emphasise that good risk governance can only be achieved through effective communication between the different risk governance actors. It is well known, that effective risk communication should be set up as part of risk prevention and risk preparedness, long before a potentially hazardous event or process occurs. To address this issue, our paper, as part of the results of the Interreg project RiKoST, presents an exploratory study to identify what types of challenges and barriers can be recognised in risk communication related to risk prevention in South Tyrol, Italy. As a first step we identified a wide range of key actors, who, in different ways, already have or could potentially have a role in risk communication. Subsequently, we undertook 20 semi-structured interviews with institutional actors, key informants, and practitioners. Our main findings could inform both policy recommendations and academic research to improve risk communication, acting on risk training/education and risk culture as aspects to be addressed to enhance risk governance in the prevention and preparedness phase.

DOI

DOI: 10.1002/sd.2687

Inbook2023

Risk and resilience research in mountains worldwide - review and reflections

Schneiderbauer S, Delves JL, Pedoth L, Wyss R, Luthe T

Lydia Pedoth, Stefan Schneiderbauer

A life in mountains is exposed to more risks than a life in plains. To overcome the relatively harsh and hazard-prone living conditions, mountain communities developed great capacities to continuously adapt their livelihood strategies and to generate innovative solutions. They feature typical aspects of resilience, which help them to deal with multifaceted stresses and hazardous processes. As such, mountain societies are a useful object of study to understand what conditions foster community resilience and what constitutes a resilient society. The objective of this chapter is to investigate to what extent mountain-specific aspects of resilience are dealt with in the literature that investigates resilience in mountain areas. It strongly builds upon the literature review conducted by Wyss et al., which identified four key pillars of resilience research in general, and seven mountain-specific topics, in English-language literature available through the Scopus database. The here-presented paper adds to this review by further investigating how the different notions of resilience are employed in these four pillars of resilience research in mountains, including additional snowballed literature. It concludes that the application of resilience in the analyzed studies within a mountain context can broadly be grouped in three different categories representing different levels of theoretical depth or practical applicability. In many cases, the conceptualization of resilience remains one of a system or process “bouncing back” to a former state, whereas a more holistic conceptualization that takes a social-ecological systems approach would be more appropriate to guide transformative change. The assessment and evaluation of resilience in mountains can reveal what conditions and factors contribute to increased resilience in a system or community. However, in the literature there is a lack of research into methods or frameworks to evaluate resilience. As in mountain research in general, the scanned literature presented a disproportionate focus on better-known mountain regions (Alps, Rocky Mountains, Himalayas, Pamir, Andes) while lesser-known ranges remain underrepresented in peer-reviewed research. Considering the importance of mountain-specific aspects in fostering resilience among mountain communities, research into mountain resilience would be beneficial for furthering the understanding of the concept more broadly and developing a framework for its assessment and evaluation.

DOI

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822095-5.00015-2

Journal article2022

Mountain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review and Paths to the Future

Wyss R, Luthe T, Pedoth L, Schneiderbauer S, Adler C, Apple M, Acosta EE, Fitzpatrick H,

Lydia Pedoth, Stefan Schneiderbauer

Mountains are home to a considerable share of the human population. Around a billion people live in mountainous areas, which harbor rich natural and sociocultural diversity. Today, many people living in mountainous areas worldwide face fundamental changes to their cultural and economic living conditions. At the same time, mountain communities have defied harsh environments in the past by adapting to changing natural conditions and showing remarkable levels of resilience. In this review paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of Englishlanguage scientific literature on resilience-related topics in mountain areas based on a systematic review of the Scopust literature database. We propose a structured starting point for science–practice interactions and concrete action-based activities to support livelihoods and strengthen resilience in mountain areas. We suggest that existing knowledge gaps can be addressed by
relying on local knowledge and cocreating solutions with communities. In this way, we can build innovative capacity and actively buffer against the impact of crises while supporting deliberate transformation toward sustainability and regeneration to further enhance resilience.

DOI

DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00044.1

Journal article2022

Structured output methods and environmental issues: perspectives on co-created bottom-up and ‘sideways’ science

Taylor R, Forrester J, Pedoth L, Zeitlyn D

Lydia Pedoth

Projekt: Resilienz von Gemeinschaften (‚Communities‘) gegenüber Naturgefahren in Europa

