Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke
Dr. Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle
Research programme
Environmental Governance
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Economy
Work areas
- Environmental problems in Central Asian countries in transition
- Adaptation of water management to climate change – Impacts of climate change on South Africa and Uzbekistan
- Water governance
- Transboundary groundwater management in Africa
Responsibilities in education and training
- Gender and development
- Natural resource management and agricultural development
- Water Governance
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" |
| 2010 | University Osnabrück Dr. rer. nat. (Applied System Science) Thesis on: ‘The transformation towards adaptive water governance regimes in the context of climate change’ |
| 2006-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, department "Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources" |
| 2003 - 2006 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Department III: Global environmental policy; transformation and stabilisation; Region: South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia Researcher: Transition and environmental problems in Central Asia |
| 2002 - 2003 | German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation Field Study: Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and the ACP Countries - Opportunities, Risks, and Negotiation Options for Tanzania |
| 1997 - 2002 | University of Trier International and Development Economics, Social Anthropology (Dipl.-Volkswirtin) |
| 1996 - 1997 | Tashkent State Ecomomic University International Economics, Russian |
| 1993 - 1996 | University of Passau Economics |
Refereed Publications
- Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Maja Schlüter / Per Olsson / Carl Folke / Stefan Gelcich / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)
Sustainability transformations: socio-political shocks as opportunities for governance transitions
in: Global Environmental Change (63), article 102097, online - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2014)
Applying the concept of fit to water governance reforms in South Africa
published on Ecology and Society 19 (1) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2013)
Integrated and adaptive governance of water resources: the case of South Africa
in: Regional Environmental Change 13 (3), Special Issue, 551-561 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2012)
Integrated and adaptive governance of water resources: the case of South Africa
published on Regional Environmental Change DOI 10.1007/s10113-012-0322-5 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2012)
Continuity and change in social-ecological systems: the role of Institutional resilience
published on Ecology and Society 17 (2), Art. 8 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2011)
The South African water sector: on its way towards adaptive water governance?
in: Walter Leal Filho (ed.), Climate change and the sustainable use of water resources, Berlin: Springer, 79-100 - Schlüter, Maja / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (2011)
Exloring resilience and transformability of a river basin in the face of socioeconomic and ecological crisis: an example from the Amudarya River Basin, Central Asia
published on Ecology and Society 16 (1), Art. 32 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2010)
South African water governance between administrative and hydrological boundaries
in: Climate and Development 2 (2), 111-127 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2009)
The politics of Kyrgyz water policy
in: Murat Arsel / Max Spoor (eds.): Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development: conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia, London: Routledge, (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods), 215-233 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Imme Scholz (2008)
Wasser, Armut und Klimawandel
in: Jochen Franzke (Hrsg.), Wasser: Zukunftsressource zwischen Menschenrecht und Wirtschaftsgut, Konflikt und Kooperation: Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, (Internationale Probleme und Perspektiven 17), 29-42 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Imme Scholz (2008)
Wasser, Armut und Klimawandel
in: Welt Trends 15 (57), 23-37
Non-refereed Publications
- Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann / Annabelle Houdret / Ines Dombrowsky (2019)
Freshwater as a global commons: international governance and the role of Germany
(Discussion Paper 15/2019) - Houdret, Annabelle / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle Waltina Scheumann / Ines Dombrowsky (2012)
Nachhaltiges Wassermanagement durch Green Economy?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2012) - Houdret, Annabelle / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle Waltina Scheumann / Ines Dombrowsky (2012)
Sustainable water management through green economy?
(Briefing Paper 5/2012) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
The World Development Report 2012 "Gender Equality and Development": conceptual turning point: but no change in practice?
