Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinimann Lecturer / Senior Researcher Unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management Phone +41 31 684 30 61 E-Mail andreas.heinimann@wyssacademy.org
Research Areas of professional focus Development-oriented research in the field of sustainable regional development, at the interface between knowledge production, development interventions, and policy Projects Agrobiodiversity Initiative (TABI), Lao PDR “Landscape transformation” research project of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South Lao DECIDE Info Project Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks (I-REDD+) Global Land Project Land Observatory: monitoring large-scale land acquisitions Various research- and development-oriented projects with diverse partners, including the World Bank, Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), various Consultative Groups on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and more Field experience Lao PDR, Vietnam, Thailand, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya Languages German, English, French, Lao (basic)