Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Staff

Kurt Gerber

Senior Research Scientist

Sustainable Land Systems Impact Area

Phone
+41 31 684 88 87
E-Mail
kurt.gerber@unibe.ch
Office
291
Postal Address
Kurt Gerber
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Research

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • System management on Linux and Windows based server systems
  • ICT Change management
  • Management of virtual infrastructure and system monitoring
  • Application architecture for research based web applications
  • Technical coordination of application development processes in international projects
  • Database management

Projects

  • World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)
  • Land Matrix
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (SAJA)  

Further professional interests

  • Open source software
  • Application development based on Python
  • Infrastructure and application virtualisation
  • Agile project management
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis
  • Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) systems

Field experience

Eritrea, Kenya, Laos, Cambodia, Madagascar

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Publications

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2013

Weber, Adrian; Gerber, Kurt; Volanthen, Lukas (2013). The Land Observatory - a platform to crowdsource large-scale land deals. In: Sharing Geospatial Data. Bern, Schweiz. 31. Okt. - 02. Nov. 2013.

2008

Wallner, Astrid; Nussbaum, Madlene; Gerber, Kurt; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Schüpbach, Ursula; Gurtner, Thomas; Käufeler, Bruno; Gardi, Oliver (2008). Bedürfnisanalyse bei Schutzgebiets- und Parkprojektträgerschaften: Arbeitspaket 2 im Projekt (Unpublished) Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)

Wolfgramm, Bettina; Gerber, Kurt; Hergarten, Christian (2008). Capacity building in the use of geospatial tools for natural resource management in Tajikistan: Final Report Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2007

Hoeck, Tobias; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Hergarten, Christian; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Gerber, Kurt (2007). Capacity Building in the Use of Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management in Tajikistan: Inception report Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)