Thomas Dax

Mr. Thomas Dax
Dipl. Ing, Deputy director
Federal Institute for Less-favoured and Mountainous Areas (BABF)
Marxergasse 2
AT-1030 Vienna
Austria


Phone: +43 (0) 1 504 88 69 28
Phone2: +43 (0) 1 504 88 69 0
Fax: +43 (0) 1 504 88 69 39
URL Institution: www.babf.bmlfuw.gv.at
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
coordinator of working group on rural development research (Austria);
member of Scientific Committee of GIS-Alpes du Nord, Chambéry (France);
delegate to the OECD Working Party on Territorial Policy in Rural Areas, Paris (international).


Key Publications of Thomas Dax (up to ten) :
Dax, T. (2002), Endogenous Development in Austria's Mountain Regions: From a Source of Irritation to a Mainstream Movement. Case study on "Institutions for Democratic and Decentralized Sustainable Mountain Development", Mountain Forum E-consultation for the UNEP / Bishkek Global Mountain Summit. http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/library/daxth02a.htm
Bausch, T., Dax, T., Janin Rivolin, U., Parvex, F., Praper, S. and Vanier, M. (2005), Sustainable Territorial Development in the Alpine Space: Towards Long term Transnational Cooperation, Alpine Space Prospective Study, Full Report, Alpine Space Interreg IIIB Programme, Salzburg, 146pp. http://www.alpinespace.org/uploads/media/ASPS_Full_Report_nov05.pdf
Dax, T. (2008), The role of mountain regions in territorial cohesion, a contribution to the discussion on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion, commissioned by Euromontana, Bruxelles, 57pp. http://www.euromontana.org/Doc/position_documents/Cohesion_territoriale/TC_Green_Paper_and_mountains.pdf http://www.berggebiete.eu/cms/dmdocuments/berggebiete/TC_Green_Paper_and_mountains.pdf
Dax, T. (2009), Recognising the amenities of mountain agriculture in Europe, in: Mountain Forum Bulletin, January 2009 vol IX Issue 1, p.3-5. http://www.mtnforum.org/sites/default/files/pub/3644.pdf
Dax, T. (2015) Why are Local Initiatives So Important in Mountain Regions? In: Mountain Vioews, Chronicles of the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains, CIRMOUNT 9(2), 44-46. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/cirmount/publications/pdf/Mtn_Views_dec_15.pdf
Gløersen, E., Price, M.F., Borec, A., Dax, T. and Giordano, B. (2016), Cohesion in Mountainous Regions of the EU – Research for REGI Committee, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policies Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies, Regional Development, IP/B/REGI/IC/2015_175. Brussels: European Parliament, 72pp. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/573420/IPOL_STU%282016%29573420_EN.pdf
Drexler, C., Braun, V., Christie, D., Claramunt, B., Dax, T., Jelen, I., Kanka, R., Katsoulakos, N., Le Roux, G., Price, M., Scheurer, T. and Weingartner, R. (2016) Mountains for Europe’s Future – A Strategic Research Agenda. Bern: The Mountain Research Initiative. 41pp. http://www.mountainpartnership.org/news/news-detail/en/c/414515/
Dax, T. and Copus, A. (2016) The Future of Rural Development, in: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies (ed) Research for AGRI Committee – CAP Reform Post-2020 – Challenges in Agriculture, Workshop Documentation, IP/B/AGRI/IC/2015-195. Brussels: Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies, Agriculture and Rural Development, 221-303. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2016)585898



Expertise of Thomas Dax:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Economy/ResourceUse	Economy / Resource Use
	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
	Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic Politics/Law	Politics / Law
	Regionalization / Globalization
Topic Society	Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
	Employment / Social Security / Poverty
Topic Sustainability	Sustainability
	Social Sustainability
Methods	Method
	Data Analysis
	Literature Study
	Policy Analysis and Formation
	Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building
Mountain Research Initiative	Sustainable land use and natural resources management
	Caucasus
	Europe (including Eastern Europe)

Specialties of Thomas Dax:
land use, regional development, rural change, farming systems, mountain farming

Last update: 1/23/18
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