Dr. Ralph Lugon

Position

• Scientific coordinator, Swiss National Science Foundation Project 2011 - 2013, Glacial archaeology in Valais, Swiss Alps

http://www.glacialarchaeology.com/

Office: 329.1

Phone: +41 26 300 xx xx / Fax: +41 26 300 97 46

Email: ralph DOT lugon AT unifr DOT ch

Personal Homepage : http://www.unifr.ch/geosciences/geographie/lugon

Please contact me via email to fix an appointment

• Providing consultancy services and environmental assessment to the private sector, public administration and non-governmental organisations, from the municipal to the national level
• Collaboration with engineering and environmental consulting firms, biologists, land use experts, communication experts
• Collaboration with political scientists, economists, experts in development studies, social scientists, historians, archaeologists

• 1993-1997 : Was awarded scholarship for PhD from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) in the National Research Programme 31 “Climate Change and Natural Hazardsâ€�

• Present: Institut de Tourisme, Sierre. Conducting studies and consultancy services in the tourism sector / Geography Unit, University of Fribourg. Glacial archaeology project in the Valais, Swiss Alps. http://www.glacialarchaeology.com/
• 2009-2010 - The Graduate Institute of International and Development studies, Geneva. Developed and conducted capacity building activities and multi-stakeholder dialogues on climate services for adaptation and decision-making, in the context of the World Climate Conference 3 (WCC-3) hosted by the World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva (31.08-4.09.2009). http://graduateinstitute.ch/
• 2001-2008: Institut universitaire Kurt Bösch, Bramois/Sion. Conducted research projects on climate change impacts in high mountain areas, glaciers and permafrost zone.
• 1999-2003: Hintermann & Weber ltd, environmental consulting firm, Montreux. Designed, managed and conducted nature conservation projects, land-use planning, biodiversity monitoring, natural hazard and natural resources management programmes for the private sector, local NGOs and public bodies, from the municipal to the national level. http://www.hintermannweber.ch/aktuell/aktuell_f.php

• Lugon R., Stoffel M. - 2010. Rock glacier dynamics and frequency-magnitude relationships of debris-flows activity in a high elevation watershed : Ritigraben, Swiss Alps, Global and Planetary Change 73, 202-210. pdf

• Wiegandt E., Lugon R. - 2008. Challenges of living with glaciers in the Swiss Alps, past and present. In: Ben Orlove, Ellen Wiegandt and Brian Luckman (eds), The Darkening Peaks : Glacial Retreat in Scientific and Social Context, University of California Press, Berkeley, 33-48. Download pre-publication draft pdf text pdf notes

• Lambiel, C., Delaloye, R., Strozzi, T., Lugon, R. et Raetzo, H. - 2008. ERS InSAR for assessing rock glacier activity. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1: 1019-1025.pdf.

• Lugon R., Delaloye R., Serrano E., Reynard E., Lambiel C., González-Trueba J.-J. - 2004. Permafrost and Little Ice Age Glaciers Relationships, Posets Massif, Central Pyrennes, Spain, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 15, 207-220.pdf

• Lugon R., Delaloye R. - 2001 : Modelling alpine permafrost distribution, Val de Réchy, Valais Alps (Switzerland), Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography, Vol. 55., 245-252.

• Lugon R., Gardaz J.-M., Vonder Mühll D. - 2000: The partial collapse of the Dolent glacier moraine (Swiss Alps, Mont Blanc Range), Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Bd. 222, 191-208.

• Lugon R., Monbaron M. - 1998 : Stabilité des terrains meubles en zone de pergélisol et changements climatiques. Deux études de cas en Valais: le Ritigraben (Mattertal) et la moraine du Dolent (Val Ferret). Rapport scientifique final pour le Programme national de recherche 31 (PNR 31), vdf Horschulverlag, ETH Zürich, 110 p. Download pre-publication draft in French pdf

• Rebetez M., Lugon R., Baeriswyl P.-A. - 1997 : Climatic change and debris flows in high mountain regions : the case study of the Ritigraben torrent (Swiss Alps), Climatic Change, Vol. 36, Nos 3-4, 371-389.pdf

• Water management – 2010 to 2012. Proposal for the setting up of a Centre of Competence for Water, Canton of Valais, consortium of four consulting and engineering firms. Client: Service des Forêts et du Paysage (Forestry and Landscape Service), Canton of Valais.

• Environmental governance – 2009 to 2010. Workshops and multi-stakeholder dialogues on climate services for decision-making, organized at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Client: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, International Affairs Division.

http://graduateinstitute.ch/cig/CIGhome/climate_fr.html Download executive summary pdf

• Conference – 2009. Organised the International Conference on “Environmental Change and Its Impact on Human Societiesâ€�, 8-9 October 2009, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Event organised under the aegis of the newly endowed Chair for Environmental Economics funded by Mr. André Hoffmann. 150 participants, 15 speakers.

http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/bypass/lang/en/institute/news?newsId=77332

• Natural hazard in mountain permafrost zone – 2008. Slope instabilities in permafrost zones, Canton of Valais. Client : Programme de coopération territoriale France-Suisse INTERREG IIIA. Download report in French:

http://www.institut-montagne.org/IMG/pdf/Volet1_RLugon.pdf

• Geological heritage inventory project – 2003. Identifying the geological values of the Valais territory for improved conservation and management. Client: Service des Forêts et du Paysage (Forestry and Landscape Service), Canton of Valais.

• Biodiversity Monitoring – 1999 to 2003. Birds survey and biodiversity indicator development to measure species diversity in landscapes and habitats. Client: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment.

http://www.biodiversitymonitoring.ch/en/home.html

• Communication and public relations – 1999 to 2003. Fondation Nature et Economie. Communication and promotion of the ideas of the foundation, i.e. natural landscaping of industrial zones, and management of the certification process. Client: Association suisse des sables et graviers and Erdgas, both professional associations.

http://www.natureeteconomie.ch/

• Environmental Impact Studies for landscape and species conservation – 2001. Ski-lifts modernisation in Jaman ski resort, Montreux municipality. Propositions for compensation measures for the conservation of an important population of black grouse, Tetrao Tetrix. Client: Golden Pass Services, Montreux Riviera Transports.

• Géotopes du Valais. Lugon R., Reynard E., Fuchs C. – 2003. Géotopes du Canton du Valais, mandat du service des forêts et du paysage, Etat du Valais. Télécharger le rapport pdf. Télécharger le résumé du rapport publié dans le Bulletin de la Murithienne. pdf.

• Patrimoine culturel et blocs erratiques en Valais – 2006. pdf

• Géodiversité – 2005. pdf