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Christine Jurt
Dr. Christine JurtSenior Researcher
HAFL Zollikofen
Länggasse 85
CH-3052 Zollikofen
Switzerland
Phone2: +41 (0) 31 910 22 03
Fax: +41 (0) 31 910 22 99
E-mail: christine.jurt(at)bfh.ch
URL Institution: www.hafl.bfh.ch/
Key Publications of Christine Jurt (up to ten) :
Jurt, C., Hidalgo Burga, M.D., Vicuña, L., Huggel C., Orlove, B. (2015). Local Perceptions in Climate Change Debates: Insights from Case Studies in the Alps and the Andes. Climatic Change. 10.1007/s10584-015-1529-5.
Jurt, C., Brugger, J. Dunbar, K.W., Milch, K., Orlove, B., (2015) Cultural Values of Glaciers. In: C. Huggel, M. Carey, J. J. Clague and A. Kääb (eds.) The High-Mountain Cryosphere. Environmental Changes and Human Risks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Jurt, C., Häberli, I., Rossier, R. (2015). Transhumance Farming in Swiss Mountains: Adapta-tion to a Changing Environment. Mountain Research and Development 35(1):57-65. 2015 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00022.1.
Huggel, C. Scheel, M., Albrecht, F., Andres, N., Calanca, P., Jurt, C., Khabarov, N., Mira-Salama, D., Rohrer, M., Salzmann, N., Silva,Y., Silvestre, E., Vicuña, L., and M. Zappa (2015). A framework for the science contribution in climate adaptation: Experiences from science-policy processes in the Andes, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.11.007.
Dunbar, K.W., Brugger, J., Jurt, C., Orlove B., (2012) Comparing knowledge of and experience with climate change across three glaciated mountain regions. In: A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha (eds.), Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity & Action, Practical Action Publishers, London.
Expertise of Christine Jurt:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering | |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Water | |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
| Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
| Regionalization / Globalization | |
| Topic Society | Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation |
| Organisations / Institutions | |
| Employment / Social Security / Poverty | |
| Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes | |
| Education / Communication / Participation | |
| Topic Culture/History | Ethics / Cultural Values |
| Topic Sustainability | Social Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Recent / Today | |
| Future | |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires | |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives | |
| Data Analysis | |
| Literature Study | |
| Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building | |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Africa |
| Europe (including Eastern Europe) | |
| Latin America |
Specialties of Christine Jurt:
Ethnographic approaches in the context of interdisciplinary projects
Contextualization of models and (technical) adaptation measures (e.g. early warning systems among others)
Last update: 5/9/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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