Wiemann, Jürgen
Dr. Jürgen Wiemann
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Economist
Vita
7/2009-09/2011 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
1/2009-06/2009 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher |
2000-2008 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Deputy Director |
since 1999 | European Association of Development Institutes (EADI) Vice President |
1989-2000 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Head of the Department for European Integration, Trade and Development Policies |
1983 | Free University of Berlin Dr. sc. pol. (Ph.D. in economics) Thesis: “Selective Protectionism and Structural Adjustment. European Response to the Growing Competition from Developing Countries. The Case of the European Community's Textile Policy”, Berlin (DIE) 1983 |
1977 | Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), Bonn Trade policy division |
since 1974 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher |
1973-1974 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation |
1973 | Federal Institute for Vocational Training, Berlin Associate in a research programme on vocational training in German industries |
1996-1972 | Universities of Hamburg, Marburg, Berlin Studies in sociology, political science, economics graduation as economist (Diplom-Volkswirt, Free University of Berlin) |
Current Publications

Indigenous knowledge for sustainable food security in Turiani Division, Tanzania
Chomboko, Denis / Theobald Theodory / Michael Brüntrup / Venance Shillingi / Saymore Ngonidza Kativu / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (11/1)

Social cohesion in the context of environmental/climate-related internal displacement in Ghana
Susan S. Ekoh / Charles Martin-Shields / Carolin Kitzmann / Nina Küssau / Mario Pfeffer / Merle Platen / Theresa Reinel / Mary Boatemaa Setrana / Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi / Stella Effah (15/2025)

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa: how the United States trigger a Global shake-up in climate finance
Tamasiga, Phemelo (2025)

‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity
Kohlenberger, Judith / Martin-Shields, Charles / Easton-Calabria, Evan (2025)