MSD office
As a central point of contact, the MSD office is available to interested and registered students for advice and questions concerning the MSD program.
Additionally, the office performs public relations work, ensures smooth execution of the classes and is the contact point for the relevant faculty representatives.
Availability - subject to modifications:
Office days: Mon to Thur (also see section "office closed")
Drop-in office hours and availability by phone: Monday to Thursday: 09:30 am - 12.30 pm; Wednesday & Thursday: 2:30 - 5:00 pm (also see section "office closed")
Individual study counseling on agreement, slots usally offered Monday to Thursday at 5:00 or at 5:30 pm. Ask for an appointment (always offered via zoom; Wednesday & Thursday also possible in presence upon agreement) (also see section "office closed").
Office closed (on Fridays, during public holidays, vacations, other commitmentse.g. meetings etc.): no office hours & no teaching during week of Basel Carnival = 23.-27. February 2026. Appointments (online) possible on Wednesday, 25.02.2026 and Thursday, 26.02.2026 upon previous agreement).
Office of
Master's Degree in Sustainable Development & Pathways to Sustainability
Office room 02.11
Vesalgasse 1, 2nd floor
4051 Basel
Tel: +41 61 207 04 20
For details regarding availability see on the left.
Camelia Chebbi, MA/ MAS ETHZ/ MAS NPPM FNHW
Camelia Chebbi heads the MSD office since February 2005. Previously, she worked on a project with the Swiss Red Cross in Bolivia with special focus on organizational development and public health. As a research assistant at the seminar of anthropology at the University of Basel, Camelia Chebbi dealt with socio-cultural aspects of sustainable tourism development in the South. Before that, she was managing coordinator of the Frauenstadtrundgang Basel. Her commitment to the problems of indigenous peoples led to her joining the Danish NGO International Work Group of Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) as Swiss representative on the international board. She also worked for several years as a department assistant at the Museum der Kulturen (Dep. of the Americas, Basel).
She graduated at the University of Basel with a Master of Arts (formerly: licentiate) in Cultural Anthropology and Spanish Philology after stays in Spain, Neuchâtel and a field research in Costa Rica. Furthermore, she completed a postgraduate degree in development and cooperation at the ETH Zurich (MAS International Development, 2004), and one in Non Profit-Public Management at Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (MAS NPPM, 2015).
She is the winner of the Teaching Excellence Award 2019/category ‚Dienst an der Lehre'