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Dipl Ing. Christoph Lüthi
EAWAG-Sandec, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science 8600 Dübendorf, Tel: 044-823 5614
Email: [email protected], Web: www.sandec.ch
Born: 29 January 1964 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Research Interests
Applied research on urban infrastructure delivery; urban strategic sanitation planning; servicing unplanned urban
and peri-urban areas; multi-stakeholder planning and programming.
Research Appointments
since 11/2005
Eawag-Sandec, Senior Scientist (tenured)
Department of Water and Sanitation for Developing Countries (Sandec)
Switzerland
09/91 – 12/92
University College London (UCL), Development Planning Unit
MSc in Urban Development Planning
UK
09/83 – 06/90
TU Karlsruhe
Dipl Ing. Architecture and Planning
Germany
08/80 – 06/83
GOS Schwalbach a.T. High school degree
Germany
Education
Teaching Experience
Envir. Engineering: Environmental Sanitation Planning and Infrastructure in Developing Countries (ETHZ and
UNESCO-IHE, Delft)
Developing Studies Urbanisation in the Developing World (ETHZ, Nadel)
On-going Research Projects
03/12-08/14
Sustainable sanitation for informal settlements in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Project funded by
Lausanne Municipality and Eawag.
07/11-08/12
Re-inventing the Toilet Challenge. Project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
07/09-06/13
Interdisciplinary research on “User Driven Sanitation”, NCCR North-South, Bern, Switzerland.
Project funded by SNF and SDC, Switzerland
Other Relevant Work Experience
01/03-09/05
Co-Director of INURA (Institute for Urban Research and Action), Zürich
Project evaluations for Swiss Development Agency (SDC) and German Technical
Cooperation (GTZ)
01/99-10/02
SKAT (SWITZERLAND): Urban Development Department. Monitoring, backstopping and
evaluation of projects
04/93-10/98
GTZ: JPO (Prokjektassistenz) and project officer for the Urban Mgmt. Programme (UMP).
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Dipl Ing. Christoph Lüthi
EAWAG-Sandec, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science 8600 Dübendorf, Tel: 044-823 5614
Email: [email protected], Web: www.sandec.ch
Other Relevant Information
Associations
Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), World Toilet Organisation (WTO),
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA).
Languages
German (native speaker), English (fluent), French (fluent).
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Lüthi, C. and Kraemer, S. (2012). User perceptions of participatory planning in urban environmental sanitation.
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Development. In press, 2012.
Lüthi, C., McConville, J., Kvarnström, E. (2009). Community-based approaches for addressing the urban
sanitation challenges. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 1(1-2), 49-63.
Lüthi, C. and Tilley, E. (2009). Taking Demand Led Sanitation Seriously - New Approaches to Environmental
Sanitation. Entwicklung & Zusammenarbeit/ Development & Cooperation d+c, 50(7), 427-429.
Lüthi, C. and Schertenleib, R. (2007). The Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation approach. Waterlines,
26(2). Rugby UK.
Monographs
Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation, 2011. Eawag/UN-Habitat, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Sustainable Sanitation in Cities- a framework for Action, 2011. Papyroz Press Delft, NL.
Compendium for Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2008. Eawag/WSSCC, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Other Publications
HCES: A New Approach to Environmental Sanitation Planning for Urban Areas, 2008, in: “Access to Sanitation
and Safe Water: Global Partnerships and Local Actions”. Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International
Conference, Accra, Ghana.
Turning stakeholders into participants, 2008, Eawag Annual Report 2007, Dübendorf.
Integrate at the top, involve at the bottom - the household-centred approach, 2008, Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Sanitation for the Urban Poor, Delft, NL 19-21 November.
Conference Presentations
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03/2012
6 World Water Forum Marseille, France
07/2011
35th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough University, UK
03/2010
Cities of the Future, WEF Boston, USA
12/2009
World Toilet Summit, Singapore
09/2009
Kompetenzfeld Wasser, GTZ, Germany
08/2009
Seminar on “Economics of Sanitation”, World Water Week, Stockholm Sweden
11/2008
International Symposium on Sanitation for the Urban Poor, Delft, The Netherlands
04/2008
33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana
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