PhD Theses
Ongoing PhD Theses
The Translation of European Concepts of Nature Conservation and Tourism into Chinese National Parks (URPP Asia and Europe) | |
Contested Spaces – The Gorkhaland Movement in Darjeeling and the Struggle for Alternative Geographies (URPP Asia and Europe) | |
Leben in Unsicherheit: Ressourcen, Bewältigunsstrategien und Zukunftspläne unbegleiteter minderjähriger Asylsuchender in der Schweiz | |
Views of the rural poor: Understanding their perceptions, resources and | |
Development policies and livelihood realities in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan | |
Internal migration and the propiska regime: negotiating the law and exercising the right to the city in Kyrgyzstan. Co-supervisor: S. Thieme; NCCR N-S | |
Wahrnehmung und Nutzung kultureller Natur- und Landschaftswerte in der Schweiz | |
Living on farming in a globalizing world: The role of social movements in Maharashtra, India. Co-supervisor: U. Geiser; NCCR N-S | |
Livelihoods in rural Africa. Co-supervisor: Müller-Böker, Ulrike, Rauch, Theo, Insitut f. Geogr. Wiss., Anthropogeograpie, Fli Berlin, Backhaus, Norman | |
Encountering asylum seekers: Perspectives and practices of asylum sector decision-makers |
Graduate students (PhD) co-supervision
Byrne, Sarah | Living with Violence: rural livelihoods in Mid-Western Nepal during and after the Maoist conflict. Main-supervisor: B. Korf |
Kumar, Nirmal | Livelihoods futures in resource scarce areas and the quest for inclusion of marginal groups. Main-supervisor: S. Sharma (Kathmandu University) |
Nepali, Purna | Exploring the Transition to Democracy: The Cultural Politics of Democracy and Governance in Nepal. Main-supervisor: S. Sharma (Kathmandu University) |
Rest, Matthäus | Water Power. Discourses on Modernity and Development around the Nepalese Arun-3 Hydropower Project. Main-supervisor: S. Randeria |
Sigdel, Tulasi | Exploring the Transition to Democracy: The Cultural Politics of Democracy and Governance in Nepal. Main-supervisor: S. Sharma (Kathmandu University) |
Completed Doctoral theses since 1999
Gurung Ghana Shyam | Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation Priorities with Livelihood Needs in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal (2006) |
Herzig Pascale | Gender and Generation in Diaspora - Changing Identities and Shifting Social Boundaries among South Asians in Kenya (2006) |
Huber Andreas | Heimat in der Postmoderne (1997) |
Ejderyan Olivier | Une renaturation en béton! Comprendre la participation et la nature dans les renaturations de cours d'eau suisses au regard d'une théorie de la pratique (2008) |
Junker Berit | The social perspective on river restorations – Understanding a neglected aspect of sustainable river managememt (2008) |
Kianicka Susanne | Perceiving the Swiss Alpine Landscape - A Qualitative Study of Landscape Meanings and People-Pace Relations among Residents and Tourists (2007) |
Trinkräume und Treffpunkte Jugendlicher. Aushandlungsprozesse im öffentlichen Raum der Stadt Zürich (2011) | |
Meier Thomas | Mini Hydropower for Rural Development – Drawing Lessons from the Indonesian Example (2001) |
Meyer Heidi | Sitzplätze statt Parkplätze – Selbst?-Beschränkung bei der Nutzung öffentlicher Räume (1998) |
Müller Urs | The Power of Images – Their Construction, Reproduction and Strategic Use in the Shaping of Alpine Future (2006) |
Steimann Bernd | Making a living in uncertainty - Agro-pastoral livelihoods and institutional transformations in post-socialist rural Kyrgyzstan (2010) |
Soliva Reto | Die Entwicklung des Naturschutzes in Nepal (2002) |
Strasser Balz | 'We are as flexible as rubber!' – Livelihood strategies, diversity and the local institutional setting of rubber small holders in Kerala, South India (2007) |
Urban Immigrants: The Nepalese Community in Delhi/India (2005) | |
Véron René | Cultivators, Markets, and Sustainable Development in South India (1999) |
Zaugg Stern Marc | «Mehr Raum den Fliessgewässern!» Eine strukturationstheoretische Analyse des institutionellen Wandels im schweizerischen Hochwasserschutz seit den 1970er Jahren (2005) |
