Dr. Desirée Daniel

Biography

Desirée Daniel is an adjunct researcher at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on sustainable land management, with a particular interest in resilience, social power dynamics, and the transformation of land tenure systems. She has experience working on small-scale farming livelihoods and the implications of digitalization and blockchain technology in shaping these systems. Her geographical research is particularly concerned with Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including projects that investigate power dynamics and their impact on resilience in farming communities in Trinidad and Tobago. Desirée holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Bonn, Germany, and an MSc in Geoinformatics from the University of Muenster, Germany. Her academic work aims to understand the role of digitalization in land management practices and to strengthen community resilience in the face of environmental challenges.

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