Former MADM Student in Bochum (2016)
MADM Thesis: The Determinants of the Financing Structure. Case study: the listed SMEs on the Nile Stock Exchange in Egypt.
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2008)
MADM Thesis: The Biodiesel Program and Sustainable Livelihoods: A Study of Food and Castor Production in Morro do Chapéu, Brazil
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2000)
MADM Thesis: The Training of International and Domestic Electoral Observers as a Development Policy: The Case of Kenya
Former MADM Student in Cape Town (2020)
MADM Thesis: Cash transfer and food security of the urban poor: A case study of the Household Uplifting Programme in Calabar, Nigeria
Former MADM Student in Cape Town (2010)
MADM Thesis: An Investigation of the Challenges Facing the Ward Committee System as a Conduit for Grassroots Participation: A Case Study of Bonteheuwel in the Western Cape Province
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2020)
MADM Thesis: Tourist clusters and their influence on tourist destination’s resilience: The case of Monteverde in Costa Rica
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2012)
MADM Thesis: The Effects of AFTA and Customs Procedures on Bilateral Total Trade of ASEAN-6
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2002)
MADM Thesis: Social Security Systems for the Excluded Majority: The Extension of Health Insurance to the Informal Sector in Ghana
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Impact of Foreign Affiliation on the Livelihood of Low-Income Rural Households: A Case Study of Pakistan (2014)
Former Staff
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Welfare Effects of Alternative Irrigation Water Prices on Farm Households: a case study of Lake Urmia Basin, Iran (2018)
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The IEE has more than 400 Alumni working all over the world in positions related to development studies. Alumni include graduates from the MA in Development Management, the PhD in International Development Studies and the previous PhD school as well as former staff members.
Alumni of projects coordinated by the IEE, such as the South African – German Centre for Development Research and the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project EUSA_ID will add to the Alumni community of the IEE.
It is our aim to keep ties with our Alumni for mutual benefit. Ideally, participation in one of our programmes or projects is only the starting point for life-long exchange and learning.
With the growing number of Alumni especially from our MA in Development Management programme (currently around 350) we have intensified our Alumni activities which include:
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Sadik-Zada, E.R. Gatto, A. (2023). Frontiers and Best Practices in Bio, Circular, and Green Growth and Eco-Innovation.
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Britta Niklas, The effect of South African wine certifications on price premiums and marginal costs: A two-stage hedonic approach, Economic Modelling Volume 132, March 2024
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More information: "Publications / New Publications"
Nov 13.11. - 14.11.2023
Simon Rahn
Development Dialogue Konferenz (DD19), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, NL
May 28.5. - 31.5.2023
Britta Niklas
Greece, Crete, 2nd annual conference of the European Association of Wine Economists (EUAWE)
Apr 16.4. - 22.4.2023
Irene Among
South Africa, Cape Twon, UWC, Lecture
Apr 3.4. - 7.4.2023
Irene Among
UK, Studies Conference
Mar 18.3. - 4.4.2023:
Britta Niklas
South Africa, Cape Twon, UWC, Lecture
Feb 11.02. - 27.02.2023:
Wilhelm Löwenstein
South Africa, Cape Twon, UWC, Lecture
Jan 07.01. -25.01.2023:
Elkhan Sadik-Zada
South Africa, Cape Town, UWC, Lecture