Dr. Irit Ittner

Research programme: 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 Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability"
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 (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, first published 19.01.2022
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 (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

Projects

Contact

E-mail Irit.Ittner@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-319
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130

Highlight

Cover: Afrique Contemporaine 276, with the contribution of Irit Ittner 2023 "Emerging disputes over land and leadership in urban villages on the airport reserve in Abidjan".

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

Cover: African Water Cities (2023) with the contribution of Irit Ittner "Intra-urban migration in African coastal and riparian cities" pp. 46-49.

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