Prof. Dr. Ulrike Müller-Bökermore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Alms	The Translation of European Concepts of Nature Conservation and Tourism into Chinese National Parks
Backhaus	The value of the Swiss National Park and the Biosphere Reserve Val Müstair
Bitzi	Living in uncertain situations: Everyday lives of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Switzerland
Geiser	Contested Rural Development – do non-state actors and social movements have the answers to rural poverty and inequality?
	Poverty-oriented development policy beyond the Millennium Development Goals
Keller	Perception and usage of cultural values from nature and landscapes in Switzerland
Landolt	Alcohol-socialisation of young people
Müller-Böker	Institutions, Livelihoods and Conflicts (Phase 3 of NCCR-North-South)
	Livelihood Futures in Resource-scarce Areas
Pörtner	Encountering asylum seekers: Perspectives and practices of asylum sector decision-makers
Thieme	Migration, Knowledge and Development: The role of knowledge and skills in the migration process in South and Central Asia
	Analysis, Visualization and contextualisation of quantitative migration data of different scale
Thieme Schelling	Mobility and Migration: Confusing terms, varying regional relevance, conflicting policies?

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Backhaus	Thematic synthesis to perceptions of landscapes NRP 48 Landscapes and habitats of the alps
	Landscape perception and transdisciplinarity
	“Malaysia as a home”: Sustainable landscape development, environmental perception and practice
	Globalization, Tourism and Nature Conservation in National Parks of Malaysia
Backhaus Müller-Böker	The Power of Images - their Creation, Reproduction, and Strategic Use in the Shaping of Alpine Future
Contzen	Views of the rural poor: Understanding their perceptions, resources and constraints in two territories in Honduras
Geiser	Decentralisation, social movements and natural resource management
	Adaptive governance of natural hazards – the implementation of risk maps (Gefahrenkarten) in Switzerland
	The Forest Fringe as an Arena of Social Struggles: Participants, Alliances, and Natural Resources Perceptions along the Western Ghats in Southern Kerala, India
	Combining river flood protection and nature protection in Switzerland: Negotiating institutional change between the logic of planning and societal praxis
	Searching Institutional Regulations for Sustainable Water Use in India and Switzerland
	Learning from development experiences: The example of Integrated Rural Development Project Kalam (KIDP), North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Huber	International Retirement Migration from Switzerland to Spain (Costa Blanca)
Kollmair	People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain Watersheds of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (PARDYP)
Landolt	Drink-spaces and hang-outs of young people. Processes of negotiation of public space in Zurich.
Meier	The Contribution of Electricity to the Improvement of Living Conditions of Rural Societies in Developing Countries. The Example of Mini-Hydropower Projects in Indonesia.
Müller	Overcoming the nature-culture dualism? Notions of nature and nature protection in model regions for integrated ‘nature conservation’
Müller-Böker	Livelihood options and globalisation (Phase 2 of NCCR North-South)
	Globalisation and Livelihood Options of People Living in Poverty (GLOPP)
	Negotiating rural development in South Asia’s periphery
	Institutional Change and Livelihood Strategies (Phase 1 of NCCR North-South)
	Nature and Society: Concepts of Nature exemplified by the Protected Areas of Nepal
Thieme	Sustaining livelihoods in translocal and transnational settings
Zaugg Stern	New forms of decison making
	Beaver Management in the Swiss Canton of Thurgau
	Proactive Crisis Management of Urban Infrastructure
Zingerli	Knowledge, Power, Politics: Evaluating social and institutional practices in sustainable development and syndrome mitigation research