Dr. Sabin Bieri

Director, CDE

Phone
+41 31 684 37 51
E-Mail
sabin.bieri@unibe.ch
Office
294
Postal Address
Dr. Sabin Bieri
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional fokus

Projects

  • R4D Feminization, agricultural transition and rural employment FATE
  • The Wyss Academy for Nature: Engagement and knowledge platforms
  • Curriculum development “Transformation and sustainability”

Further professional interests

  • Development economics
  • Geographies of uneven development
  • Feminist political ecology
  • Care economy
  • Social movements
  • Urban transformations (Urbane Wende)
  • Transformation literacy
  • Mixed-methods approaches in the social sciences
  • Education for sustainable development

Media articles

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit braucht mehr Freiheit
15.11.2018 | NZZ

Field experience

Bolivia, Mali, Lao PDR, Rwanda; work experience in other CDE regions in South America, East Africa and South-East Asia

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish, Italian

 

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2024

Schmid, Patricia; Lamotte, Léa; Curran, Michael; Bieri, Sabin (2024). Creating pathways to just and sustainable food systems with citizen assemblies. Innovation: the European journal of social science research, pp. 1-19. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13511610.2024.2309173

Matthys, Marie-Luise; Illien, Patrick; Acharya, Sushant; Amacker, Michèle; Bieri, Sabin; Musafili, Ildephonse; Sanesathid, Outhoumphone (2024). The Role of High-Value Agriculture in Capability Expansion: Qualitative Insights into Smallholder Cash Crop Production in Nepal, Laos and Rwanda. The European journal of development research, 36(1), pp. 243-262. Springer 10.1057/s41287-023-00600-1

2023

Bieri, Sabin; Bader, Christoph (eds.) (2023). Transitioning to Reduced Inequalities. Transitioning to Sustainability: Vol. 10. MDPI

Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin (2023). A World Drifting Apart: Challenges and Possibilities of Transitioning to a More Equitable Planet. In: Bieri, Sabin; Bader, Christoph (eds.) Transitioning to Reduced Inequalities. Transitioning to Sustainability: Vol. 10 (pp. 1-18). MDPI

Illien, Patrick; Birachi, Eliud; Douangphachanh, Maliphone; Phommavong, Saithong; Bieri, Sabin (2023). Bittersweet fruits of ‘miracle growth’: Identifying poverty and labour dynamics in coffee heartlands (CDE Policy Brief 20). Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland

Abad, Carmenza Robledo; Bieri, Sabin; Eschen, René; Fuerst, Sandra; Jacobi, Johanna; Jiménez, Elizabeth; Zonta, Aymara Llanque; Naughton, Meleesa; Schaffner, Urs; Winkler, Mirko S.; Flury, Manuel (2023). Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development. Gaia : ecological perspectives for science and society, 32(1), pp. 115-124. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.32.1.8

Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas Michael; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Bader, Christoph; Moser, Stephanie; Oberlack, Christoph; Rueff, Henri (2023). Vernehmlassungsantwort zur Strategie des Bundes für Internationale Zusammenarbeit 2025-2028. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Steinböck, Camilla; Geerlings, Malou; Bieri, Sabin (2023). Klimaspiel. Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (Universität Bern) & Zeilenwerk GmbH

2022

Nanhthavong, Vong; Bieri, Sabin; Nguyen, Anh-Thu; Hett, Cornelia; Epprecht, Michael (2022). Proletarianization and gateways to precarization in the context of land-based investments for agricultural commercialization in Lao PDR. World development, 155, p. 105885. Elsevier 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105885

Illien, Patrick; Birachi, Eliud; Douangphachanh, Maliphone; Phommavong, Saithong; Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin (2022). Measuring non-monetary poverty in the coffee heartlands of Laos and Rwanda: comparing MPI and EDI frameworks. Journal of development effectiveness, 14(4), pp. 416-447. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/19439342.2022.2047765

Neubert, Sebastian; Moser, Stephanie; Bieri, Sabin (2022). Wirkungsmessung Klimagespräche (CDE Working Papers 7). Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2021

