Experience

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management

• Switzerland
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Gastdozent

  • 2019 - Present



University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gastdozent

  • 2016 - Present



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gastdozent

  • 2013 - Present



Helvetas

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Policy Coordinator

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  Strengthening HELVETAS advocacy and campaign work in developing countries, in Switzerland and at international level. Advocacy trainings for HELVETAS staff and CSO partners around the world, policy impact assessments and strategic planning (Albania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Moçambique, Laos, Peru, Serbia, Tanzania, and Switzerland). Campaigning, lobbying and political communication on behalf of HELVETAS on various policy issues in Switzerland (public procurement; human rights protection; arms exports; responsible business). Strategic and methodological support for advocacy at programme and project level. Member of the Alliance2015 Advocacy Group, focussing on EU policies regarding food and nutrition security, climate change, and civil society strengthening. Show less



University of Bern

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2011

  Co-organisaton of a scientific conference in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on pasture management, in close collaboration with the University of Central Asia (UCA). Co-organisaton of a scientific conference in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on pasture management, in close collaboration with the University of Central Asia (UCA).



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-doctoral researcher

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

  NCCR N-S Special Research Project on the Millennium Development Goals (with UZH); NCCR N-S Special Research Project on Land Grabbing (with CDE) NCCR N-S Special Research Project on the Millennium Development Goals (with UZH); NCCR N-S Special Research Project on Land Grabbing (with CDE)



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2010

  PhD research on agro-pastoral livelihoods and institutional transformations in rural Kyrgyzstan. Extensive field work in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan (Naryn oblast). PhD research on agro-pastoral livelihoods and institutional transformations in rural Kyrgyzstan. Extensive field work in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan (Naryn oblast).



University of Zurich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Researcher

  • Apr 2004 - Jul 2005

  Lead researcher for a livelihoods survey in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern Pakistan Lead researcher for a livelihoods survey in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern Pakistan