Education
Bohle studied at the University of Göttingen from 1968-1974, and conducted Doctor of Philosophy research in Madras, India from 1976-1977, gaining his Promotion (1979) and Habilitation (1985) from that university.
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Hans-Georg Bohle
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Career
He was Lecturer and Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at Göttingen from 1977-1986, then relocated to the Department for Cultural Geography, University of Freiburg as Professor, until 1995. From 1995-2004 he was Professor and Chair for Geography of South Asia at the University of Heidelberg, and from 2004 until his retirement in 2013, Professor and Chair for Cultural Geography and Development Geography at the Geography Department, University of Bonn. In 2005 he was appointed a Munich Re Foundation Chair on Social Vulnerability, United Nations University-Environmental Health & Safety. Bohle was internationally known for his important contributions to human vulnerability research.
His basic work on the concept of social vulnerability in the context of poverty, hunger, water crises and health burdens in developing countries has become an integral part of disaster and risk research in the social sciences.
He later focused on vulnerability, adaptation, resilience and human security in relation to global environmental change. His regional focus was on South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka).
Bohle served on the Steering Committee of GECHS (Global Environmental Change and Human Security) and on the International Scientific Advisory Board of GECAFS (Global Environmental Change and Food Systems). 2007 Leben mit Risiko: Resilience als neues Paradigma für die Risikowelten von morgen, In: Felgentreff, C. und Glade, T. (eds), Naturrisiken und Sozialkatastrophen.
Achievements
Membership
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Academia Europaea.
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Nationality
Germany