Ittner, Irit
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Dr. Irit Ittner
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Social anthropology
Work areas
- Environmental governance
- Ocean governance
Vita
| since 2/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research Department "Environmental Governance" |
| since 2/2021 | University of Bonn, Geographisches Institut (GIUB) Researcher |
| 02/2007-11/2019 | University of Bonn, Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) Researcher |
| 10/2003-01/2007 | Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) / Universität Köln Doctoral candidate |
Refereed Publications
- Ittner, Irit / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2024)
Stone aggregations or reefs? Knowledge politics around a transboundary seabed complex
in: Ocean and Society 2, article 8893 - Ittner, Irit (2023)
Emerging disputes over land and leadership in urban villages on the airport reserve in Abidjan
in: Afrique Contemporaine 276, 175-201 - Eguavoen, Irit (2022)
Reclamation and expulsion. Frontiers of city expansion and the loss of public and communal space at Abidjan’s lagoonal waterfronts
in: Urban Forum 33, 367–392 - Eguavoen, Irit (2021)
“We Do the Social”: deal-making by non-accredited estate agencies, small-scale investors and tenants around low-cost rental housing in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
in: Africa Focus 34 (2), 183-212 - Eguavoen, Irit / Erick Tambo (2020)
Transformative learning for global change? Reflections on the WASCAL master programme in climate change and education in The Gambia
in: Haltermann, I. & J. Tischler (Hrg.) Environmental change and African societies – past, present and future. Climate and Culture Series. Brill. Leiden, 199-224 - Tan, Jiaxin / Irit Eguavoen (2017)
Digital environmental governance in China: information disclosure, pollution control, and environmental activism in the Yellow River Delta
in: Water Alternatives 10 (3), 910-929 - Lauer, Hannes / Irit Eguavoen (2016)
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development in the Gambia: A Window of Opportunity for Transformative Processes?
in: Walter Leal Filho, Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 87-98 - Eguavoen, I / Karsten Schulz / Sarah de Wit / Florian Weisser / Detlef Müller-Mahn (2016)
Political dimensions of climate change adaptation: conceptual reflections and African examples
in: Walter Leal Filho, Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 1183-1199
Non-refereed Publications
- Ittner, Irit / Sneha Sharma / Isaac Khambule / Hanna Geschewski (eds.) (2024)
Contested airport land: social-spatial transformation and environmental injustice in Asia and Africa
London: Routledge - Ittner, Irit (2024)
The popular appropriation of the airport reserve in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and strategies to resist displacement
in: Irit Ittner / Sneha Sharma / Isaac Khambule / Hanna Geschewski (eds.), Contested Airport Land: Social-Spatial Transformation and Environmental Injustice in Asia and Africa, London: Routledge - Ittner, Irit / Sneha Sharma / Isaac Khambule / Hanna Geschewski (2024)
Contested airport lands in the Global South (Introduction)
in: Irit Ittner / Sneha Sharma / Isaac Khambule / Hanna Geschewski (eds.), Contested Airport Land: Social-Spatial Transformation and Environmental Injustice in Asia and Africa, London: Routledge, 1-21 - Ittner, Irit (2023)
Intra-urban migration in African coastal and riparian cities
in: Kunlé, Adeyemi / Suzanne Lettieri & Berend Strijland (eds.), African Water Cities, Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 46-49 - Eguavoen, Irit (2022)
Land reclamation for housing – the example of Côte d’Ivoire
in: Rural 21 1(2022), 10-12 - Eguavoen, Irit (2021)
Geschäft mit illegalen Mietobjekten in Westafrika
published on www.dandc.eu, 07.12.2021 - Eguavoen, Irit / Pauline Attemene / Fulgence Kouame / Eugène Kouadio Konan / Chérif Aidara, Madhy / Katrin Gleisberg-Gerber (2020)
Dernier refuge ou presqu'île d'opportunités? Démographie et conditions de vie à Adjahui-Coubé, un habitat spontané à Abidjan
ZEF Working Paper Series (187) - Eguavoen, Irit (2020)
Dense and tense: high population density and low-quality housing in Abidjan
in: ZEF News 41, 3-5 - Gnankon Kabran, Estelle / Irit Eguavoen (2019)
Ferry transportation in Abidjan: establishment, operation and sustainability of a paratransit system
ZEF Working Paper Series (179) - Attemene, Pauline / Irit Eguavoen (2017)
Coastal ecotourism in The Gambia: effects of sustainability communication on environments and rural livelihoods
ZEF Working Paper Series (154) - Eguavoen, Irit / Sisay Demeku Derib / Tilaye Teklewold Deneke / Matthew McCartney / Ben Adol Otto / Saeed Seidu Billa (2012)
Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
in: Water Alternatives 5 (3), 678-699
Opinion Pieces
- Ittner, Irit (2025)
Outlook for the new legislature: Energy transition at sea
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 10 February 2025 - Ittner, Irit (2024)
Wer die Niederlande für Gasförderung im Meer kritisiert, sollte die deutsche Externalisierungspolitik nicht ausblenden
published on klimareporter.de, 15.08.2024
Projects
Highlight
Outlook for the new legislature: Energy transition at sea
Ittner, Irit (2025)
The Current Column of 10 February 2025
Highlight
Emerging disputes over land and leadership in urban villages on the airport reserve in Abidjan
Ittner, Irit (2023)
in: Afrique Contemporaine 276, 175-201
Highlight
Intra-urban migration in African coastal and riparian cities
Ittner, Irit (2023)
In: Kunlé, Adeyemi / Suzanne Lettieri & Berend Strijland (eds.), African Water Cities, Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 46-49