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Michael Epprecht is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Bern and Head of the Country Office in the Lao PDR for the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE). His work focuses on socio-economic development, poverty analysis, science-policy engagement, and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Based in Vientiane, he leads research initiatives on land acquisitions, agricultural commercialization, and their impacts on rural communities.
- Institution: University of Bern (CDE Lao Country Office)
- Research Focus: Land-based investments, human well-being, carbon emissions from land use
- Projects: Lao Knowledge for Development (K4D), Pha Khao Lao, Land for Life in Laos
- Field Experience: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritania
His recent publications analyze the spatio-temporal impacts of land deals, proletarianization in agrarian transitions, and carbon emissions from land acquisitions. A 2022 study in World Development examines precarization pathways in Laos, while 2021 work in Global Environmental Change evaluates human well-being trajectories linked to land investments.
