Managing Director; Dean of RUB Research School
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Habilitation: | venia legendi for Forest Economics, Faculty of Forest Science and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, 02.12.2003 |
PhD: | Dr. rer. pol. (magna cum laude), Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Göttingen, 25.03.1994 |
Bachelor/Master: | Studies in Economics at the University of Göttingen (04/1985 - 10/1990) M Econ [Diplom-Volkswirt] 19.10.1990 |
Calls
Present positions
Committees and Panels
1988 - 1995: | Institute for Forest Economics at the University of Göttingen: Research assistant, assistant professor |
1994 - 2000: | Technical University Dresden: Visiting Senior Lecturer |
1995 - 2005: | DFG-supported Research Training Group (RTG) "System efficiency and system dynamics in developing countries" at the RUB: Executive Director and Coordinator of Research |
1997 - 1999: | Initiator and Coordinator of the DFG-funded research project "The Potential of Change in Southern Africa: On the Interdependencies of Economic Reform, Democratization, Human and Minority Rights" |
1998 - 2003: | University of Göttingen: Visiting Senior Lecturer |
since 1998: | Initiator and Speaker of the DAAD-supported MA-programme in Development Management at the RUB |
2001 - 2004: | Initiator, Speaker and Coordinator of the German-African "University Network on Crises Prevention and Conflict Management (UNetCPCM)" funded by GTZ |
since 2006: | Initiator and Speaker of the DAAD-supported "Bochum Programme of Development Management at the University of the Western Cape", South Africa |
2003 - 2005: | Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen: Associate professor |
since 2005: | Initiator and Speaker of the interdisciplinary PhD-programme in "International Development Studies" at the RUB |
University Witten-Herdecke: Visiting Professor | |
2006 - 2007: | PI of the RUB-proposals in the frame of Excellence Initiative of BMBF/DFG |
since 2007: | PI of the BMBF/DFG-funded RUB Research School/RUB Research Schoolplus |
since 2008: | Initiator and Speaker of the DAAD-funded South African-German Centre for Development Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa |
since 2008: | Consultancy for European Development Finance Institutions and for IFC/MIGA (Topics: Infrastructure Financing, Theory-based Impact Evaluation, Employment Effects of Project Portfolios) |
2011 - 2012: | Member of the Academic Senate of RUB |
2012 - 2015: | Vice-Rector for Planning, Structure and Finance of RUB |
since 2012: | Director of the UAR Graduate Centre for Development Studies, RUB & University Duisburg-Essen University of Duisburg Essen: Visiting Professor |
2013: | Member of Advisory Panel for the Biennial Report on Operations Evaluation: Assessing the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems of IFC and MIGA. |
since 2013: | Initiator and Speaker of the European-South African Erasmus Mundus Network in Development Studies (EUSA_ID), funded by the European Commission. RSA-Members: UWC (coordinator in RSA), UCT, UFH, UKZN, NMMU, UL. EU-Members: RUB (coordinator), UDE, ISS, U Bordeaux, U Paris 1, Palacky U, Jyväskylä U |
since 2013: | BMBF-funded Research Project BMBF GLOBE Urban Food Plus, PI of subproject 7: Economics |
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Teaching in German:
1988 - 1995: | Grundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Übung (Diplomstudiengang Forstwissenschaften / BSc in Forstwissenschaft, 2 SWS im WiSe, U Göttingen) |
1994 - 1998: | Planung und Vermarktung der nicht-marktfähigen Güter und Dienstleistungen des Waldes (MSc in Forstwissenschaft, Lehrblöcke im SoSe, TU Dresden) |
1996, 1998, 2000: | Fallstudien zur Entwicklungspolitik (Diplomstudiengang Wirtschaftswissenschaft, 2 SWS im SoSe, RUB) |
1998 - 2005: | Wachstums- und Entwicklungsökonomik (MSc in Economics, 2 SWS im SoSe, RUB) |
since 2005: | Grundlagen der Entwicklungspolitik (BSc in Management and Economics, 2 SWS im SoSe, RUB) |
2005 - 2007: | Evaluationsverfahren (MSc in Geography, 2 h per week in the Winter Terms, RUB) |
2006, 2007, 2008: | Waldnutzung und Waldschutz in Entwicklungsländern (BSc in Geography, 2 SWS im SoSe, RUB) |
since 2006: | Grundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften (BSc in Geography, 2 SWS im WiSe und im SoSe, RUB) |
Teaching in English:
1992, 1994: | Development Economics (MSc Integrated Tropical Agriculture and Forestry Science, 4 h per week in the Summer Terms, U Göttingen) |
1996 - 2001: | Planning and Evaluation of Development Projects (MA in Humanitarian Assistance, 2 h per week in the Winter Terms, U Aix-Marseille III, RUB, U Deusto-Bilbao, U Louvain, U Oxford) |
2001 - 2007: | Project Evaluation using CBA-Instruments (MA in Development Management, uneven years, 2 weeks' teaching blocks in the Summer Terms, RUB [UWC, South Africa, 2003-2007]) |
since 2002: | Theories of Development and Underdevelopment: The Economic Perspective (MA in Development Manage-ment, even years, 2 weeks' teaching blocks in the Summer Terms, RUB, U Witten-Herdecke [UWC, South Africa, since 2004], UDE since 2012) |
since 2005: | Cost-Benefit Analyses (MSc in Economics, 2 h per week in the Winter Terms, RUB) |
Growth and Development Economics (MSc in Economics, 2 h per week in the Summer Terms, RUB) | |
since 2009: | Economic Evaluation Methods (MA in Development Management, uneven years, 2 weeks' teaching blocks in the Winter Terms, RUB, and UWC, South Africa) |
Doctoral Theses
Master Theses