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:: Research interests |
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Peace and conflict research; statehood in Africa; natural resource management; political sociology; pastoral development; Horn of Africa. |
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PhD thesis (2002-2006): 'Pastoral Conflict and Resource Management in Ethiopia's Somali Region' |
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:: Education |
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| 2007 |
Doctor Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) (public administration) |
| 2001 |
MA Swiss Graduate School
of Public Administration (IDHEAP) (public administration) |
| 1998 |
BA University of Lausanne
(political science) |
| 1994 |
Baccalaureate type D
Gymnasium Liestal (modern languages) |
| 1992 |
U.S. High School Diploma
Rothsay High School, MN |
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:: Positions and employment |
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| 2007-today |
Lecturer, Political Geography Group, Department of Geography, University of Zürich |
| 2002-2006 |
PhD student and researcher
with the individual project 'Environmental conflict and
conflict transformation' of the Swiss National Centre
of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South at the Swiss Peace
Foundation, Bern |
| 2001-2002 |
Program officer responsible
for lessons learned in peacebuilding projects with the Centre
for Peacebuilding (KOFF) at the Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern |
| 2001 |
Research officer for
ACORD Somalia country programme, Nairobi |
| 1998-2000 |
Research assistant for
FAST early warning project in charge of monitoring countries
in the Horn of Africa at the Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern |
| 1997 |
Internship at the Swiss
Peace Foundation, Bern |
| 1995 |
Internship at the credits/mortgage
section of UBS AG, Liestal |
| 1994 |
Free-lance journalist
for the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (bz), Liestal |
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:: Teaching |
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2008 |
GEO 423 'Political Geography' (with Benedikt Korf), Master, University of Zürich |
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2007 |
GEO 423 'Aktuelle Beiträge zur Entwicklungsforschung' (with Benedikt Korf), Master, University of Zürich |
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2006-2007 |
Staatlichkeit im Wandel: Europa und Afrika (with Laurent Goetschel and Didier Péclard), Bachelor and Master, University of Basel |
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:: Languages |
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| German |
mother tongue |
| English |
fluent speaking, reading
and writing |
| French |
fluent speaking and
reading, fair writing |
| Italian |
fair speaking, reading
and writing |
| Somali |
basic speaking |
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:: Work and research stays abroad |
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| Ethiopia |
June 2001, November
2002, April-July 2003, May-August 2004, November 2005-January
2006, June-July 2007, December 2007 |
| Kenya |
January-August 2001 |
| Macedonia |
May 2002 |
| Somalia |
January/May 2001, December
2002, July 2007 |
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:: Academic affiliations |
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| SVPW |
Swiss Association for
Political Science: member, 1999-today |
| AASPOL |
Association des ancienNEs
de science politique de l’UNIL: member, 2001-today |
| OSSREA |
Organization for Social
Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa: member, 2002-today |
| IES |
Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University: visiting researcher, 2003-2005 |
| SSAS |
Swiss Society for African Studies: member, 2006-today |
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