(Briefing Paper 2/2012) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
Der Weltentwicklungsbericht 2012 “Gender equality and development”: konzeptioneller Wendepunkt bei gleichbleibender Praxis?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2012) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Sabine Stuart-Hill (2011)
Afrikanische Entwicklungstrends: Anpassung an den Klimawandel als Herausforderung für afrikanische Wasser-Governance
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2011) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2010)
African Developments: adapting to climate change – a governance Challenge
(Briefing Paper 16/2010) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2010)
Introducing catchment management: the case of South Africa
(Discussion Paper 3/2010) - Schlüter, Maja et al. (2010)
The Amu Darya case study
in: Jaroslav Mysiak et al. (eds.): The adaptive water resource management handbook, London: Earthscan, 143-155 - Scheumann, Waltina / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (eds.) (2008)
Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa's transboundary groundwater resources
(Studies 32) - Scheumann, Waltina / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (eds.) (2008)
Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa's transboundary aquifer systems
in: Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (eds.), Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Studies 32), 11-34 - Scheumann, Waltina / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (2008)
Findings of the case studies
in: Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (eds.), Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Studies 32), 35-61 - Scheumann, Waltina / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle / Insa Theesfeld (2008)
Recommendations for German development cooperation
In: Waltina Scheumann / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (eds.): Conceptualizing cooperation on Africa’s transboundary groundwater resources, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Studies 32), 63-82 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2008)
Two steps forward, one step back: institutional change in Kyrgyz water governance
in: Waltina Scheumann / Susanne Neubert / Martin Kipping (eds.), Water politics and development cooperation: local power plays and global governance, Berlin: Springer, 277-297 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Martin Kipping / Tanja Pickardt / Matthias Polak / Caroline Rohrer / Carl Felix Wolff (2006)
Water governance in the Kyrgyz agricultural sector: on its way to integrated water resource management?
(Studies 14) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2005)
Women, gender and water pollution: Central Asia
Beitrag zur Encyclopaedia on Women in Islamic Cultures (EWIC), Brill, 383
Opinion Pieces
- Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2016)
Food security in the face of climate change: impossible without water
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 21 November 2016) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Waltina Scheumann (2012)
Weltwassertag: 783 Millionen ohne Trinkwasser
published on Zeit Online 22.03.2012 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
Die Weltbank entdeckt die Gleichberechtigung
published on Zeit Online 8. März 2012 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Birte Rodenberg (2012)
Welcome to the club: the World Bank, too, accepts equal opportunities as a human right
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 5 March 2012) - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2010)
Institutional change and transformation of water governance regimes in South Africa and Uzbekistan
Paper presented at the ISEE Conference 2010: Advancing sustainability in a time of crisis, Oldenburg - Bremen, 22.-25.08.2010 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2010)
The South African water sector: on its way towards adaptive water governance?
Paper to be presented at Climate 2010, online conference, 1.-7.11.2010 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2009)
Der Gender Aktionsplan der Weltbank: „Gender equality as smart economics"
in: Koferenzreader zur Konferenz Frauen und Entwicklung, Marie-Schlei-Verein e.V., 8-9 - Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke (2009)
The transition towards integrated and adaptive water governance regimes in the context of climate change: a research design
Beitrag zur Marie Curie European PhD Winter School on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change - Schlüter, Maja / Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle (2007)
Resilience and adaptability in the lower Amudarya river basin, Central Asia
Proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management: coping with complexity and uncertainty (CAIWA) 12.-16.11.2007, Basel - Herrfahrdt, Elke (2006)
Institutional Dynamics in Land and Water Management
poster for the General Assembly 2006 of the Projekts NeWater (New Approaches to water management under Uncertainty), Hortobagy, 23-27 October 2006 - Herrfahrdt, Elke (2006)
The Politics of Kyrgyz Water Policy
conference paper presented at the international conference on "The Last Drop: Water, Security and Sustainable Development in Central Eurasia" am Institut for Social Studies, Centre for the Study of Transition and Development, Den Haag, 1-2 December 2006 - Herrfahrdt, Elke (2006)
Water Governance Reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic
paper presented to the Deutscher Tropentag 2006 "Prosperity and Poverty in a Globalised World - Challenges for Agricultural Research, Bonn: German Development Institute/ German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Projects
- Increasing Good Governance to Achieve the Objective of Integrated Water Resource Management
- Resilience, adaptation and transformability of water governance regimes
- Adaptive water management and climate change
- Transboundary groundwater management in Africa
- Wassermanagement im Agrarsektor der Kirgisischen Republik
- Transformation der Landwirtschaft, Desertifikation und nachhaltige Ressourcennutzung in Uzbekistan
In the media
Weltwassertag: 783 Millionen ohne Trinkwasser
Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle and Waltina Scheumann
ZEIT ONLINE
22 March 2012