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06-09-2019
PhD Exchange student from ISS
Yukari Sekine is a PhD Candidate of Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague. She is part of the Political Ecology Research Group and will be joining the IEE from September 2019 to February 2020 for a PhD Exchange, funded by the RUB Research School. At the ISS, she was part of the MOSAIC Research Project: "Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia", under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Saturnino ('Jun') Borras Jr. which was concluded in 2018. -
27-08-2019
PhD Thesis of Former EUSA_ID Scholarship Holder Published
Elise van der Mark, who stayed for 2.5 years at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) with an "EUSA_ID" scholarship, now graduated at the "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam" and published her PhD thesis with the title "Against All Odds: Exploring wellbeing transformation with mothers of disabled children from poor urban settlements in Southern Africa". During her stay at UWC, her thesis was co-supervised by Dr. Ina Conradie. Congratulations!Please find the thesis here
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27-08-2019
Congratulations, Dr. Hoedoafia!
After successful defence of her PhD Thesis on Friday, 23 August 2019, Mabel Akosua Hoedoafia from Ghana has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.). -
13-08-2019
Congratulations, Dr. Hope!
After successful defence of her PhD Thesis on Monday, 12 August 2019, Lesley Hope from Ghana has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).
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Institute of Development Research and Development Policy
Ruhr University Bochum
Room 2.04
Universitaetsstr. 105
D-44789 Bochum
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| Phone: | +49-(0)234 / 32-22418 or 32-22243 |
| Fax: | +49-(0)234 / 32-14-294 |
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Latest Publications
Raffael Beier: From the City to the Desert – Analysing Shantytown Resettlement in Casablanca, Morocco, from Residents' Perspectives. UA Ruhr Study on Development and Global Governance, vol. 72
Annika Engelbert and Markus Kaltenborn: Corruption and Social Rights Accountability. IEE Working Papers 213.
Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada, Wilhelm Loewenstein, and Yadulla Hasanli: Production linkages and dynamic fiscal employment effects of the extractive industries: input-output and nonlinear ARDL analyses of Azerbaijani economy, in: Mineral Economics (first online)
More information: "Publications / New Publications"
IEE on Tour
September 18 - 19:
Timeela Manandhar
at the Handwerkskammer Hamburg, Hamburg / Germany, for the 2. Arbeitstreffen des Bündnisses für nachhaltige Textilien (Partnership for Sustainable Textilies)
September 18 - 24:
Raffael Beier
at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi / India, presenting at the RC21 2019 Conference
September 18 - 24:
Dr. Gabriele Bäcker and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
in Dakar / Senegal for a meeting of the African Excellence centres
September 25 - 30:
Dr. Raffael Beier and Anne Siebert
at Kiel University, Kiel / Germany, attending and both presenting at the German Congress for Geography (Raffael Beier: "From the City to the Desert – Analysing Shantytown Resettlement in Casablanca, Morocco, from Residents’ Perspectives" / Anne Siebert: "Food sovereignty – a globalised vision without urban forces? A case from South Africa")
IEE on Field Research
Bablu Chakma is on field research in Bangladesh until early November 2019.
Anja Habersang is on field research in Argentina until end of July 2019 and then in Chile until end of year.
Om Ki is on field research in Myanmar from June to December 2019.
Darina Pellowska is on field research in South Sudan until December 2019.
