Our team

Based at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich (Switzerland), we are a multi-disciplinary team of geographers, climate scientists and social scientists. We bring experience and expertise in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, climate policy advice and capacity building.

Alessandro Cicoira

Postdoctoral fellowship

Andreas Linsbauer

Senior scientist

Christian Huggel

Head of UZH team

Fabian Drenkhan

Research associate

Holger Frey

Senior scientist

Isabel Hagen

PhD student

Laura Niggli

PhD student

Manu Tom

Postdoctoral fellowship

Randy Muñoz

PhD student

Raphael Neukom

Academic associate

Saeid Ashraf Vaghefi

Academic associate

Simon Allen

Academic associate

Veruska Muccione

Senior scientist

Affiliated & Former researchers

Alina Motschmann

Affiliated researcher
Ashim Sattar

Ashim Sattar

Postdoctoral Researcher

Boris Orlowsky

Affiliated researcher

Christine Jurt

Affiliated researcher

Graham McDowell

Affiliated Researcher

Jan Baiker

Affiliated researcher

Luis Vicuña

Academic associate

Muhammad Azmat

Affiliated researcher

Nadia Castro

Affiliated researcher

Nadine Salzmann

Head of UNIFR team

Samuel Nussbaumer

Senior scientist