The Associate Editors are responsible for management of MRD activities, production, and communication, and are in charge of the MountainDevelopment, MountainResearch, MountainNotes, and MountainPlatform sections. They support the Editors-in-Chief with regard to MRD’s strategic orientation.
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
MountainDevelopment, MountainAgenda, MountainPlatform
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
MountainResearch
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
MountainResearch
The Topic Editors oversee the review and revision process for manuscripts within their specific topic and make decision recommendations for the attention of the Associate Editors and Editors-in-Chief. They also help to promote the journal among their networks and encourage submissions from their field.
Practical Action Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal and University College London, United Kingdom
Governance, Institutions, and Society
Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, New Delhi, India
Economy and Livelihoods
Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Yerba Buena, Argentina
Land Use, Biodiversity, and Ecosystems
Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan
Climate Change, Cryosphere, Natural Hazards and Risks
The International Editorial Board comprises acknowledged experts from the science and development communities. They ensure high-quality preliminary reviews, advise MRD on its thematic orientation, and help to shape and disseminate MRD as the key, internationally acknowledged, peer-reviewed mountain journal.
Divecha Centre for Climate change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Extremes and NOVA-City Programs, Office of the Director, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Centre for Mountain Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, Perth College, Perth, Scotland, UK
School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Afromontane Research Unit, Qwaqwa Campus, University of the Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Faculty of Landscape and Society (LANDSAM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Ethiopia Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
UNIMONT - University of Milan, Center of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas, Edolo, Italy
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
Yunnan University, School of Ethnology and Sociology, Kunming, China
Centre for Digital Development, School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Forestry Division, Rome, Italy (retired)
Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Human Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Swiss Foundation for Landscape Conservation (SL-FP), Bern, Switzerland
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), Canmore, Canada
United Nations Environment Programme, Vienna Programme Office, Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, Vienna, Austria
Department of Geography, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Centre for Training and Integrated Research in ASAL Development (CETRAD), Nanyuki, Kenya
Environment Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Institute of Environmental Geosciences (IGE), Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN), Quito, Ecuador
Department of Geography, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research and Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Faculty of Geoscience and Environment, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards Research Unit, Climate change, Extreme events and natural hazards in mountain regions Research Center CERC, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Centre for Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS), UNU-EHS & Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy
Institute for Regional Development, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Andean Initiative, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) Office, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland, and Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Geography and Afromontane Research Unit, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) South East Asia, Kunming, China
Sustainable Land Systems Impact Area, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland
Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) and University of Bern, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The International Mountain Society (IMS) promotes research on mountains and knowledge for mountain development by publishing Mountain Research and Development. IMS institutional members are represented by individuals who serve as a link between MRD and their institutional networks and transfer MRD knowledge to policy debates.
MRI, Switzerland
CONDESAN, Peru
CIRM, Switzerland
ARU, South Africa
Andean Initiative, Peru
FoLAP, Switzerland
UNIMONT, Italy
IGF/ÖAW, Austria
GLOMOS, Germany and Italy
ICIMOD, Nepal
CDE, Switzerland
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