Autor/-in: Andreas Gruschke

From 2004 to 2012 Andreas Gruschke was a postdoc researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 586 "Difference and Integration", affiliated to the University of Leipzig and to the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ. He earned a doctorate in Development Geography at the University of Leipzig (2009). He worked as a scientific employee at the Oriental Institute of Leipzig University with expertise in social geography, development geography, anthropology and Sinotibetan studies. His research fields include: social and cultural geography of China and Tibet, socio-economic transformations and livelihood security of nomadic societies under conditions of social, political and ecological change, vulnerability and livelihood security of rural areas in Western China, sustainable development and assessment of political interventions in rangeland areas. At present, Andreas Gruschke is an affiliated guest professor at Sichuan University, working at the Institute of Social Development & Western China Development Studies in Chengdu, China.