Alumni by field of research: Resources & Sustainability

PhD thesis: Water distribution and water use system of the Sokuluk River Basin - Contribution to sustainable water management in the Chuy Valley (Kyrgyzstan) (completed in 2008)

PhD thesis: Landscape transformation and Opportunities for Sustainable Land Management along the Eastern Escarpment of Wello (EEW), Ethiopia (completed in 2007)

PhD thesis: Bewertung landschaftsrelevanter Projekte im Schweizer Alpenraum - die Methode der Discrete Choice-Experimente (completed in 2005)

PhD thesis: Traditional ecological knowledge, land use and ecosystem diversity in the Tunari National Park (Bolivia). An ethnoecological approach to dialogue between traditional and scientific ecological knowledge.
(completed in 2007)

PhD thesis: Sustainable Land Management in the Tajik Pamirs: The Role of Knowledge for Sustainable Development (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: Potentials, Limitations and Risks of Geo-Information Technology for Sustainable Development Approaches in Kenya (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: The Geography of Welfare. Spatial Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in Vietnam (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: The impact of land use and climate on the river runoff of Sokuluk River Basin: a contribution to sustainable water management in Chui Valley (completed in 2007)

PhD thesis: Assessing the potential of organic farming for sustainable livelihoods in developing countries: The case of cotton in India (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: A participative system dynamics approach in a global research programme for sustainable development (completed in 2008)

PhD thesis: Monitoring and Modeling Crop Growth, Water Use and Production Under Dry-Land Environment North-West of Mount Kenya (completed in 2005)

PhD thesis: Patterns of Land Cover Change in the Lower Mekong Basin. The relevance of mesoscale approaches (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: Legal and Institutional Framework for Empowerment of Rural Populations in the Kyrgyz Republic: Contribution to Sustainable Development (completed in 2007)

PhD thesis: Drought Vulnerability and Risk in Agro-Pastoral Areas - An Integrative Approach and its Application in Kenya (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: Multi-dimensional Approaches to More Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Highly Dynamic Contexts in East Africa (completed in 2006)

PhD thesis: Negotiating Sustainable Regional Development - The Relevance of Meaningful Spaces in Times of Change (completed in 2008)

PhD thesis: Análisis del uso y manejo del agroecosistema con enfasis en al actividad agrícola de los pueblos indigenas de Talamanca, Costa Rica : Un Enfoque agroecologico (completed in 2003)

PhD thesis: Ethnobiological Knowledge and its Transformation in the Andean Highlands: Case Studies from Peru and Bolivia (completed in 2011)

PhD Thesis: Water-Related Environmental Services and Options for their Sustainable Use in Pangani Basin, East Africa

PhD thesis: GIS-based Estimation of Energy and Water Consumption, and Emissions Generated by Major Human Activities in Latin American Cities (completed in 2008)

PhD thesis: Land degradation in selected landscapes of semi-arid zones in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: indicators, processes, dynamics and consequences for mitigation (completed in 2005)

PhD thesis: Exploring the meaning of money: a study of the impact of microfinance in the Koppal District of India (completed in 2004)

PhD thesis: Implementation of soil protection as social learning process (completed in 2008)

PhD thesis: Land Use, Soil Degradation and Soil Conservation (completed in 2007)

PhD thesis: Land Degradation and Options for Sustainable Land Management in the Lake Tana Basin (LTB), Amhara Region, Ethiopia (completed in 2007)