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Dr. Marcel Hunziker

Organisationseinheit:	Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaft Sozialwiss. Landschaftsforschung
Tel:	+41 44 7392 459
Fax:	+41 44 7392 215
Raum:	Bi HV F 04
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Adresse:	Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Marcel Hunziker

Academic Education

1991	University diploma in geography (with sociology and tourism research), University of Berne, Switzerland
2000	PhD at University of Zurich, Switzerland

Professional Experience

1989 - 1991	Research assistant at University of Bern, Institute of Geography
1991 - 1998	Scientist of the research group Landscape Development at WSL
1999 - 2006	Head of the section Landscape & Society at WSL
2006 -	Head of the group Social Sciences in Landscape Research at WSL

Research interests and recent projects

My research interests focus on the interactions between people and landscape as well as nature. Thus, the latest research projects, in which I have been actively involved as project manager, supervisor and/or researcher, are:

Influencing use conflicts in outdoor areas by experimental interventions, (COST Action E33 "Forrest Recreation“)
: social science part of the project BiodiverCity of the National Research Program "Sustainable Development of the Built Environment" (NRP 54)
Conflicting Expectations and Objectives Regarding the Development of Alpine Landscapes, (NRP-48 "Landscapes and habitats in the Alps")
BioScene - Scenarios for reconciling biodiversity conservation with declining agricultural use in the mountains of Europe (EU-FP5)
Acceptance of the return of predators