- Current Activity
- Carmen de Jong is Professor of Geography at the Mountain Centre, Université de Savoie, France since 2006 and was Scientific Director of the Mountain Institute from 2006-2009. She holds the MA degree in Physical Geography fro the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1989), a PhD in Physical Geography from the free University of Berlin (1993) and a habilitation in Geography from the University of Bonn, Germany (2005). Her main research areas cover sustainable development in mountain areas and bridging the gap between researchers, policy makers, stakeholders and media from the local to international level. Her work focusses on integrated management of high altitude resources under concerns of hydrological extremes, natural hazards, climate change, tourism, winter sports, agriculture, ICT and climate neutrality. She compiled a comphrehensive report on Climate Neutral Land Use and Nutrition in the Alps for the pilot study "Climate Neutral Alpine Region by 2050" for the Bavarian Ministry of Environment under the guidance of the Wuppertal Institute of Climate, Environment and Energy in 2009. The promotion of stakeholder networks assembling local knowledge on climate and anthropogenic change is an important part of her work. She coordinated the EU project Alp-Water-Scarce and participated in ClimAlpTour between 2008-2010. Between 2009 and 2011 she was President of Cryospheric Sciences at the European Geosciences Union. Currently, she is European Co-Chair of the Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Sciences (2011-2013), Steering Committe Member of the European Dialogue Platform on Climate Change Adaptatioin and the Water and Energy Nexus of the EWP and Scientific Advirsory Commitee Member of IAHS Pridctions in Ungauged Basins. Her teaching experience covers a wide range of issues from water management, water scarcity, climatology, natural risks, geomorphology tourism and economic opportunities in mountains and and arid regions.
- Education
- 2006
Qualification as Professor in the French Higher Education System in Geography, Section23, CNU (Nationl University Council), Paris, France
- 2005
Habilitation in Geography, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany
- 1993
PhD in Physical Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences, FU Berlin, Germany
- 1991
M.A. Honours Degree in Physical Geography, Geography Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
- Career
- since 2009
Professor, Montain Centre, University of Savoy, France
- 2008 — 2010
Initiator and Coordinatior of the Alpine Space Interreg Project Alp.Water Scarce (Water Management Strategies against Water Carcity in the Alps)
- 2008 — 2010
Workpackage leader in the Alpine Space Interreg Project ClimAlpTour (Climate Change and its impacts on tourism in the alpine space)
- 2007 — 2009
Director of the UMS CNRS "Mountains" (Interdisciplinary Platform for applied mountain research of the French National Centre for Scientific Research)
- 2007 — 2009
co-Chair, UNESCO Chair for Water Resources (with the University of Irkutsk, Russia)
- 2006 — 2009
Professor and Scientific Director, Mountain Institute, University of Savoy, France
- 2005 — 2006
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Geography and Management, University of Strasburg, France
- 2002 — 2006
Scientific assistant, lecturer and leader of subproject B2 Hydrology (MNFBF) GLOWA-IMPETUS Morocco, Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany
- 2000 — 2002
Guest Lecturer, Institute of Geo-ecology, University of Potsdam, Germany
- 1999
Visiting Scientist, (research semester), Institute of Environmental Sciences and Soil Science, University of Lleida, Spain
- 1998 — 2002
Project Leader and Lecturer, Institute of Geographical Sciences, FU Berlin, Germany
- 1995
DFG Postdoc, WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- 1994
Scientific Assistant, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany
- 1991 — 1993
PhD student, Institute of Geographical Sciences, FU Berlin, Germany
- 1989 — 1990
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Geography Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
- Awards
- 2011
Scholarship of the German Scholars Organization for "Building Bridges-Top Researchers for Germany, Top Research in Germany", Berlin, Germany
- 1996
Scholarship for the Habilitation of the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU)
- 1994
Postdoctoral scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 1994
Lausanne Price of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and International Association of Hydrogeology (IAH) for the PhD thesis in the section Geology, Applied Geology, Hydrology and Hydrogeology.
- 1991 — 1993
Scholarship of the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
- 1986
Geography Price, Dover College, England
- 1986
Distinction in Geography "S" level
- Memberships
- since 2011
Member of the Steering Committee, European Dialogue on climate change adaptation and the Water and Energy Nexus, European Water Partnership, Brussels, Belgium
- since 2011
LISDAR (Liechtenstein Congress for Sustainable Development and Responsible Investment)
- since 2011
Scientific Advisory Committee Member of IAHS (International Association of Hdrological Sciences), Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), Putting PUB into Practice, Canmore, Canada
- 2011 — 2013
European Co-Chair, Gordon REsearch Conferences, Catchment Sciences, Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry, USA
- since 2008
Member of the Science Committee of the Federation of Lake Annecy, Annecy, France
- 2007 — 2009
President of Cryospheric Sciences, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- since 2004
Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
- since 2004
Member of IEMSS (International Environmental Modelling and Software Society)
- since 2001
Member of MRI (Mountain Research Initiative), Berne, Switzerland
- 2001 — 2006
Member of the EAF (European Academy for Women in Politics and Economy), Berlin, Germany
- since 1997
Member, German Working Group on High Mountain Ecology
- 1993 — 2003
Member, EGS (European Geophysical Society)
- since 1992
Member, IAHS (International Association of Hydrological Sciences)
- Reviewer Services
- 2012
Expert reviewer for the 2012 IPCC Report "Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption". Working Groups I and II
- since 1993
Reviewer for various Research- and Environmental Foundations, Organisations and Ministries in Europe and Near East
- since 1993
Reviewer for 20 different journals in Hydrology, Water Management, Mountains, Agriculture and Geomorphology
Droege, P., & de Jong, C. (2016, 7.06. - 10.06.2016). Creating Resilient Landscapes to Floods and Droughts in the European Alps via Citizen Science Diagnostics. 1st conference on Citizen Observatories for Water Management, Venice, Italy.
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