Research interests
- rural development and livelihoods
- participatory nature conservation
- gender
- qualitative methods
- Tanzania, Nepal, Bangladesh
Research projects
- PhD thesis, published in 2015: „The ‘Global Land Rush’, Local Land Rights and Power Relations: European Forestry Investments in Tanzania“, PhD thesis, University of Zurich. Full version (pdf 3 MB), abstracts in English and German (pdf 71 KB)
- Master thesis on gender issues in an integrated development and nature conservation project by the WWF Nepal (completed 2004): „Women’s-Development Approach in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Project, East Nepal. Impact on women’s status and project outcomes“, summary (pdf 176 KB)
Martina Locher 