PhD Projects

PhD Projects

PhD IDS 2021

Building coherent social protection systems
(The research project is part of ADAPTED, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme which is coordinated by the IEE.)
Irene Among
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn (RUB) and Prof. Dr. Andrew Fischer (Erasmus University Rotterdam - Netherlands)
Abstract

The effects of governmentally enforced minimum wages on formal sector employment
(The research project is part of ADAPTED, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme which is coordinated by the IEE.)
Akua Martinson
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein (Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, RUB), Prof. Dr. Rémi Bazillier (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne UP1, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
Abstract

Assessing the influence of urban planning and territorial strategies on regional food systems
Ricardo Paris
Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Andreas Rienow

The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment and Official Development Assistance on Job Creation and Poverty Reduction
(The research project is part of ADAPTED, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme which is coordinated by the IEE.)
Muhammad Saleh
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein (Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, RUB), Prof. Dr. Liza Chauvet (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne UP1, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique)
Abstract

The Political Ecologies of Reintegration Processes in Colombia
Camilo Ucrós
Supervisor: PD Dr. Christian Gudehus

Rights-based social assistance schemes
(The research project is part of ADAPTED, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme which is coordinated by the IEE.)
Natalia Zakharchenko
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn (Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, RUB) and Prof. Dr. Galina Cornelisse (Kooijmans Institute for Law and Governance, VU Amsterdam)
Abstract

PhD IDS 2020

The Women, Business and Human Rights Nexus – the effect of international law in creating an accessible business climate for women in Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa
Caroline Spanaus
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn
Abstract

PhD IDS 2019

A Study on the Impact of Corruption on Democratic Governance in African Countries
Jonathan Ruto
Supervisor: Prof Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein

PhD IDS 2018

Global crises and local conflicts? Interactions and repositionings in land conflicts in Chile and Argentina
Anja Habersang (associate member)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Displacement and Reactions from below: Migration, Resistance and Adaption
Corinna Land (associate member)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz (RUB) and Prof. Dr. Heike Greschke (TU Dresden)
Abstract

Rohingya Crisis and its Regional Response
Fiza Lee
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze
Abstract

Structural Change in an Open Economy – The Transmission Channels between Trade, Growth, and Poverty
Henrike Roth
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Abstract

Indigenous Politics and Development: Understanding Political Mobilization in North-East India with Special Reference to Indigenous Struggles in Tripura
Biswaranjan Tripura
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

PhD IDS 2017

Marginalization and Indigenous Peasant Resistance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Bablu Chakma
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Foreign Investment Protection and Human Rights
Ulemj Dovchin
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn
Abstract

Dealing with the Impact of Social Control: Strategies and Coping Mechanisms of LGBT+ People in South Africa
Katharina Girndt
Supervisor: PD Dr. Stefan Karduck, University of Cologne
Abstract

A Theory-based Impact Evaluation of a Development Intervention in Myanmar
Om Ki
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Abstract

Forced Migration and Land: An Expulsion in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh
UK Mong Marma
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

UN-UN Inter-Organisational Relations: the governance of the Decent Work Agenda
Zena Mouawad
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann
Abstract

The Politics of Pressure: Political and Diplomatic Factors Influencing Non-State Armed Group Compliance with Humanitarian Norms
Will Wright (graduated in 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze
Abstract

PhD IDS 2016

Negotiating development: A trans-sequential ethnography of development in Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Zaidi (graduated in 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Analyzing the Long Term Legacy of Corporate Social Responsibility on Community Development
Andrew Boogaards
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Abstract

Rising Middle-IP Powers: National Interests and International Influence. South Africa as a Case Study
Ruth Knoblich (associate member)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tilman Mayer, University of Bonn
Abstract

Labor Market Effects of Social Protection
Klaudia Michalek-Kursawe
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Abstract

Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict Economies: Analyzing Humanitarian Resource Networks in Darfur (Sudan)
Darina Pellowska
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul
Abstract