Participatory methods for researching human–environmental interactions seek detailed
inputs on all manner of issues, but the outputs are often only understandable to the technically
literate. On the other hand, participatory methods that involve the co-design of
structured outputs (maps, models, games, stories, etc.) can be used to represent and integrate
the knowledge and views of participants authentically and can be interpretable to both
‘scientist’ and ‘non-scientist’ alike, thereby creating ‘sideways’ rather than top-down or
bottom-up perspectives. This paper is both a methodological paper and a treatise that looks
at some of the theory underpinning such approaches, drawing on the theory of citizen or
‘bottom-up’ stakeholder engagement in science but also co-created engagement, emphasising
the learning and trust-building benefits of this ‘sideways’ engagement. It describes how
some established and novel methods (participatory agent-based modelling; co-constructing
computer games; and participatory social network mapping), can be used to engage stakeholders
in iterative, constructivist communication, allowing researchers and stakeholders to
co-create a structured ‘reality’ separate from the reality it represents. We discuss how such
approaches support and contribute to scientific outputs that better represent participants’
reality. Our findings show that, when applied to ecosystem services, agricultural adaptation
and disaster risk management, such representations provide communication opportunities
and spaces for reflection and constructivist learning. The structured outputs allow stakeholders—
both participant and researcher—to ‘mirror’ their human-environmental system to
collaboratively think about gaps and problems in understanding.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01304-3

Inbook2021

Improving Risk Communication Strategies through Public Awareness and Engagement: Insights from South Tyrol and Carinthia

Pedoth L, Carnelli F, Koboltschnig G, Krenn P, Rudloff A, Gallmetzer W, Macconi P, Marangoni N

Lydia Pedoth, Fabio Carnelli

Projekt: Risikokommunikationsstrategien

This chapter presents experiences and results from the INTERREG Italy-Austria Project RiKoST-Risk communication strategies. The project is a collaboration between partners from research and public authorities and aims at improving target-group-oriented risk communication in South Tyrol (Italy) and Carinthia (Austria). Risk communication plays an essential role for risk governance and may address different aspects and fulfill various purposes, from informing about natural hazards, generating acceptance and awareness for structural and non-structural measures, to triggering participation, increasing resilience, and supporting the development of a risk-competent society. To be effective, risk communication needs, firstly, to acknowledge the needs of different target groups and, secondly, to develop approaches, tools and contents that are most suitable to reach and involve them. This chapter describes the results from different activities carried out in the project: a population survey to better understand people’s risk perception and their knowledge about natural hazards, the information channels they use and trust; awareness raising activities in different municipalities; interactive lessons and a workshop in schools; stakeholder workshops. Our results show that that existing non-structural protection and prevention measures, especially Hazard Zone Plans, are little known among the population, that trust in the responsible authorities is high and that there is a need for a risk dialog through different risk communication activities at different stages to provide targeted information on how individual citizens can contribute to risk management. The chapter concludes on how the presented results can be used by public authorities and policy makers to innovate risk communication strategies and to initiate a risk dialog with the overall aim to improve risk governance at local level.

DOI Quelle

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.99517

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Inbook2023

Risk and resilience research in mountains worldwide - review and reflections

Schneiderbauer S, Delves JL, Pedoth L, Wyss R, Luthe T

Lydia Pedoth, Stefan Schneiderbauer

DOI

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822095-5.00015-2

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Scientific Publications

Designing Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Climate-Just Societies

Climate Justice: What it is and how it relates to other justice concepts and components (ASCEND project)

From Denial to Acceptance—Leveraging the Five Stages of Grief to Unlock Climate Action

Impacts of hazard maps on individual reaction? Results from a case study in South Tyrol, Italy

Intersectional Climate Justice Adaptation (ASCEND project)

Klimarisiken und Anpassung - Wege zu einem klimaresilienten Südtirol

Rischi climatici e adattamento - Verso un Alto Adige resiliente al clima

Enhancing risk governance by addressing key risk communication barriers during the prevention and preparedness phase in South Tyrol (Italy)

Risk and resilience research in mountains worldwide - review and reflections

Mountain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review and Paths to the Future

Structured output methods and environmental issues: perspectives on co-created bottom-up and ‘sideways’ science

Improving Risk Communication Strategies through Public Awareness and Engagement: Insights from South Tyrol and Carinthia

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Scientific Publications

Designing Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Climate-Just Societies

Climate Justice: What it is and how it relates to other justice concepts and components (ASCEND project)

From Denial to Acceptance—Leveraging the Five Stages of Grief to Unlock Climate Action

Impacts of hazard maps on individual reaction? Results from a case study in South Tyrol, Italy

Intersectional Climate Justice Adaptation (ASCEND project)

Klimarisiken und Anpassung - Wege zu einem klimaresilienten Südtirol

Rischi climatici e adattamento - Verso un Alto Adige resiliente al clima

Enhancing risk governance by addressing key risk communication barriers during the prevention and preparedness phase in South Tyrol (Italy)

Risk and resilience research in mountains worldwide - review and reflections

Mountain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review and Paths to the Future

Structured output methods and environmental issues: perspectives on co-created bottom-up and ‘sideways’ science

Improving Risk Communication Strategies through Public Awareness and Engagement: Insights from South Tyrol and Carinthia