Spatialization of global inequalities, natures-cultures, planetary health, environmental justice, feminist and postcolonial science and technology studies, more-than-human geography, global health
Geographical Development Studies; Political Geography; Minorities and Migration Research; Sustainable Resource Utilization: irrigation, pasture management, high mountain research with focus in South and Central Asia.
Im/mobility, migration, labour, education; sustainablity, globalisation, transformation Social differences, inequality; Social theory; Specific country experience: Nepal, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Switzerland
Differential Development of Girls and Boys; Gender Stereotypes; Identity and Gender; Cognitive mechanisms; Independency versus interdependence cultures; Impact of the self on learning and development of interests in the context of school