PhD IDS 2015

A new perspective of refugee studies: refugees as a source of social peace
Loubna Abi Khalil
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel, Prof. Dr. Sami Baroudi, and Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Financing Recovery in Conflict-Affected Countries: Financing Resources and Fiscal Sustainability
Mohammad Al Asadi (graduated in 2020)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

The economic life of Syrian refugees in camps
Salam Alhaj Hasan
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Abstract

HOMESCAPES. The Secondary Forced Displacement of Palestinian-Syrian Refugees.
Jasmin Fritzsche-El Shewy (graduated in 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dallal Stevens and Prof. Ulrike Krause

Cultural Heritage Preservation and Protection in Human Rights Law
Laura Hofmann
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger
Abstract

The responsibility of the United Nations to end an occupation - Study on Palestine
Ihssan Madbouh
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze and Dr. Mahasen M. Al-Jaghoub

The dilemma of informal housing management in Hochiminh City (HCMC), Vietnam
Thien Phuoc Pham (associate member)
Supervisors: Prof. Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and Prof. Bertram Ingolf Steininger, RWTH Aachen
Abstract

PhD IDS 2014

Determinants of Public Support for Social Protection in Ghana. A Micro-level Analysis
Callistus Agbaam (graduated in 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr Katja Bender, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Abstract

The Economics of Cooperative Financial Cooperatives: Income Distribution, Political Economy and Regulation
Amr Khafagy (graduated in 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Nienhaus
Thesis published in the series "Banking, Money and International Finance", Routledge

Foreign direct investment and inclusive growth: comparative evidence from Zambia and Malawi
Themba Nyasulu (graduated in 2018)
Supervisors: Prof. em. Dr. Dieter Bender and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

A critical inquiry to understand peace and development from the perceptive of the marginalised indigenous people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Hari Purna Tripura
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Accountability Relations in Social Housing Programs: a comparative legal analysis of Brazilian and Chilean case studies
Mariana Vilmondes Alves (graduated in 2021)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn
Abstract

PhD IDS 2013

A Real Options Approach to Renewable and Nuclear Energy Investments in the Philippines
Casper Agaton (graduated in 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Karl
Thesis; also published as Vol. 71 of UA Ruhr Studies on Development and Global Governance

From the City to the Desert: Analysing Shantytown Resettlement in Casablanca, Morocco, from Residents’ Perspectives
Raffael Beier (graduated in 2019)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese and Prof. Dr. Irene van Staveren
Thesis published as Vol. 72 of UA Ruhr Studies on Development and Global Governance

International Trade and Private Sector Performance: A Critical Analysis of Ghana’s Manufacturing Sector
Mabel Akosua Hoedoafia (graduated in 2019)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse and Prof. Dr. Helmut Karl
Thesis

What shapes the quality of employment in global production? Analyses on the suppliers’ perspective and decision-space in Egypt and Jordan
Britta Holzberg (graduated in 2022)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Uta Wilkens and Prof. Dr. Peter Knorringa
Abstract

Amending Biochar to Urban Farmlands: An Economic Evaluation of the Effects on Food Security in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and in Tamale (Ghana)
Lesley Hope (graduated in 2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

Conflict displacement and legal protection. Understanding asylum, human rights and refugee law
Charlotte Lülf (associate member, graduated 2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze
Thesis published in the series "Law and Migration", Routledge

Exploring the Socio-Cultural Impact of Migration: An Ethnographic Study of Migrant Workers from Bangladesh to the Gulf States
Maruf Lutfur
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Abstract

Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture: Understanding Interlinkages and Exploring Implications in the South African Context
Anne Siebert (graduated in 2019)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Santurnino (‘Jun’) M. Borras Jr. (ISS) and Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger
Abstract


PhD IDS 2012

Linking Humanitarian and Development Action in Ethiopia
Annalisa Addis (associate member, graduated in 2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul
Thesis

