Dr. Amanda tho Seeth (née Kovacs)

Associate

Dr. Amanda tho Seeth (née Kovacs)

  • Short CV

    • since 10/2023: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies
    • Since 10/2023: Associate Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
    • 06/2022 - 09/2023: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Hamburg; research fellow (co-lead) in the project "Freedom and Development? Religious Actors, Freedom of Religion and Belief and Sustainable Development"
    • 10/2021-03/2022: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies; Lecturer
    • 04/2021-11/2021: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Hamburg; research fellow in the project "Freedom and Development? Religious Actors, Freedom of Religion and Belief and Sustainable Development"; responsible for the case studies on Indonesia and India
    • 04/2021-09/2021: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; interim professorship at the department of Transregional Southeast Asian Studies (Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs)
    • 10/2020-03/2021: l´École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)/Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE), Paris; postdoc fellow
    • education: PhD in Political Science at Philipps-Universität Marburg; Study of Islamic Studies, Indonesian Studies and Political Science at Universität Hamburg and Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

    Current Research

    • religious actors and sustainable development
    • Islam and politics
    • Islamic education
    • Islamic intellectuals
    • religion and diplomacy
    • science diplomacy

    Countries and Regions

    • Islamic world, transregional
    • Indonesia

    Dr. Amanda tho Seeth (née Kovacs)

    Associate

    amanda.tho.seeth@giga-hamburg.de


    GIGA Brief | 01/2023

    Beeinflusst Religionsfreiheit die Handlungsfähigkeit religiöser Nichtregierungsorganisationen für die Erreichung der SDGs?

    Auf Grundlage der vom GIGA erhobenen sechs qualitativen Länderstudien lässt sich festhalten: Das Engagement religiöser Nichtregierungsorganisationen zur Erreichung der Ziele der Agenda 2030 hängt stark vom jeweiligen rechtlichen und gesellschaftlichen Kontext ab.

    Research Project | 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2023

    Freedom and Development? Religious Actors, Freedom of Belief and Religion, and Sustainable Development

    About 80% of the world's population professes a religion. In many countries, religious actors play a major role in development, e.g. education and the satisfaction of basic needs. At the same time, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) seems to be increasingly restricted and "religious" conflicts seem to be on the rise. We contribute to the international discussion how religion, and in particular FoRB, affects the Sustainable Development Goals. The project will provide policy recommendations with regard to potential religious partners in development cooperation.
    BMZ, 2020-2023

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