Since 03/2019: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of African Affairs and of the project " Large-scale Land Acquisitions, Rural Change and Social Conflict (LARCC)"
03/2017 - 09/2017: Student Assistant at Research Training Group Globalization and Development (GlaD) of University of Göttingen
05/2016 - 08/2016: Internship at Syspons Consulting for Societal Innovation, Hamburg, in the Department of Development Cooperation
02/2015 - 07/2015: Internship at the German Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Department of Economics and Economic Cooperation
Education: M. A. International Economics with a focus on Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University of Groningen; B. A. in the International Degree Programme Economics, University of Applied Sciences Bremen
How have COVID-19-related restrictions affected consumption levels and life satisfaction in low-income countries? The authors of this article conducted phone surveys with 577 households in Liberia to compare consumption patterns across three points in time.
Pursuing a PhD is an exigent endeavor entailing various psychological and organizational challenges. This article proposes our adaptation of the agile method Scrum, which we call “ScrumAdemia,” as a solution.
Replication data for: Franco, Clara, Anna Fünfgeld, Viviana García Pinzón, Jan Klenke, Rebecca Lohmann, Désirée Reder, and Swantje Schirmer (2023), Introducing ScrumAdemia: An Agile Guide for Doctoral Research...
How do large-scale land acquisitions increase the risk of conflict, and what kind of policies can mitigate this effect? The authors address these questions with a policy-oriented synthesis of prior research and develop policy recommendations in highlighting the need for regulatory frameworks, consultation, and transparency.
The second phase of the research project “Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Rural Change, and Social Conflict” focuses on the socio-economic impact of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) on local populations, particularly in terms of communal land rights and indigenous groups. Furthermore, it investigates the relationship between LSLA and global (agricultural) supply chains. The project aims to synthesise existing research and generate new evidence at the intersection of rural development and sustainable production and consumption. BMZ, 2022
By combining theoretical and methodological approaches in political science, economics, and environmental sciences, this project analyzes the effects of large-scale land acquisitions on rural structural change and social conflicts in order to advance academic research, provide international policy advice, and inform the work of local advocacy and development organizations. BMZ, 2019-2022
