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
