Ingrid Nyborg

Partners: Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP - Baltistan) and Karakorum International University (KIU- Gilgit/Baltistan)

Topics: REDD – Local forest management systems and policy

mechanisms – Case study Northern Areas of Pakistan High Mountain resource management and climate change

Local adaptation to climate change in the Himalayas – changing livelihood patterns?

Mountain resources – medicinal plants, forests and forest plantations, watershed management, glaciers,

Energy analysis, solar, hydro, biofuel, fuel efficient stoves…

See: High Altitude Integrated Natural Resource Management Program (HAINRM – Noragric web pages)

Partner: CIIT, Abbottabad Public-private partnerships in

development Use of SMS-technology to support small-

farmer marketing (Telenor and Aga Khan Rural Support Program)

Has this new technology had any impact on small farmers? In what ways? Gendered impacts? Winners and losers? Ethical issues?

Partner: Comsats University, Abbottabad (CIIT)

Sustainable water, sanitation, health and development Interdisciplinary MSc program, 23 students Participatory approaches to technology

development, links to health and development

Possibility to focus on post-earthquake, post-conflict areas

Partners: CIIT, Abbotabad; Norwegian Police College Human security in post-conflict contexts

Security-development nexus, competing discourses (military, police, humanitarian, development)

Post-war/conflict development and security reform Livelihood security and peace-building Livelihoods and livelihood revival in post-conflict

contexts Gender issues in post-conflict contexts (UN resolution

1325) IDPs, Afghan refugeesCan link with the Conflict, Human Security and

Development Cluster (CHSD).