Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Bohle

Title

Professor of Cultural Geography and Development Geography

Departments

Department of Geography at Bonn University

Biography

Professor Hans-Georg Bohle joined the Geography Department of Bonn University in 2004, having been a Professor of South Asian Geography previously at Heidelberg University (1995-2004) and a Professor of Human Geography at Freiburg University (1986-1995).

He was appointed Foundation Chairholder on "Social Vulnerability" by the Munich Re Foundation at United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) at Bonn for the period 2005-2010.

He was awarded the Graf-von-Linden-Medaille of the "Gesellschaft für Erd- und Völkerkunde zu Stuttgart e.V." in recognition of his merits in the field of Human Geography in February 2007.

He was elected as member of the "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina" in February 2007.

He is the author/editor of "Bewässerung und Gesellschaft im Cauvery-Delta" (Steiner 1981), "Südindische Wochenmarktsysteme" (Steiner 1986), "Coping with Vulnerability and Criticality" (Breitenbach Publishers 1993 with T.Downing, J.O. Field and F.N. Ibrahim), "Worlds of Pain and Hunger" (Breitenbach Publishers 1993), "Ernährungssicherung in Südasien" (Steiner 1997, with E.Graner, M.Heitkötter and M.Mayer), "Südasien: Herausforderung des Globalisierungsprozesses" (Steiner 2000) and "Food Crisis in Nepal" (Adroit Publishers 1999, with J. Adhikari). Professor Bohle's teaching is focused on concepts in development geography, rural development in South Asia, famine and food systems, conflict research , and the political ecology of food, water and violence.

Professor Hans-Georg Bohle is member of the Academia Europaea, member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the ESSP programme GECAFS, member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the IHDP core programme GECHS, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Committee on Disaster Prevention DKKV, member of the IGU Taskforce on Vulnerability, member of the ICSU Committee on Disaster Research CDR, member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Swiss NCCR-North-South, and member of the Indo-German Consultative Group. He is on the editorial board of Studies in Development Geography (founder-editor), Die Erde, and Internationales Asienforum.

Research interests and areas of supervision

1. Social vulnerability
2. Food systems in South Asia and North Africa
3. Conflict and violence in Sri Lanka
4. Megacities in South Asia
5. Environment and Health in India

Selected recent publications

• (2007) with Fünfgeld, H.: The Political Ecology of Violence: Contested Entitlements and Politicised Livelihoods in Eastern Sri Lanka, In: Development and Change, Vol. 38 (4), pp. 665-687
   
• (2007) Geographies of Violence and Vulnerability. An Actor-Oriented Analysis of the Civil War in Sri Lanka, In: Erdkunde 61, (H.2),  pp. 129-146.
   
• (2006) with Kleine, D., Kulke, E. et al.: Research assessment and the production of geographical knowledge, In: Progress in Human Geography 30 (6), pp. 747-782

• (2006) with O'Brien, K.: The Discourse on Human Security: Implications and Relevance for Climate Change Research. A Review Article, In: Die Erde, Jg. 137, H. 3 , pp. 155-163
   
• (2006) Climate Change and Human Security. Special Issue of Die Erde, Jg. 137, 2006, edited by H.-G. Bohle
   
• (2006) Vulnerability, Human Security and Resilience in Rapidly Growing Urban Areas, In: Kraas, F., Wuyi, W., Krafft, T. (eds.), Global Change, Urbanization and Health. China Meteorological Press, Beijing, pp. 187-195
   
• (2006) Geographische Entwicklungsforschung. In: Gebhardt, H. et al.(eds.), Geographie. Physische Geographie und Humangeographie. Elsevier/Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 797-815
   
• (2006) with Glaser, R., Lechner, M., Sauerborn, R., Louis, V., Sakdapolrak, P.: Wasserkrisen in der Megacity Chennai/Südindien. In: Gebhardt, H. et al. (eds.), Geographie. Physische Geographie und Humangeographie. Elsevier/Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 1009-1014
   
• (2006) with Glaser, R. et al.: Chennai: Umweltkrise und Gesundheitsrisiken in einer indischen Megacity, In: Planet Erde. Band 2: Asien, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, pp. 209-216
   
• (2006) Soziales oder unsoziales Kapital? Das Konzept von Sozialkapital in der Geographischen Verwundbarkeitsforschung, In: Geographische Zeitschrift, 93. Jg. 2005, H. 2, pp.65-81
   
• (2005) with O'Brien, K. et al.: Hurricane Katrina Reveals Challenges to Human Security. In: AVISO, Bulletin on Global Environmental Change and Human Security, 14, pp. 1-8
   
• (2005) with Brklacich, M.: Assessing Human Vulnerability to Golbal Climate Change. In: Ehlers, E. und Krafft, T. (eds.), Earth System Science in the Anthropocene, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
   
• (2005) Umwelt und Gesundheit als geographisches Integrationsthema. In: Müller-Mahn, D. u. Wardenga, U. (eds.), Möglichkeiten und Grenzen integrativer Forschungsansätze in Physischer Geographie und Humangeographie, forum ifl(2), Leipzig
   
• (2004) Vom Wasserkonflikt zur Wasserkrise. Der Niedergang eines südindischen Deltas. In: Geographische Rundschau 56 (12): 40-45
   
• (2004) Indien heute. In Geographie heute, 221/222, 25, 2-4.
   
• (2004) Geographien von Gewalt. Kulturgeographische Interpretation des Bürgerkrieges auf Sri Lanka. In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 148 (2), 22-29.
   
• (2003) with Watts, M.: Verwundbarkeit, Sicherheit und Globalisierung.
  In: Gebhardt, H., Reuber, P. und Wolkersdorfer, G. (Hrsg.): Kulturgeographie - Aktuelle Ansätze und Entwicklungen. Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 67-82.
   
• (2003) Land Degradation and Human Security. In: Plate, E. et al. (eds.): Environment and Human Security. Workshop Report, United Nations University Research and Training Centre. Bonn, 3/1-3/6
   
• (2003) Natural Disasters and Migration. In: Deutsches Komitee für Katastrophenvorsorge, Schriftenreihe des DKKV 28, Jahresbericht 2002, Bonn, pp.14-15.
   
• (2002) with Adhikari, J.: The Metropolitan Food System of Kathmandu - Conceptual Considerations and Empirical Evidence. In: Die Erde, Jg. 133, H. 4, pp. 401-421.
   
• (2002) Editorial: The Geography of Vulnerable Food Systems, In: Die Erde 133 (4), 341-344.
   
• (2002) Zeitbombe Bevölkerungswachstum. Wie viele Menschen
  verträgt die Erde ? In: Ehlers, E. and H. Leser (eds.): Geographie heute - für die Welt von morgen. Gotha, 19-26.
   
• (2002) The Geography of Food Systems. Special Issue Die Erde,
  (133), (ed. by H-G. Bohle)
   
• (2002) Food Security, In: Encyclopaedia on Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier Publishers.
   
• (2002) Vulnerability. Special issue of Geographica Helvetica, (57),
  (ed. by H.-G. Bohle)
   
• (2002) Vulnerability: Introduction to the Special Issue. In: Geographica Helvetica, (57), 2-3.