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Image of Bichsel Christine 1 Bichsel Christine

Academic Degree: Dr. phil. nat.

Organisation: Swiss Peace Foundation

Address: Swiss Peace Foundation, Sonnenbergstrasse 17, P.O. Box, 3000 Berne 7 / Switzerland,
Tel. (office); +41 31 330 12 12 (secretariat)
Fax: +41 31 330 12 13

E-mail: cbichsel@yahoo.com

Position at swisspeace: Alumna

Field experience: Nepal, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Singapore

Languages: German; French; English; Chinese; Russian; Kyrgyz

Further professional interests: Postsocialist studies, labour migration

Areas of professional focus: Ethnography of development and aid, peace and conflict research with a focus on natural resource conflicts, irrigation, border studies


Publications
Year Title
2007 Bright future blues: Development aid workers and technologies of the self in southern Kyrgyzstan.
2007 Linkages Between Sub-national and International Water Conflicts: the Eastern Nile Basin
2006 „The secret service is looking for you“. Researching Conflict in Central Asia.
2006 Dangerous Divisions: Irrigation Disputes and Conflict Transformation in the Ferghana Valley
2006 Managing competing demands for water: case studies from Central Asia
2006 Zaghafte Neuorientierung in Kadamschai
2005 In search of harmony: Repairing infrastructure and social relations in the Ferghana Valley
2005 Should I buy a cow or a TV?
2004 Mitigating Water Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan
2004 Repairing canals – water conflicts & the politics of infrastructure in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan.
2003 Trickling Down or Spilling Over? Exploring the Links Between International and Sub-national Water Conflicts in the Eastern Nile and Syr Daria Basin



 

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