Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Hammer E-Mail thomas.hammer@unibe.ch Postal Address Prof. Dr. Thomas Hammer Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) University of Bern Mittelstrasse 43 CH-3012 Bern
Research Areas of professional focus at CDE Sustainable regional and landscape development (SRLD) Sustainability transformations at local and regional level Large scale Protected areas and regional development Sustainable quality of life Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at university level (research and curricula development) Projects Head of the Bachelor and Master Minor in Sustainable Development until July 2022 Chair of the Programme Management of the CAS in Sustainable Development until the end of 2021 Sustainable quality of life in parks and protected areas of national importance (2017-2022) Evaluation of the Regional Nature Parks of National Importance in the Canton of Bern (2018-2020) Education for a sufficiency lifestyle Further professional interests Sustainable development as a development theory Regional / global change and sustainable development Desertification and rural development Development geography Field experience Alpine regions, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Senegal Languages German, French, English
Network affiliations Member of the international Network New Regional Development and Large Scale Protected Areas (NeReGro) Member of the German Society for Geography (DGfG) Member of the Board of the Swiss Geography Association (ASG) 2005-2015 Member of the Nature Conservation Commission of the Canton of Bern (2004-2015)