Prof. em. Dr. Urs Wiesmann Institute of Geography, Integrative Geography E-Mail urs.wiesmann@unibe.ch Office 263 Postal Address Prof. em. Dr. Urs Wiesmann Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) University of Bern Mittelstrasse 43 CH-3012 Bern
Research Areas of professional focus at CDE Human geography; Sustainable regional development; Natural resources management and global change particularly in developing and transition countries; Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodology and its application in the context of development and environment Projects Head of the Swiss Development Cooperation SDC sponsored Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Programme ESAPP (1999 -); Scientific Coordinator of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn JAB' in the Swiss Alps (2002 -); Head of Central Asian Mountain Partnership Programme CAMP (2000 -); Regional Programme of SDC for the valorization of the biodiversity 'Bio Andes' (2006 -) Further professional interests Integrative geography; Concepts of sustainable development; Actor-orientation and peasantry; Meso-scale challenge Field experience Europe: The Swiss Alps; Eastern and Southern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Ethiopia; South East Asia: Laos, Vietnam; Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan; South Asia: India; Northern Africa: Morocco Languages German; English; French; some Swahili
Network affiliations td-net Transdisciplinarity Network of the Swiss Academics; IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environment Change, Swiss National Commission; UNU GMPP Global Mountain Partnership Programme of United Nations University, Tokyo; KFPE Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries; IGU Commission Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development; AMA African Mountains Association; Aguasan; Dt. Arbeitskreis Entwicklungstheorie, Tourismus (German Working Group on Development and Tourism); Geographische Gesellschaft (Bernese Geographical Society)
