Centre for the Study of Regional Development
School of Social Sciences
Prof Marcus Nuesser & Dr Sussane Schmidt
South Asian Institute
Heidelberg University, Germany
To Speak On
Permafrost, Climate Hazard & Vulnerability in the Cold Desert of Ladakh and Trans-Himalaya
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
4.00 PM
Lecture Room -134, SSS-III
Prof. Dr. Marcus Nüsser is the Head of South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. His research focuses on the issues of human-environment interaction, landscape transformation and regional development processes in the high mountains of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. His research work stresses the importance of integrating environmental aspects and ecosystem dynamics into development processes, and building upon knowledge, adaptations, and managerial capabilities of local populations. He has also worked on vegetation patterns and floristic inventories. His seminal research on the glaciers of Nanga Parbat Massif and Ladakh on the Permafrost Processes, GLoFs, and Systems of Irrigation are highly acclaimed.
For additional info: marcus.nuesser@uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. Susanne Schmidt is a faculty in the Department of Geography, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on the themes related to: Human-Environment-Interaction in the High mountain regions, snow hydrology, snow ecology, and photogrammetry. She has been researching Ladakh for over a decade now.
For additional info: s.schmidt@uni-heidelberg.de