Affiliated researchers and former staff
Rémi Willemin, Dr.
Former staff
Rémi Willemin was a PhD student in the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity Programme and GIUZ. He graduated 2024 with the thesis “Fluid Resource and Conservation Frontiers in Switzerland and Beyond: Futurity, Visuality, and Materiality”.
He works as a postdoc at EAWAG in Dübendorf.
Darshan Karki , Dr.
Former staff
Darshan Karki was a PhD student at GIUZ. She graduated 2023 with the thesis “The claims for recognition: A study of identity struggles in the lowlands of Nepal”.
She works as a researcher at the International Water Management Institute, Nepal branch in Lalitpur.
Mollie Chapman, Dr.
Former staff
Mollie Chapman was a postdoc at the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity and GIUZ.
She works as a lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich.
Tanuja Thurairajah, Dr.
Former staff
Tanuja Thurairajah was a PhD student at GIUZ. She graduated 2021 with her thesis “Shifting Spaces - Tamil Diaspora Identifications and Translocal Engagement in Switzerland”.
She is executive director of the Collective for Historical Dialogue and Memory in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stefanie Müller, Dr.
Former staff
Stefanie Müller was a PhD student at WSL and GIUZ. She graduated 2022 with the thesis “Trapped between Consensus and Conflict – Designing Public Participatory Tools for ‘Green’ Technology Planning”.
She is a senior scientist at the department of socio-cultural development at the Hochschule Luzern.
Sarah Speck, Dr.
Former staff
Sarah Speck was a PhD at GIUZ. She graduated 2020 with the thesis “Ageing in the Global South. A Case Study on Life in Old Age from Nepal”.
She works scientist at the IAF Institut für Altersforschung at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Science in St.Gallen.
Qobiljon Shokirov, Dr.
Former staff
Qobiljon Shokirov was a PhD at GIUZ. He graduated 2021 with the thesis “Adaptations of Wildlife Conservation under Socioeconomic and Geopolitical Change in the Pamir Region of Tajikistan”.
He is a conservation researcher and project manager in Kalispell, Montana USA.
Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Dr.
Former staff
Mathew Bukhi Mabele was a PhD student at GIUZ. He graduated 2020 with the thesis “Liberation political ecologies. Pathways towards socio-ecological justice in Tanzania's miombo woodlands conservation”.
He works as a lecturer at the University of Dodoma, Tanzanina.
Anna Wienhues, Dr.
Former staff
Anna Wienhues was a postdoc in the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity and GIUZ. She is assistant professor in environmental philosophy at Leuven University, Belgium.
Stanislav Ksenofontov, Dr.
Former staff
Stanislav Ksenofontov was a PhD student at the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity and GIUZ. He graduated 2018 with the thesis “No fish, no nimat”: Arctic social-ecological systems in the context of global change”.
He is an Indigenous researcher at the University of Northern Iowa.
Gvantsa Salukvadze, Dr.
Affiliated researcher
Gvantsa Salukvadze is an affiliated researcher. She is a senior research scientist at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.