| Expert Name | Dr. Corinne Wacker |
| Title | Dr.Phil I, MA International |
| Division | IEC, MAS |
| Institution | University of Zurich |
| City | Muttenz |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Telephone | 41 61 467.43.33 |
| Email | corinne.wacker(at)fhnw.ch |
| Work Experience | 1997, 2003, 2007. India, Ladakh research on traditional knowledge on water resources management in cold mountain desert oases. Various consultancies on environment and development for international development agencies and on the implementation of international environmental law with local communities in contexts of cultural diversity.
1994-2000: Project Co-ordinator and researcher in an interdisciplinary environmental research programme in Pakistan, Ghana and Switzerland, Priority Programme Environment: Development and Environment. Project No.: 5001-44786. Title: Sustainability for future generations: gender relations in social reproduction and sustainable resource management.
1994-2000: Project Co-ordinator and head researcher of the social science section of an interdisciplinary environmental research programme in Uganda, Priority Programme Environment: Development and Environment. Project No. 5001-44774. Title: Use and protection of water resources in lake Victorria through sustainable management of wetland-ecotones.
1990-1996: Lecturer and research assistant at the University of Zurich, Institute of Social Anthropology, main subjects: development studies, field work methodology, gender, interdisciplinary environmental subjects.
1986-1989: Research assistant and researcher in Kenya with an interdisciplinar |
| Qualifications | Ph.D in Social Anthropology (Development Anthropology) Zurich University 1995;
MA in International and Comparative Legal Studies, London University SOAS |
| Number of Publications | 122 |
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| Other Activities | 1. Member of academic organizations.
2. Member of the expert group on water of the Swiss Agency for Development SDC
3. Member of the National FAO Commission of Switzerland (1997-2007) |
| Publications | 1. Wacker, C., Bagonza-Birungi, J. and Wolf, M. 1998. Développement d'un système de gestion participative de marécages autour du lac Victoria: l'exemple de la ville de Jinja en Ouganda. In: Tanner, M. et Boley J.-C. Titre? Berne: Edition Birkhäuser (25 pages).
2. Wacker, C., and Fröhlich U. 1998. Traditional Water Management System in Ladakh, India. Report for the 4th global meeting of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council in Manila, November 1997, prepared for the Swiss Development Co-operation, Berne (70 pages).
3. Wacker, C., 1997. Transmission des savoirs: le rôle politique de deux générations de paysannes Lucernoises pour un développement durable. In: Preiswerk, Y. (ed.) Créativité, femmes et développement.
Genève: éditions de UNESCO, l'IUED et la DDA. (20 pages).
4. Wacker, C. 1996. Peasant Self Hep' Groups in Rural Development, Laikipia, Kenya. Zurich Edition Argonaut (Ph.D. Thesis, 280 pages).
5. Wacker, C. 1994. Sustainable Development thr |
| Discipline | Anthropology and Sociology |
| Last updated | 24/08/2009 12:52:00 |
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