Education
Participatory techiques are also valid in the classroom
Lectures: We contribute to the education of the students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in the field of tropical forestry and agroforestry. Lectures are given for the Department of Environmental Sciences for undergraduates (Autumn and Spring Semester) and post-graduate students (Autumn Semester). More info
Trainings: ForDev also organizes training sessions on participatory modelling, which are open to students, scientists or practitioners. More info
Internships: We also offer Bachelor and Master Thesis Research Projects in the countries were we work. If you want to do field work and research in the tropics, on the links between livelihoods and ecosystems, come talk to us. More info
Ciritcal thinking: limits and dangers of participatory approaches