The effects of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) on households in rural communities of the Global South: gender relations, decision making and food security

University of Bern
2013
Jean-David Gerber

Ethnography, Geography, Political Science

What are the impacts of LSLA on the local food system and how do they affect the decision-making processes of both men and women regarding household food security ?

Green Public Spaces and Sustainable Cities in South and Southeast Asia: Integrating Needs and Societal Wellbeing

University of Geneva
2017
Marlyne Sahakian

Anthropology, Economics, Sociology

How do green public spaces meet the human needs and contribute to the societal wellbeing in urban settings and according to cultural context and across social groups?

Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the Context of Outmigration, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

University of Lausanne
2012
Michel Jaboyedoff

Environmental Science, Geography, Law, Political Science

How is land management in mountains being affected by migration, climate changes and hazard events in Cochabamba region (Bolivia) and Dhankuta District (Nepal)?

A Multi-Scale Approach to Land Governance in Complex Cultural, Environmental and Institutional Contexts. Development of a Comparative GIS Methodology Linking Land Use, Land Cover and Land Tenure from the Cases of Bolivia and the Lao PDR

University of Geneva
2011
Frédéric Giraut

Environmental Science, Human Geography, Political Science, Sociology

How can a geographical information system methodology contribute to address the governance of natural resources in terms of conservation and development?

Mountlennium: Reaching Millennium Development Goals through Regional Mountain Governance

University of Geneva
2011
Bernard Debarbieux

Environmental Science, Human Geography, Political Science, Sociology

To what extent can regional governance architectures of mountainous areas contribute to achieving the Millenium Development Goals in terms of integration of sustainable development principles and of reduction of biodiversity loss?

Socio-ecological Networks and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Global Environmental Change: an Arctic-Alpine Comparison of Social Network Governance (ArcAlpNet)

Environmental Science, Human Geography, Sociology

How can social network analysis help in understanding resilience to global environmental changes in the isolated mountain and Arctic island communities?

Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural Transformations between Global Agendas and Peoples’ Right to Food

The Graduate Institute
2011
Christophe Gironde

Environmental Science, Human Geography, Political Science, Sociology

How can potentially negative effects on local populations of large-scale land acquisitions be mitigated and what could institutions do to protect human rights of the affected population?

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The effects of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) on households in rural communities of the Global South: gender relations, decision making and food security

Green Public Spaces and Sustainable Cities in South and Southeast Asia: Integrating Needs and Societal Wellbeing

Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the Context of Outmigration, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

A Multi-Scale Approach to Land Governance in Complex Cultural, Environmental and Institutional Contexts. Development of a Comparative GIS Methodology Linking Land Use, Land Cover and Land Tenure from the Cases of Bolivia and the Lao PDR

Mountlennium: Reaching Millennium Development Goals through Regional Mountain Governance

Socio-ecological Networks and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Global Environmental Change: an Arctic-Alpine Comparison of Social Network Governance (ArcAlpNet)

Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural Transformations between Global Agendas and Peoples’ Right to Food

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