Dr. Karin Zbinden Gysin

Profile

Dr. Karin Zbinden Gysin Dozentin für Sozialwissenschaften

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
    Fachbereich Agronomie
    Länggasse 85
    3052 Zollikofen

Activities

  • Rural Sociology

  • Social Science Methodology

  • Rural Sociology

  • Poverty and Development

  • Livelihoods

  • Social Science Methods

  • Participative Methods

  • Project Management and Evaluation

  • Inter- and Transcultural Research and Coaching

  • Inter- and Transcultural Competences in Cooperation

Teaching

  • Scientific Work

  • Agricultural and Forest Management in Mountain Areas

  • Interdisciplinary Projekt Natural Hazards, Forestry and Agriculture in Mountain Areas

  • People, Plants and Policies: Tropical Crops, Innovation and Macroperspectives in Agricultural Development

  • ield assignment: Preparing, planning and scientific reporting

  • Synthesis of Field Assignment and In-Depth Analysis of Core Topics

  • How to Feed ) Billion?

  • Rural Sociology and History

  • Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in a Professional Context

  • Leadership and Human Resources Management

  • CAS Culture and Communication in an Internationalen Context

  • Working in Development Contexts

  • Livestock Production and Research Methods for Development

  • Income Generation and Markets in Developing and Transition Countries

  • Projects and Policies: The Drivers of Innovation and Development

Research

  • Rural Sociology / Livelihoods

  • Identity and Transnationalism

  • Social Science Methods

  • Rural Sociology

  • Rural Development

  • Diversity and Inclusion

  • Project Evaluation

  • Curriculum Development

  • Transdisciplinary Research

  • Migration and Transnational Relations

CV

  • 2020- now Member of Hugo P. Cecchini Institute, HAFL BFH-HAFL
  • 2008 - now Lecturer in Social Sciences BFH-HAFL
  • 2005 - 2007 Research Associate Research Associate, Institute of Communication and Media Studies
  • 2003 / 2004 Editor and presenter iischers Radio, Brig
  • 1992 Care Assistant FMI Hospital Frutigen
  • 1988 - 2004 Primary School Teacher various local authorities, Canton of Bern
  • 2006 - 2009 PhD in Social Anthropology University of Bern
  • 2006 - 2009 Swiss Postgraduate Programme in Ethnology / Anthrpology University of Neuchâtel
  • 2000 - 2005 Lic. phil. Ethnology / Social Anthropology University of Bern
  • 1983 - 1988 Primary School Teacher State Teacher Training College, Thun
  • 2000–2005 Undergraduate studies in Communication and Media, University of Bern (subsidiary subject)
  • 2000–2005 Undergraduate studies in Geography, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern (subsidiary subject)
  • 2000 Guest student, Antropología e Archeología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
  • 1999 Guest student, Anthropology and Quechua, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 1998–1999 Guest student, French and Spanish, Université des Sciences Humaines, Faculté des Lettres, Strasbourg, France

Projects

Publications

Memberships

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French - Full professional proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish - Full professional proficiency
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • Ecuador
  • Guatemala
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Viet Nam
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Philippines
  • Benin
  • Niger
  • South Africa
  • Mongolia
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Mozambique
  • Moldova, Republic of