Publications and presentations by Rupert Friederichsen

Articles in peer reviewed journals

Neef, A., Friederichsen, R., Neubert, D. (2007, forthcoming)
Juggling multiple roles or falling between all stools? Insider action research in a collaborative agricultural research program in Southeast Asia. Sociologus. 1/2007.

Wezel, A., Steinmüller, N., Friederichsen, J., R. (2002)
Slope position effects on soil fertility and crop productivity and implications for soil conservation in upland north-west Vietnam. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 91 (1-3): 113-126.

Book chapters

Neubert, D., Neef, A. Friederichsen, R. (2007, forthcoming)
Interaktive Methoden: Erfahrungen mit der Verwendung von „Participatory Rural Appraisal“ (PRA) in der Forschung [Interactive Methods: Experiences with Using "Participatory Rural Appraisal" in Scientific Research]. In: Gabriele Cappai (Ed.) Methoden der Sozialforschung unter der Bedingung kultureller Fremdheit. [Methods of Social Research under the Condition of Cultural Difference] Lit Verlag Hamburg, Berlin, Münster

Neef, A., Friederichsen, R., Ekasingh, B., Neubert, D., Heidhues, F. and N.T. Dang (2006)
Participatory research for sustainable development in Vietnam and Thailand: From a static to an evolving concept. In: Heidhues, F. et al. (eds.) Sustainable land use in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia: Meeting the challenges of ecological, socio economic and cultural diversity. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo.

Wezel, A., Luibrand, A., Friederichsen, J.P., Le Quoc Thanh (2004)
Resource use, soil fertility and soil conservation in upland north-west Vietnam. In: Breckle, S.-W., Schweizer, B., Fangmeier, A. (eds.). Results of worldwide ecological studies. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium of the A.F.W. Schimper-Foundation, 23.-25. Oktober 2002, Hohenheim, Germany, Verlag Günter Heimbach, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 71-85.

Neef, A., Friederichsen, J. R, Chapika Sangkapitux and Nguyen Thi Thac (2003)
Sustainable Livelihoods in mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam: From Technology-oriented to People-centered concepts, In: Xu Jianchu and S. Mieksell (eds): Landscapes of diversity: Indigenous knowledge, sustainable livelihoods and resource governance in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the III Symposium on MMSEA, 25-28 August 2002 (pp. 495-506) Lijiang, People's Republic of China. Yunnan Science and Technology Press, Kunming, .


Conference presentations

Friederichsen, R., Neubert, D., Nguyen The Dang (2006)
Transfer of Technology in new clothes? Translating participatory research into Vietnamese reality. Paper presented at the International Symposium “Towards Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions”, in Chiang Mai, 7-9 March 2006.

Nguyen Duy Linh, Friederichsen, R., Neef, A. (2006)
The challenge of coordinating rural service provision and bridging the farmer/extensionist interface in northern upland Vietnam. Paper presented at the International Symposium “Towards Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions”, in Chiang Mai, 7-9 March 2006.

Wezel, A., Luibrand, A., Friederichsen, J. R., Le Quoc Thanh (2006)
Soil fertility, crop production and temporal changes of resource use on
steep slopes in upland northwest Vietnam. Paper presented at the International Symposium “Towards Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions”, in Chiang Mai, 7-9 March 2006.

Friederichsen, J. R. (2005)
"Whose Interests? Translating ‘Participation’ in the Vietnamese Agricultural Sciences"
Paper presented at the Graduate Symposium on ‘Translation and the Production of Knowledge in Southeast Asia’, April 2005 at Cornell University, Ithaca.

Friederichsen, J. R. (2004)
Participation of Hmong Farmers in Agricultural Research in Upland Northern Vietnam. Paper presented at the Trans-KARST 2004 conference, Hanoi, Vietnam

Friederichsen, J. R. (2004)
Vietnamese Researchers’ Discourse on Montagnards and Local Evidence. Paper presented at the Vietnam Studies Summer School 2004, Australian National University, Canberra.

Friederichsen, J. R., Neef, A. (2002)
Revisiting the "Battlefields of Knowledge": On methods and local knowledges in montane northern Vietnam. Paper presented at the Workshop: Interactions between expert and local knowledge; University of Bayreuth, Germany. November 2002.

Friederichsen, J., R (1999)
Assessment of Erosion Control in Farming Systems in Northwestern Vietnam. Paper presented at Deutscher Tropentag 1999, Berlin.


Master Thesis

Friederichsen, J. R. (2002)
Landless with land: The Landless Rural Workers Movement MST and Agrarian Reform Settlers in Ceará state, Brazil. Master Thesis at the University of Hohenheim.