HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Prof. Dr. Marcus Nüsser

Prof. Dr. Marcus Nüsser has been at the  Heidelberg University since 2006. He is concerned with topics relating to socio-hydrology as a result of changes in the cryosphere, landscape change, and regional development processes in high mountain regions, particularly in the Himalayas and the Alps. In his work, he emphasizes the importance of integrating environmental aspects and ecosystem dynamics into development processes and building the knowledge, adaptation, and management skills of the local population. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Mountain Research and Development (since 2003) and Erdkunde (since 2015), the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mountain Science (since 2005), and has been appointed as Series Editor of the Book Series Asian Human-Environmental Research published by Springer Academic Publishers (since 2009).