Werner Meyer's Page

What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

The risk of WW 3
The chances of conflict transformation

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I am a specialist in Geographical Information Science (MSc GIS) and work as a scientific collaborator in the GIS unit of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
Besides I study peace science at 3 places (see web links below)

What is your current country of residence?

Switzerland

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

JOB: Federal Statistical Office CH / Study: see links

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.transcend.org/

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/FRIEDEN/

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?

Peacebuilding

Which are your primary skills areas?

Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Geographical distribution of human development indicators and wars

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications

[Meyer, 2006] Werner Meyer Zeig mir die Achse des Bösen (SHOW ME THE AXIS OF EVIL). In: Strobl, J., T. Blaschke, G. Griesebner (Hrsg): Angewandte Geoinformatik 2006. Beiträge zum 18. AGIT-Symposium Salzburg, Wichmann-Verlag, Heidelberg.