Dialog N performs research projects and evaluations in the field of human-environment relationships and develops environment-communication concepts. In doing so, Dialog N aligns scientific in-depth knowledge with social-, health-, and environmental-psychological expertise in conjunction with holistic methodological knowhow.
Dialog N keeps close bonds to practice. In order to tailor communicate to the targeted audience, Dialog N works with several professional experts and graphic designers drawn from its network.
Research
Conception, implementation, evaluation, and interpretation of projects in the domain of environmental- and social sciences
Theory-based and theory-driven interventions and evaluations
Empirical field studies involving qualitative, quantitative, and non-reactive methods, analysis of subjective and objective data, and generating secondary analysis and synthesis
Impact assessment of measures of sensitization, environmental-political instruments, and other measures
Increasing the acceptance of environmentally relevant behavior in areas like the use of renewable energy, sustainable eco-system management, protection of the environment and nature, biodiversity, and the management of invasive alien species
Communication
Development of target-group oriented communication concepts
Identification and estimation of the efficiency of different communicative channels in relation to target groups, content, and time-based aspects
Coaching and supervision of environmental communication measures and concepts
Mediation and dialogue framing with regards to controversial issues, for example in the context of environment and nature preservation, or at conflicting use aspects
Lectures and workshops on social-, health-, and environmental-psychological as well as life-science issues
Editing of scientific results for different target audiences (such as practitioners, politicians, managers, and the general public)
Who we are - the founders
Dr. Xenia Junge
Dr. Xenia Junge studied biology and holds a PhD in environmental sciences. During her dissertation and as a research assistant in social science landscape research at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), she gained many years of experience in empirical social research on preferences and acceptance issues in landscape and nature conservation. During her work at Dialog N, she has focused on projects on invasive alien species, including population surveys to evaluate communication campaigns, surveys among experts in the field of neobiotics to evaluate management measures, and the development of communication concepts. Other projects deal with acceptance research in parks and the development of a communication tool in the field of education of sustainable development.
Since June 2021, she has also held a mandate as Managing Director of the Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology (saguf).
Dr. Eike von Lindern holds a PhD in social- and environmental psychology. In his work, he focusses on restorative environments, health promotion, behaviour change, sustainable behaviour, environmental communication as well as on monitoring and evaluations.
He works with national parks, federal agencies and universities. From October 2019 until end of September 2021 he combined his work at Dialog N with an appointment as „Vertretungsprofessor“ (visiting professor) at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Germany). Since May 2024 he engages in establishing a second research institute named Institut für Psychologie, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit und Kybernetik (PUNK) in Germany.