Illien, Patrick; Pérez Niño, Helena; Bieri, Sabin (2021). Agrarian class relations in Rwanda: a labour-centred perspective. The journal of peasant studies, 49(6), pp. 1181-1206. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2021.1923008

Moser, Stephanie; Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Messerli, Peter (2021). Strategie Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2030. Vernehmlassungsantwort des Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Universität Bern und der Wyss Academy for Nature, Universität Bern Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Universität Bern

Breu, Thomas; Bieri, Sabin; Bouasavanh, Somephone; Eckert, Sandra; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Epprecht, Michael; Eshoo, Paul; Fischer, Markus; González-Rojí, Santos J.; Hergarten, Christian; Hett, Cornelia; Hurni, Kaspar; Messmer, Martina; Nguyen, Anh-Thu; O'Kelly, Hannah; Phayvanh, Thong Eth; Phonvisay, Aloun; Raible, Christoph C.; Snethlage, Mark; Stocker, Thomas F.; ... (2021). Towards sustainable futures for nature and people. An appraisal report for Laos in the stewardship hub of Southeast Asia (Wyss Academy Report 3). Bern: Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern

Bieri, Sabin (2021). Das Potenzial liegt brach. ProClim Flash(73), pp. 10-11. Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT)

2020

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Egger, Michèle; Giger, Markus; Bieri, Sabin (November 2020). Stakeholder engagement for nature conservation: A conceptual design based on a comparative analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms (Unpublished). In: Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Online. 06-07 November 2020.

Breu, Thomas; Bergöö, Michael; Ebneter, Laura; Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Bieri, Sabin; Messerli, Peter; Ott, Cordula; Bader, Christoph (2020). Where to begin? Defining national strategies for implementing the 2030 Agenda: the case of Switzerland. Sustainability science, 16(1), pp. 183-201. Springer 10.1007/s11625-020-00856-0

Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas (21 April 2020). Wirtschaftswachstum ist kein Allzweckmittel. Die Volkswirtschaft: Plattform für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2020(5), pp. 50-52. SECO

Jacobi, J; Llanque, A.; Bieri, S; Birachi, E.; Cochard, R.; Chauvin, N. Depetris; Diebold, C; Eschen, R.; Frossard, E.; Guillaume, T.; Jaquet, S; Kämpfen, F.; Kenis, M.; Kiba, D.I.; Komarudin, H.; Madrazo, J.; Manoli, G.; Mukhovi, S.M.; Nguyen, V.T.H.; Pomalègni, C.; ... (2020). Utilization of research knowledge in sustainable development pathways: Insights from a transdisciplinary research-for-development programme. Environmental science & policy, 103, pp. 21-29. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.10.003

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Mulanovich, Augusto J.; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Bieri, Sabin; Lojas, Juan; Breu, Thomas; Messerli, Peter (2020). Establishing a science-policy-society interface for biodiversity conservation and human well-being in the Amazon: the case of Madre de Dios, Peru. Ecosistemas, 29(1) Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre 10.7818/ECOS.1882

Tschopp, Maurice; Jaquet, Stephanie; Jacobi, Johanna; Douangphachanh, Maliphone; Bieri, Sabin (2020). Agricultural Cooperatives: Finding Strength in Numbers (CDE Policy Brief 16). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

Bieri, Sabin (2020). Die Agenda 2030 gibt die Richtung vor. Klimafreundlich Schweiz, pp. 16-17. UTK Media GmbH

2019

Bieri, Sabin (June 2019). Ehrgeizige Ziele - verschlungene Pfade. Die Agenda 2030 und was sie bedeuten könnte. Werkstattheft Soziale Arbeit und Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2019 Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Soziale Arbeit

Lannen, Anu; Bieri, Sabin; Bader, Christoph (2019). Inequality: What’s in a word? (CDE Policy Brief 14). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas; Binggeli, Bianca; Jimenez, Elisabeth; Bieri, Sabin (2019). In- and outmigration in the context of the quinoa boom. In: Bachmann, Felicitas; Maharjan, Armina; Thieme, Susan; Fleiner, Renate; Wymann von Dach, Susanne (eds.) Migration and sustainable mountain development: Turning challenges into opportunities (pp. 36-37). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing

Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Messerli, Peter; Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas (2019). Vernehmlassungsbeitrag CDE zur Botschaft des Bundes zur Internationalen Zusammenarbeit 2021-2024 (Policy Document - Vernehmlassungsbeitrag). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Bieri, Sabin (2019). L'Asie, un modèle pour réduire la pauvreté en Afrique? In: Almanach Entwicklungspolitik 2020: Afrika zwischen Aufbruch und Armut (pp. 193-208). Luzern, Schweiz: Caritas Verlag

2018

Bieri, Sabin (15 November 2018). Entwicklungszusammenarbeit braucht mehr Freiheit. Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, p. 12. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas; Bieri, Sabin; Rist, Stephan (2018). Quinoa and production rules: how are cooperatives contributing to governance of natural resources? International journal of the commons, 12(1), pp. 402-427. Igitur 10.18352/ijc.826

Messerli, Peter; Bieri, Sabin (2018). Können wir die Zukunft gestalten? - Die Agenda 2030 als Impuls für die Handlungsfähigkeit der Schweiz. In: Die Schweiz 2030: was muss die Politik heute anpacken? 77 Antworten (pp. 163-166). Zürich, Schweiz: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Bundeskanzlei. NZZ LIBRO

2017

Liebe, Ulf; Moumouni, Ismaïl M.; Bigler, Christine; Ingabire, Chantal; Bieri, Sabin (2017). Using Factorial Survey Experiments to Measure Attitudes, Social Norms, and Fairness Concerns in Developing Countries (Submitted). Sociological methods & research Sage Publications 10.1177/0049124117729707

Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin; Wiesmann, Urs; Heinimann, Andreas (2017). Is economic growth increasing disparities? A multidimensional analysis of poverty in the Lao PDR between 2003 and 2013. Journal of development studies, 53(12), pp. 2067-2085. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/00220388.2016.1251587

Gämperli Krauer, Ulla; Wymann von Dach, Susanne; Bieri, Sabin (2017). Mountain women's future (Issue Brief on Sustainable Mountain Development 2017). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Balsiger, Urs; Bastide, Joan; Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; da Silva-Trolliet, Tamara Rebecca; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Harari, Nicole; Heinimann, Andreas; Kiteme, Bonifcae; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Weger, Barbara (2017). Spotlight on engaged and transformative science. CDE annual report 2016 (CDE Annual Report 2016). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Bieri, Sabin (2017). Emancipation from the land – emancipation from unequal structures? Opportunities and pitfalls for women in the rural labour market. Background paper for the expert group meeting in preparation of the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women UN Women

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2017). Integrating Sustainable Development into higher education — Guidelines with in-depth modules for the University of Bern. Foundations. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: University of Bern, Vice-Rectorate Quality, Vice-Rectorate Teaching, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Educational Development Unit (ZUW), and Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2016

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Rufer, Lydia; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2016). Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren — Ein Leitfaden mit Vertiefungen für die Universität Bern. Vertiefung 1: Konzepte, Instrumente, Anleitungen, Hinweise und Beispiele. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: Universität Bern, Vizerektorat Qualität, Vizerektorat Lehre, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bereich Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung und Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

Herweg, Karl Günter; Zimmermann, Anne; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tribelhorn, Thomas; Hammer, Thomas; Tanner, Rolf Peter; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Bieri, Sabin; Kläy, Andreas (2016). Nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschullehre integrieren – Ein Leitfaden mit Vertiefungen für die Universität Bern. Grundlagen. [Textbook] . Bern, Switzerland: Universität Bern, Vizerektorat Qualität, Vizerektorat Lehre, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Bereich Hochschuldidaktik & Lehrentwicklung und Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin; Wiesmann, Urs; Heinimann, Andreas (2016). A different perspective on poverty in Lao PDR: Multidimensional poverty in Lao PDR for the years 2002/2003 and 2007/2008. Social indicators research, 126(2), pp. 483-502. Springer 10.1007/s11205-015-0900-2

