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Pascale Hofmann, Course Co-Director and Lecturer of MSc Environment and Sustainable Development
Pascale Hofmann has several years of experience as an environmental
planner conducting research, project work and teaching. Her work is particularly
focusing on participatory environmental planning and management for sustainable
development in urban and peri-urban areas, with experience in Egypt, India,
Mexico and Europe.
Before joining the DPU she worked for Groundwork (UK environmental charity)
on local, regional and international projects for sustainable development
with particular emphasis on community participation. Previous experience
was gained in different planning studios in Germany dealing with urban
and regional issues of environmental planning and landscape architecture.
She is the co-editor of DPU News and a member of the beacon for IV World
Water Forum cross-cutting perspective dealing with institutional development
and political processes.
Appointments:
• 2005-06 Acting Course Director, MSc Environment and Sustainable
Development
• 2004 Lecturer and Researcher, DPU
• 2003 Research and Teaching Assistant, DPU
• 2000-2003 Community and Landscape Planner for Groundwork Southwark
with various short-term assignments for Groundwork’s regional and
national trust.
• 2000 Member of the coordination and implementation team for the
Hanover Conference 2000 for Sustainable Cities
Research:
• 2005 – Synthesis study on peri-urban interface knowledge
(DFID). Principal researcher for the focus on reuse of urban waste.
• 2003-05 Mexico, India, Tanzania, Egypt and Venezuela. Water management
governance in the peri-urban interface (DFID). Principal researcher in
a three year research project on governance regimes of water management
to improve the livelihoods of the poor, enhance sustainability and strengthen
institutional capacity in the peri-urban interface of metropolitan regions.
Publications and reports:
• 2005 “Water and Sanitation Services for the Peri-urban
Poor: Guidelines for policy-makers and practitioners in metropolitan areas”,
(with Adriana Allen, Julio Dávila). DFID KaR Research Report, London.
• 2004 “Access to water supply and sanitation services (WSS)
– of low-income households in the peri-urban interface of developing
countries”, Paper prepared for the research project Service Provision
Governance in the Peri-urban Interface of Metropolitan Areas, funded by
DFID.
• 2004 Governance and access to water and sanitation in the metropolitan
fringe: an overview of five case studies (with Adriana Allen and Julio
Dávila), paper presented at Urban Governance, diversity and social
action in cities of the South, N-Aerus Annual Conference, 15 – 16
September 2004, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2002 How can sustainable development be achieved in the context
of foreign assistance? The case of GTZ, MSc Dissertation.
Languages: English, German, Italian, French, basic Spanish
E-mail address:p.hofmann@ucl.ac.uk
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