Microeconomics
Welfare economics, resource economics, theory-based impact assessment of development interventions, monetary evaluation of public goods and of external effects

Macroeconomics
Economic growth in developing countries: Roles of resource extraction and trade; of debt, ODA and private development finance; of the informal sector and of segmented labor markets

ORCID

• (since 2009) Economic Evaluation Methods, MA in Development Management, uneven years, two weeks' teaching blocks in the Winter Terms, RUB, and UWC, South Africa
• (since 2006) Grundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, BSc in Geography, two h per week in Winter and Summer Terms, RUB
• (since 2005) Cost-Benefit Analyses, MSc in Economics, 2 h per week in the Winter Terms, RUB
• (since 2005) Grundlagen der Entwicklungspolitik, BSc in Management and Economics, two h per week in the Summer Terms, RUB 
• (since 2002) Theories of Development and Underdevelopment: The Economic Perspective, MA in Development Management, even years, 2 weeks' teaching blocks in the Summer Terms, RUB, U Witten-Herdecke, UWC, South Africa since 2004, UDE since 2012 
• (2006, 2007, 2008) Waldnutzung und Waldschutz in Entwicklungsländern, BSc in Geography, two hours per week in Summer Terms, RUB
• (2005 - 2007) Evaluationsverfahren, MSc in Geography, 2 h per week in the Winter Terms, RUB
• (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
• (1998 - 2005) Wachstums- und Entwicklungsökonomik, MSc in Economics, 2 h per week in the Summer Terms, RUB
• (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
• (1996, 1998, 2000) Fallstudien zur Entwicklungspolitik, Diplomstudiengang Wirtschaftswissenschaft, two h per week in the Summer Terms, RUB

Supervision of Doctoral Dissertations and Master Theses (selection):

 Doctoral Dissertations

• Niklas, Britta: Essays on wine and food economics (1st supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, 2024)
• Agbaam, Callistus Akachabwon: Determinants of Public Support for Social Protection in Ghana. A Micro-Level Analysis (2nd supervisor, PhD IDS, 2023)
• Adil, Abdullah: The Impact of Higher Education on Employment Status and on Earnings in the Labor Market of Afghanistan (1st supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, 2023)
• Azizi, Kawoon: The Determinants of Child Labor in Afghanistan: An Empirical Analysis i (2nd supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, 2022)
• Seeger, Christina (2021): Trust and Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Safe and Certified Safe Vegetables in West African Cities: a Comparative Analysis of Tamale, Ouagadougou, Bamenda and Bamako. - Berlin: Logos Verl. - 213 S. ISBN 978-3-8325-5308-1 (1st supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, completion: 2019)
• Al-Asadi, Mohammad: Fiscal Sustainability in Post-Conflict Countries (1st supervisor, PhD IDS, 2020)
• Hansen, Marc: Essays on the theory-based impact evaluation of projects in developing countries (1st supervisor, PhD IDS, 2019)
• Raffael Beier (2019): From the City to the Desert – Analysing Shantytown Resettlement in Casablanca, Morocco, from Residents' Perspectives. - Berlin: Logos Verl. - 335 S. ISBN 978-3-8325-4951-0 (Joint degree with ISS, The Hague, RUB-supervisor together with M. Kiese, PhD IDS)
• Hope, Lesley: Amending Biochar to Urban Farmlands: An Economic Evaluation of the Effects on Food Security in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and in Tamale (Ghana) (1st supervisor, PhD IDS, 2019)
• Asna Ashari, Farah: Welfare effects of alternative irrigation water prices on farm households – a case study of the Lake Urmia basin, Iran (2nd supervisor, PhD IDS, 2018)
• Nyasulu, Themba: Foreign Direct Investment and Inclusive Growth: Comparative Evidence from Zambia and Malawi (1st supervisor, PhD IDS, 2018)
• Temory, Mohammad Dawude: Determinants of Household Income in Afghanistan– An Empirical Analysis (2nd supervisor, PhD IDS, 2017)
• Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada (2016): Oil Abundance and Economic Growth. - Berlin: Logos Verl. - 174 S. ISBN 978-3-8325-4342-6 (2nd supervisor, PhD IDS)
• Solikin, Akhmad: Revealing Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Work to Avoid Deforestation and Forest Degradation Using The Contingent Valuation Method (1st supervisor, PhD IDS, 2016)
• Marco Rimkus (2015): Welternährung, Nutztierschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit. Eine monetäre Bewertung in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern. – Berlin: Logos Verl. - 459 S. ISBN 978-3-8325-3893-4 (1st supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft)
• Tobias Thürer (2015): Does speculation with agricultural commodity futures cause price bubbles in the event of negative production shocks? – Berlin: Logos Verl. - 220 S. ISBN 978-3-8325-3876-7 (2nd supervisor, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft)

Master Theses

• Barinmehr, Shoaib (2024): Examining the Impact of Social Integration on Personal Autonomy
• Among Afghan Women in Germany (MA)
• Sheikh, Izzah (2023): Impact of Urban Agriculture on Household Resilience in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic - The Case of a Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town (MA)
• Rinne, Ann-Sophie (2023): Price mechanisms at display – an analysis of staples in Eastern Africa (MSc)
• Beck, Laura (2023): Boosting Global Food Trade Through International Standards? Evaluation of the Effects of the Codex Alimentarius on Global Food Trade (MSc)
• Kaynar, Baki (2022): Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality in South Africa and Nigeria (MSc)
• Nabawy, Asmaa (2022): The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth and Development in Developing Countries – A Literature-Based Analysis (MSc)
• Machnik, Marco (2021): A Matter of Taste? A Cross-Country Comparison of South African Export Wines Applying the Hedonic Pricing Method” (MSc)
• Afzal, Shumaila (2021): The Impact of Karachi Transport Deterioration on the Welfare of the Urban Poor” submitted (MA)
• Yauza, Inussah Abudu (2020): The Impact of Official Development Assistance on Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (MSc)
• Thu, Vu Thanh (2020): The Middle-Income Trap: A Theoretical Analysis (MSc)
• Ozakpolor, Vanessa Eshian (2020): Exploring the Growth to Poverty Reduction Nexus in Developing Countries (MSc)
• Ibrahim, Mustapha (2020): Eliciting Consumers’ Actual Preferences Towards Certified Safe Cabbage in Tamale (MA)
• de la Rey, Victor (2020): Biogas or ICSs in Rural Kenya - Assessing the Impact of two Development Interventions Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (MA)
• Bonomali, Macmillan A. (2019): Evaluating the Impacts of Social Cash Transfer Programme on Poverty Reduction in Malawi (MA)
• Kaschek, Tamara (2019): Impacts of Private Standards on Poverty Reduction, Investment Decisions and Risk Preferences – A Case Study of Small-Scale Organic Certified Cocoa Farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana (MA)
• Roth, Henrike (2019): Growth, Poverty and Distribution in Developing Countries – Theory and Empirics (MSc)
• Qachmas, Erkin (2018): Determination of income poverty in Afghanistan – evidence from peri-urban villages of Pashtunkut District in Northern Faryab Province (MSc)
• Tombe, Tiratu Belay (2018): Analysis of Factors Affecting Land Productivity in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Negelle Arsi Woreda (MA)
• Machalkova, Elena (2018): Planting Trees: The Impact of Agroforestry Systems on Agricultural Output of Smallholder farmers: Case study from the inter-Andean valleys in Bolivia (MA)
• Nasgowitz, Arne (2017): Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Certified Safe Vegetables in Bamenda, Cameroon (MSc)
• Chrobok, Melanie (2017): Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Certified Safe Vegetables in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (MSc)