Bikketi, Edward; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Bieri, Sabin; Haller, Tobias; Wiesmann, Urs (2016). Gendered division of labour and feminisation of responsibilities in Kenya; Implications for development interventions. Gender, Place and Culture, 23(10), pp. 1432-1449. Routledge 10.1080/0966369X.2016.1204996

Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin; Wiesmann, Urs; Heinimann, Andreas (2016). Differences between monetary and multidimensional poverty in the Lao PDR: Implications for targeting of poverty reduction policies and interventions. Poverty & Public Policy, 8(2), pp. 171-197. Wiley 10.1002/pop4.140

2015

Tschopp, Maurice; Romero Romay, Daniela; Zamora, Elizabeth; Bieri, Sabin (2015). Quinoa production in the Nor Lipez province (Bolivia): Gender roles in export-led agriculture and challenges for research on rural employment. In: Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography. Oxford, UK. 19.-23.08.2015.

2014

Schnegg, Brigitte; Bieri, Sabin; Kofler, Andrea (2014). To care and to be cared for: The role of elderly people in the Swiss care regime. In: Reddy, Vasu; Meyer, Stephan; Shefer, Tamara; Meyiwa, Thenjiwe (eds.) Care in context (pp. 265-281). Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC press

Bieri, Sabin (2014). New ruralities – old gender dynamics?: A reflection on high-value crop agriculture in the light of the feminisation debates. Geographica Helvetica, 69(4), pp. 281-290. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gh-69-281-2014

2013

Bieri, Sabin (2013). Der Capability-Ansatz von Martha Nussbaum: das Gute Leben (Unpublished). In: Romerotag 2013: Gut leben. Nicht besser.. Luzern, Schweiz. 23.03.2013.

Kläy, Andreas; Schneider, Flurina; Bieri, Sabin (2013). Gerechtigkeit, Freiheit und Integration: Wie kann die Wissenschaft den Übergang in Post-Wachstumsgesellschaften fördern? In: Kongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Ungleichheit und Integration in der Krise. Bern, Schweiz. 26.-28.06.2013.

Hasler, Martin; Bieri, Sabin (2013). Bevölkerung und Gesellschaft. In: Egli, Hans-Rudolf; Hasler, Martin; Probst, Matthias (eds.) Geografie: Wissen und verstehen - ein Handbuch für die Sekundarstufe II (pp. 167-204). Bern: hep-Verlag

Tilley, Elizabeth; Bieri, Sabin; Kohler, Petra (2013). Sanitation in developing countries: A review through a gender lens. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 3(3), pp. 298-314. IWA Publishing 10.2166/washdev.2013.090

2012

Bieri, Sabin (2012). Vom Häuserkampf zu neuen urbanen Lebensformen. Städtische Bewegungen der 1980er Jahre aus einer raumtheoretischen Perspektive. Urban Sudies. Bielefeld: Transcript

Lanz, Kristina; Bieri, Sabin; Fankhauser, Lilian (2012). Critical Gender Issues with Regard to Food, Land, and Water: A Compendium for Policy-makers, NGOs, and Researchers (NCCR North-South Dialogue 40). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Berndt, Christian; Bieri, Sabin (2012). Making the labour market work for the poor: Pathways towards inclusive development? In: International Conference on Research for Development, 20.-22.8.2012, Bern, Switzerland.

Bieri, Sabin (2012). New ruralities, feminisation of agriculture and re-peasantisation. In: Annual conference of the Arbeitskreis Entwicklungsgeographie 25.-27.6.2012, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Bieri, Sabin (2012). Gender and development. In: Annual conference of the North-South Centre, 12.6.2012, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Bieri, Sabin (2012). Talking abouth sh***. Gendered approaches to sanitation. In: Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, 24.-28.2.2012, New York, United States of America.

