Research programme: Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function: Project Lead & Senior Researcher
Specialization: Geography
Work areas:
Responsibilities in education and training:
since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems" |
2006-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher, Department "Sustainable Economic and Social Development" |
1998-2006 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Dept. IV: Private Sector Development and State Reform; Regional focus: Latin America Senior Researcher: Technology policy |
1996-1998 | Friedrich Ebert Foundation Office for Costa Rica and Panama Coordinator of the Agricultural Policy Area |
1995 | The National University of Costa Rica Lecturer; Lectureship of the German Academic Exchange Service |
1990 - 1995 | University of Marburg Research fellow and Lecturer Research on technology transfer and industrial change in Germany and on structural-adjustment policy in Central America |
PhD in Geography Thesis on: "Structural-Adjustment in Costa Rican Agriculture: New Perspectives for the Development of Rural Areas?“ | |
1984-1989 | Universities of Frankfurt/M. and Göttingen Studies in Geography, economics and social economics of rural development, graduation in October 1989 |