DSGZ | People

People

Our group includes senior researchers and graduate students from various divisions of the Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

		Norman Backhaus, Prof. Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Globalization theory, landscape perception and development, eco-tourism, nature conservation, spatial theory. Regional focus: Switzerland, Malaysia \| personal website

		Miriam Bishokarma, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Rural livelihoods and food security, impact of food assistance, World Food Programme, ethno-political movements. Regional Focus: South Asia, Nepal, India \| personal website

		Sarah Byrne, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Rural livelihoods, conflict research, local governance, decentralisation, public policy, development studies. Regional focus: South Asia, Nepal \| personal website

		Sandra Contzen, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Rural development and livelihoods, local implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies, participation, rural sociology, gender. Regional focus: Honduras, Switzerland \| personal website

		Rony Emmenegger, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Urban studies: city development, urban planning, architecture and infrastructure. Development studies: anthropology of development, decentralisation, local politics and local administration. Regional Focus: Africa, Ethiopia (Somali and Oromia region) \| personal website

		Urs Geiser, Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Livelihood strategies (access, power and inequalities), decentralisation and 'adaptive' governance; rural development as contested societal practice (esp. "local state" and donors). Regional focus: Pakistan (NWFP), India (Kerala), Switzerland \| personal website

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		Maiken Graf, dipl.geogr. / Coordinator IP DSGZ Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Staff coordination and management of activities, finances and publications; communication and knowledge transfer; organisation of workshops and meetings \| personal website

		Julia Grünenfelder, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Development as contested societal practice, gender and development, postcolonial research approaches, qualitative methodologies, integration and exclusion of migrants. Regional focus: Pakistan, Switzerland \| personal website

		Craig Hatcher, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Migration research, development studies, legal geographies, law and urban studies. Regional focus: Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) \| personal website

		Pia Hollenbach, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Ethnographies of aid, governance of aid, transnational solidarity, post-disaster studies, moral geographies Regional Focus: South Asia, Sri Lanka \| personal website

		Deborah Johnson, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Conflict research, land politics, peace building (and liberal peace theory), politics and aesthetics. Regional focus: South Asia \| personal website

		Bart Klem, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Causes and dynamics of armed conflict, peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions, development – conflict nexus. Regional focus: South Asia, Sri Lanka \| personal website

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		Benedikt Korf, Prof. Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Political geography: geographies of violence, political ecology. Development studies: ethnographies of aid, moral geographies. Regional Focus: South Asia, Horn of Africa \| personal website

		Silva Lieberherr, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Contested rural development, social/peasants’ movements, agrarian change, subalterns. Regional focus: South Asia (India) \| personal website

		Martina Locher, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Rural livelihoods (esp. international land investments and local livelihoods), integrated nature conservation and development, participation, gender studies. Regional focus: Tanzania, Nepal, Bangladesh \| personal website

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		Ulrike Müller Böker, Prof. Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Livelihood strategies, resource-use conflicts (land, forests), labour migration, nature conservation. Regional focus: South Asia, East Africa, Central Asia, Switzerland \| personal website

		Ephraim Pörtner, PhD student Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Globalization and migration processes, anthropology of development, and conflict. Regional focus: Switzerland, Central & South Asia \| personal website

		Timothy Raeymaekers, Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Political & social economy, conflict resources, border(land)s, economic anthropology, geographies of violence & protection. Regional focus: Congo, Uganda \| personal website

		Mark Starmanns, Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Corporate responsibility, ethical & fair trade, private regulation, social standards, global production networks, ethical consumption, textile industry. Regional focus: India, Bangladesh, Switzerland \| personal website

		Bernd Steimann, Dr. Affiliated researcher; Centre for Development and Environment, University of Berne, Switzerland Rural livelihoods, institutional change, natural resource management (pastures, forests), post-socialism, decentralisation, participation. Regional focus: Central & South Asia, Switzerland \| personal website

		Susan Thieme, Dr. Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland Labour migration; livelihoods and development, transnationalism and multi-locality; gender and generation, social finance; social geography. Regional focus: Central and South Asia, Switzerland \| personal website

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updated 02/16/2012

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