Natural Resource Management: Knowledge, Values and Power Research on this theme aims at identifying pathways to more sustainable natural resource management – and sustainable development at large – by addressing issues of knowledge production and conflicting values in multi-stakeholder settings.
Studies are conducted in
South America, the
Swiss Alps and
Central Asia, and with special emphasis on information technologies in
East Africa and
Southeast Asia.
Research Themes1) Values of nature and the role of environmental services
2) Societal learning in multi-stakeholder approaches
3) Information technologies in participatory approaches