
Dr. phil.-nat. Oliver Wetter
Assoziierter Forscher
Abteilung für Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte
- oliver.wetter@hist.unibe.ch
Lebenslauf
01.07.2014 - 30.06.2017 | Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) research project: Reconstruction of the genesis, process and impact of major pre-instrumental flood events of major Swiss rivers including a peak discharge quantification (http://p3.snf.ch/Project-153327) |
01.07.2014 - 30.06.2017 | Postdoc Researcher at Institute of Economic Social and Environmental History, University of Bern, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Rohr). |
01.04.2008 - 11.04.2013 | PhD in Climate Sciences, Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Pfister). |
01.04.2008 - 31.03.2011 | Graduate School of Climate Sciences at Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Pfister). |
27.06.2007 | Master in History, Environmental Sciences and Political Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Albert-Ludwig-University in Freiburg, Germany. |
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Historical Climatology (reconstruction of pre instrumental climate parameters like temperature and precipitation)
- Historical Hydrology (reconstruction of pre instrumental hydrological extreme events like floods and droughts, long term seasonality and occurrence of smaller flood events)
Forschungsprojekte
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) research project (153327), 01.07.2014-30.06.2017
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) PhD project (120157), 01.04.2008-11.04.2013
Reconstruction of discharges of major pre instrumental river Aare flood events and its tributaries. Contract research. Contractee: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). Non public report. 01.05.2015-31.01.2016
Reconstruction of pre instrumental river Limmat and Sihl floods in Zürich. Contract research. Contractee: Office of Waste, Water, Energy and Air (WWEA). Non public report. 01.01.2014-31.12.2014
Publikationen und Vorträge
- BORIS-Publikationsliste (Bern Open Repository and Information System)
Betreute Arbeiten
Co-supervision of PhD candidate Daniel Tuttenuj in the SNSF project (153327) together with Prof. Dr. Christian Rohr. (01.07.2014-30.06.2017):
Co-supervision of MA and BA students together with Prof. Dr. Christian Rohr (01.07.2014-30.06.2017):
- Fiona Spycher (MA): Reconstruction of normal flood events based on the weekly books of expenditures of Basel.
- Raphael Longoni (MA): Reconstruction of pre instrumental river Saane flood events in Fribourg.
- Mauro Bolzern (MA): Reconstruction of river Aare flood events in Aarau.
- Alexandra Keller (MA): Flood protection for brook Krienbach and Ränggbach
- Lukas Heinzmann (MA): Flood protection at river Emme in canton Solothurn.
- Michel Dängeli (MA): Regulation of the alpine Rhine.
- Sebastian König (BA): 19th century floods of river Aare between Lake Thun and Lake Biel.
- Rahel Schaffer (BA): Reconstruction of river Linth flood events.
- Talin Marino (BA): Change of Swiss flood protection mentality based on the experience of river Aare between Thun and Bern.
Wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen
01.07.2014 - 30.06.2017 | Guest lecturer at Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland. Course: Introduction into Historical Climatology. |
10.03.2016 | Guest lecturer at Economic Social and Environmental History, University of Bern, Switzerland. Course: „Land unter“. Von Flutkatastrophen und Flusskorrektionen, Hochwasser und Hochwasserschutz in der Schweiz vom Mittelalter bis ins 21. Jahrhundert“. |
11.05.2010 | Guest lecturer at ETH Zurich: input presentation: „does climate change show up in Rhine river runoff characteristics? A look into the past 740 years“. |
Ämter und Mitgliedschaften
27.06.2016 | Past Global Changes (PAGES). Floods Working Group (FWG); person responsible for historical documentary flood evidence. |
01.01.2016 | Past Global Changes (PAGES). |
26.01.2012 | Kommission für Hochwasserschutz (KOHS). |
28.06.2011 | European Society for Environmental History (ESEH). |
24.04.2010 | Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft- und Sozialgeschichte (SGWSG). |
19.04.2009 | European Geosciences Union (EGU) |
01.04.2008 | Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research (OCCR). |