Prof. Dr. Peter Messerli Associated Senior Research Scientist | Director, Wyss Academy for Nature | Professor of Sustainable Development Telefon +41 31 684 63 00 E-Mail peter.messerli@wyssacademy.org Postadresse Prof. Dr. Peter Messerli Wyss Academy for Nature Kochergasse 4 3014 Bern
Research Areas of professional focus at CDE Land system science and sustainable development oriented research Analysis of socio-ecological systems and land governance in developing countries Transformation of forested landscapes and shifting cultivation in Southeast Asia and Africa in the context of global change Knowledge production for evidence informed decision-making and transformations towards sustainable development Projects Managing telecoupled landscapes for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services and poverty alleviation African Food, Agriculture, Land and Natural Resource Dynamics in the context of global changes (Afgroland) Archetypes of transnational land acquisitions: towards a generalization of case study knowledge for informed soil governance (ATLAS) The Land Matrix Initiative Land Observatory Large-Scale Land Acquisitions In Southeast Asia: Rural transformations between global agendas and people’s right to food The Agrobiodiversity Initiative (TABI) in Lao PDR Lao DECIDE Info Project Further professional interests Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research Research partnerships with developing countries Knowledge-based dialogues between science and society Field experience 10 years of field experience mainly in Lao PDR, Madagascar, and Ethiopia; work experience in various other CDE core regions including Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and East Africa Languages German, English, French, Spanish; basic grasp of Lao and Malagasy
Network affiliations Co-chair of the Global Land Project (GLP) of Future Earth Member of ProClim, the Forum for Climate and Global Change of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) Co-chair of the Independent Group of Scientists (IGS) authoring the UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) Member of the foundation council of Swisspeace, Schweizerische Friedensstiftung Member of the Board of Directors of Helvetas Network for Science and Technology for Sustainability(www.sustainabilityscience.org) Member of Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie Member of Association of American Geographers (AAG) Member of Geographische Gesellschaft, Bern Member of Swiss UNESCO Commission
