Klaus-Friedrich Koch


Klaus-Friedrich Koch was a German-American legal anthropologist.

Early life

Koch began his university studies in Germany before coming to the University of California, Berkeley to finish his undergraduate degree and PhD. While there, he studied under Laura Nader.

Career

Koch began teaching at Harvard University after graduating where he led a research project concerning conflict resolution in Fiji.

Publications

War and Peace in Jalemo: The Management of Conflict in Highland New Guinea. 1975.Logs in the Current of the Sea: Neli Lifuka's Story of Kioa and the Vaitupu Colonists. 1978.Law and Social Change: Problems and Challenges in Contemporary Egypt. 1979.