Dr. Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel Senior Research Scientist | Associate Editor, MRD Sustainability Governance Impact Area Phone +41 31 684 88 22 E-Mail sarah-lan.mathez@unibe.ch Postal Address Dr. Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) University of Bern Mittelstrasse 43 CH-3012 Bern
Research Areas of professional focus at CDE Local environmental knowledge, ethnoecology and biocultural diversity Sustainable and just food systems Social-ecological systems resilience and adaptation to global change Sustainable development in mountain regions (Associate Editor of Mountain Research and Development) Community-based conservation, restoration and natural resource management Social learning, multi-stakeholder, and inclusive approaches Projects Indigenous knowledge for conservation governance innovations Mountain Research and Development International Graduate School North-South Sustainable Resource Governance and Climate Change Adaptation in Action Further professional interests Inter- and transdisciplinary research for sustainable development and natural resource management Management and coordination of research partnership programmes with developing countries Teaching and capacity development (at university, technical, and community levels) Field experience Latin America (particular expertise in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil; 13 years based in Peru) Eastern and Southern Africa (particular expertise in Madagascar and Mozambique; 1 year based in Madagascar) Western Mediterranean (Portugal, Spain, Morocco; 5 years based in Portugal) Languages English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German
Network affiliations President, International Society of Ethnobiology - 2022 to present (Board member 2010-2014) Board of Trustees, Global Diversity Foundation, Oxford, UK – 2019 to present Board of Directors, A Rocha Portugal, Portugal – 2020 to present Committee of Reference, A Rocha Peru, Lima, Peru – 2020 to present (Board of directors 2017-2019) Advisory Board member, Working Group on Socio-Ecological Land Systems of Latin America, Global Land Programme (GLP) – 2020 to present Senior Associate, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya - 2019 to present Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – 2013 to present Research Associate, ETC Andes, Lima, Peru - 2008 to 2011 Swiss Network of Ethnobiology