2011

Bieri, Sabin; Ott, Cordula; Freytes Frey, Ada; Cross, Cecilia; Partenio, Florencia; Fernández Álvarez, María Inés (2011). A tool for thought and transformation: Gender-considerate global change research in practice. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 185-205). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Ott, Cordula; Bieri, Sabin (2011). From rhetoric to concept: Incremental steps for mainstreaming gender in the NCCR North-South. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 289-311). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

2010

Bieri, Sabin (5 January 2010). "Unbehagen der Geschlechter". Zur Aneignung der Kopftuchdebatte durch politisch rechte Parteien in der Schweiz. Bund Brussels: Ligue des familles

Wastl-Walter, Doris; Bieri, Sabin; Kofler, Andrea (2010). Abled ageing in Switzerland: Processes of ageing and the need for flexible living conditions. In: Kovács, Zoltán (ed.) Challenges of Ageing in Villages and Cities: The Central European Experience (pp. 178-189). University of Szeged: Department of Economic and Social Geography

Bieri, Sabin (2010). 'Gute' und 'schlechte' Geographien: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in der geographischen Entwicklungsforschung. In: Bauriedl, Sybille; Schier, Michaela; Strüver, Anke (eds.) Geschlechterverhältnisse, Raumstrukturen, Ortsbeziehungen. Erkundungen von Vielfalt und Differenz im spatial turn. Forum Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung: Vol. 27 (pp. 167-194). Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot

Bieri, Sabin (2010). Entwicklung und Umwelt. In: Hasler, Martin; Egli, Hans-Rudolf (eds.) Geografie. Wissen und verstehen. Ein Handbuch für die Sekundarstufe II (pp. 279-336). Bern: HEP

Bieri, Sabin; Hasler, Martin (2010). Bevölkerung und Gesellschaft. In: Hasler, Martin; Egli, Hans-Rudolf (eds.) Geografie. Wissen und verstehen. Ein Handbuch für die Sekundarstufe II (pp. 167-204). Bern: HEP

Bieri, Sabin (2010). Soll ich mich entscheiden? Und wenn ja, wofür? In: Wodiunig, Tina; Binggeli, Ursula (eds.) Netzwerken und Kunstwerken. Mentoring an künstlerisch-gestalterischen Hochschulen (pp. 6-10). Bern: Bezug: Hochschule der Künste Bern

2009

Bieri, Sabin (2009). Grenzenlose Sorge? Globalisierte Care-Arbeit. Fama - feministisch-theologische Zeitschrift, 25(3), pp. 5-7. Henau (CH): Verein FAMA

Bieri, Sabin; Sancar, Annemarie (2009). Power and Poverty. Reducing gender inequality by ways of rural employment? In: FAO-IFAD-ILO Workshop on Gap s, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultur al and rural employment. Differentiated pathways out of poverty. Rom. 31.03.-02.04.2009.

Bieri, Sabin (2009). Body politics and care regimes. In: Women In Development Europe, Basel (ed.) We care! Feminist responses to the care crises. A report of the WIDE annual Conference 2009 (pp. 34-38). Basel: WIDE

Bieri, Sabin (2009). Body Politics. Wie gelebte Erfahrung politisch verhandelbar wird. In: Care-Ökonomie : neue Landschaften von feministischen Analysen und Debatten. Olympe. Feministische Arbeitshefte zur Politik: Vol. 30 (pp. 60-62). Zürich: Olympe

2007

Bieri, Sabin; Gerodetti, Natalia (2007). 'Falling women' - 'saving angels': spaces of contested mobility and the production of gender and sexualities within early twentieth-century train stations. Social & cultural geography, 8(2), pp. 217-234. London: Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14649360701360113

  • Board member of Solidar Suisse
  • Foundation Council Swisscontact
  • Geographischer Arbeitskreis Entwicklungstheorien (Scientific Research Group on Development Theories of the German Geographical Society)
  • Arbeitskreis Geographie und Geschlecht (Scientific Research Group on Geography and Gender of the German Geographical Society)
  • Women in Development Europe (WIDE), Switzerland