Dr. Maiken Maier

Scientific Collaborator

Institute of Political Science

E-Mail: maiken.maier@unibe.ch
Office: A 142
Postal Address: University Bern
Institute of Political Science
Fabrikstrasse 8
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Short Profile

Scientific positions
Scientific positions
Since 06/2025	Senior Researcher (Full time) Albert Einstein School of Public Policy ETH Zurich, Switzerland
06/2025 - 02/2026	Research Associate (Part time) Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research and Institute for Political Sciences Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance Group (PEGO) University of Bern, Switzerland
10/2021 - 05/2025	PhD Student and Assistant Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research and Institute for Political Sciences Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance Group (PEGO) University of Bern, Switzerland Supervisor and First Evaluator: Prof. Dr. Karin Ingold Second Evaluator: Prof. Dr. Jessica Aschemann-Witzel Second Supervisor: Dr. Lukas Fesenfeld
05/2024 – 07/2024	Visiting Scholar Management Department MAPP Centre Aarhus University, Denmark
06/2021 – 09/2021	Research Assistant Institute for Political Sciences Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance Group (PEGO) University of Bern, Switzerland
02/2020 – 08/2021	Research Assistant Faculty of Business and Economics Chair of Marketing and Behavioral Economics University of Basel, Switzerland

University education
University education
10/2021 - 05/2025	PhD in Political Sciences and Graduate School in Climate Sciences Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research Institute for Political Sciences University of Bern, Switzerland
09/2018 – 07/2021	Master (MSc) in Business and Economics University of Basel, Switzerland
09/2013 – 04/2017	Bachelor (BA) in International Hospitality Management IUBH - International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef, Germany Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Helsinki, Finland (2 semesters)

Kammerer, M., Baker, J., Fesenfeld, L. P., Maier, M., Montfort, S., & Ingold, K. (2025). Hijacking or helping?—How political actors use the COVID-19 pandemic in the climate discourse to advocate their policy beliefs and preferences. Policy Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-025-09587-4
Maier, M. (2024). Increasing the uptake of plant-based diets: An analysis of the impact of a CO2 food label. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, 102216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102216
Fesenfeld, L. P., Zeiske, N., Maier, M., Gallmann, M. R., Van der Werff, E., & Steg, L. (2024). Tasting and labeling meat substitute products can affect consumers’ product evaluations and preferences. Food Quality and Preference, 118, 105184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105184
Fesenfeld, L. P., Maier, M., Brazzola, N., Stolz, N., Sun, Y., & Kachi, A. (2023). How information, social norms, and experience with novel meat substitutes can create positive political feedback and demand-side policy change. Food Policy, 117, 102445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102445

Fesenfeld, L.P., Maier, M., Murphy, A., Sharpe, S. & Kislig, S. (2024). Crossing the tipping point: Alternative Proteins and Planetary Health Diets Case Study. University of Exeter, University of Bern, ETH Zürich. https://global-tipping-points.org/download/6429/
Fesenfeld, L. P., Maier, M., Montfort, S., Ingold, K., Flachsland, C., & Levi, S. (2021). Akteursbefragung zur deutschen Klimaschutzpolitik. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3961307

Leading Proseminar (Bachelor): “Introduction to Survey Research Methodology“, University of Bern, Fall Semester 2023 and 2024
Guest Lecture Colloquium (Master, PhD): “PhD and Master Colloquium in Policy Analysis and Regulation”, University of Bern, Fall Semester 2023 and 2024
Co-Leading PhD Workshop: “Environmental Policy Analysis at the Food-Climate-Energy Nexus”, Swiss Climate Summer School, Spring Semester 2023
Guest Lectures Seminar (Master): “Environmental Governance: Politics of Food System Transformation & Survey Research”, University of Bern, Spring Semester 2023

2025 - 2030 Plant4Value