Brigitte
Portner
Senior Research Scientist
Centre for Development and Environment
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
I am the community and development officer of the Global Land Programme, and a senior research scientist at the University of Bern’s Centre for Development and Environment. Throughout my career I worked closely with cross-sector actors and in interdisciplinary teams. My research interests include telecoupling, mixed-method approaches, and knowledge mobilization. Besides my employment at the GLP, I currently work at the interface of art and science, enjoy urban farming, and actively volunteer at the community level. I hold a PhD in Geography and Sustainable Development from the University of Bern.
Themes
Telecoupling of land use systems, Land governance, Land change trade-offs for ecosystem services and biodiversity , Land management systems, Urban-rural interactions, Land use and conflict