My name is Rodney Garrard. I am a PhD student (Phil, - nat.) at the Centre for Development & Environment (CDE), Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland. 

My research is centrally concerned with the on-going landscape transformation in Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) National Park, Nepal, by the forces of globalisation, tourism demand and recent political change. My research is also focused on climate change and glacier recession, conservation and socio-economic transformations in the region.

My field research is linked closely to my interests in repeat photography, landscape change science in the Himalayas and field methods. For a more extensive review of my research interests visit my current research and publications pages.