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| Origin | Born in a small town in northeastern Switzerland; grown-up in Zurich. |
| Education | PhD in geography, cultural anthropology and sociology at the University of Zurich. |
| 1983-2005 | Full professor at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich. |
| Interests | Theories of development, developing countries, cross-cultural analysis,voyages. |
| Cameroon | 4 years: Evaluation of village drinking water supplies in Western Cameroon; supporting the setup of farmer cooperatives with the Swiss Development Corporation in Eastern Cameroon; research. |
| Namibia | 3 years: HIV/AIDS prevention at the University of Windhoek. |
| Sri Lanka | 1,5 years: Surveys and research related to management of irrigation systems, gender relations and women migration. |
| Bangladesh | 1,5 years: Camp management with UNHCR (High Commissioner for Refugees). |
| Pakistan | 1 year: With UNHCR. |
| Bhutan | 6 months: With Asian Development Bank for Government Service Development. |
| Supervision of academic research in various countries in Africa, Asia and Cuba. | |
| Last adventure | Driving home by car from Namibia to Switzerland (in 2009) |
