Former MADM Student in Cape Town (2018)
MADM Thesis: Evaluating the Impacts of Social Cash Transfer Programme on Poverty Reduction in Malawi
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2016)
MADM Thesis: The Development Cooperation as an Instrument in Thailand's Foreign Policy.
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Dimensionen und Bestimmungsfaktoren der HIV/AIDS-bezogenen Stigmatisierung in der Republik Südafrika: Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung unter Studenten in der Metropolregion Kapstadt. (2016) ()
Former Staff
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2012)
MADM Thesis: Child Labour and Its Effects on Education for Disadvantaged Children. The Case Study: Sunshine School Project - CNCF Vietnam
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2002)
MADM Thesis: Vietnamese Garment Industry in the Process of Implementing AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area): The Case of Garment Enterprises in Hanoi
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Policymaking and Ideation: A case of A grey-zone country - Pakistan. (2016)
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2012)
MADM Thesis: Organizational Capacity Building in Microfinance Institutions as a Tool to Foster Development in Developing Countries: The Case of FUNDENUSE in Nicaragua
Former MADM Student in Bochum (2000)
MADM Thesis: The Effectiveness of Financial Institutions in the Delivery of Microcredit - The Case of the Philippines
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Finance and Poverty: the Case of Microfinance Banks (2004)
Former PhD Student
PhD Thesis: Community, Market Intermediaries, and the State. Survival-cum-Upward Mobility Strategies of Indigenous Villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh (2023)
Former MADM Student in Cape Town (2012)
MADM Thesis: Ownership, Alignment and Harmonisation. The Dilemmas of Implementation in a Young Fragile State: Case of Eastern Equatoria in South Sudan
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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:
Who are our Alumni? Where do they come from? What was their role at the IEE? Where do they work now? Here you can find information about them.
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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