Building Sustainable Peace: From Practice to Law de lege ferenda—Legal Assessment of the Concept ‘Post-conflict Peacebuilding’
Eva Mihalik (graduated in 2017)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze and Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger
Thesis

Critical Reassessment of the Dynamics between the Extractive Industry and Sustainable Development: The Case of Mali
Sidy Ouattara
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse

Grounded in Paraguay: An Appropriation Theory of ICTs and Education for Development
Sascha Rosenberger (graduated in 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Thesis

The Changing Relationship between Mainland China and Taiwan in Light of the World Trade Organization
Qin Tang (associate member)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jörn-Carsten Gottwald and Prof. Dr. Bernadette Andreosso O'Callaghan
Abstract

PhD IDS 2011

Collective Identity and Prospects for Political Integration: The Case of the East African Community
Catherine Biira (graduated in 2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann
Thesis

Public Policy and Ideation: A Case of A Grey-Zone Country - Pakistan
Atif Ikram Butt (graduated in 2016)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer
Thesis

Ambivalent attachments: shifting notions of home among displaced Sri Lankan Tamils
Diotima Chattoraj (graduated in 2016)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz
Thesis, Print Publication

Public Procurement Law as a Development Policy Instrument to Fight Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annika Engelbert (graduated in 2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn
Thesis published as Vol. 31 in the series "Recht und Verfassung in Übersee - Law and Constitution in Africa", Nomos)

Productivity and Wage Spillovers From Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Turkish Micro-Level Data
Syeda Tamkeen Fatima (graduated in 2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bender
Thesis

Essays on the Theory-Based Impact Evaluation of Projects in Developing Countries
Marc Hansen (graduated in 2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis


PhD IDS 2010

Water is Life - Coping with Water Challenges in Iraqi Kurdistan
Lisa Hilleke
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul
Abstract

Violence Against Children in Kenya: An Ecological Model of Risk Factors and Consequences, Responses and Projects
Alphonce Omolo (associate member, graduated in 2014; publ. thesis here)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christel Adick
Abstract

Power and Horizontality in South-South Development Cooperation. The Case of Brazil and Mozambique.
Jurek Seifert (associate member; graduated in 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel
Thesis published as Vol. 73 in the series "UA Ruhr Studies on Development and Global Governance"

A Big Push to Break Rural Household Poverty Trap? Millennium Villages Case Study with Emphasis on Agriculture
Silas Udahemuka (graduated in 2014)
Supervisor: PD Dr. Stefan Karduck
Thesis

PhD IDS 2009

Welfare Effects of Alternative Irrigation Water Prices on Farm Households: a case study of Lake Urmia Basin, Iran
Farah Asna Ashari (graduated in 2018)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Karl
Thesis

International Trade and Global Power Shift
Jan-Frederik Kremer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu

Institutions and Actors in Legislative Decisions in Africa: Analysing Institutional Contexts and Veto Players in Legislative Decisions in Malawi
Samson Brown Lembani (graduated in 2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann
Thesis

Fiscal Policies in Indonesian Forestry: Government Revenues, Sustainable Forests and Industrial Development
Akhmad Solikin (graduated in 2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

Towards a Real-Time Theoretical Perspective into Treatment Adherence: The Case of Tuberculosis Treatment Monitoring Using the Simpill System in South Africa
Charlton C. Tsodzo (graduated in 2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Voss
Thesis

The Impact of Rural-Urban Internal Migration on the Income of Rural Households in Ethiopia
Beneberu Assefa Wondimagegnhu (graduated in 2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bender
 Thesis

PhD IDS 2008

The Role of Non Governmentals Organisations (NGOs) in Social Service Delivery: The Case of the Health and HIV/AIDS Sector in Malawi
Martina Lembani (graduated in 2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

Climate Variability and Change in the Rift Valley and Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: Local Knowledge, Impacts and Adaptation
Abate Mekuriaw Bizuneh (graduated in 2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Butzin
(published as Vol. 62 of UAMR Studies on Development and Global Governance)

Institutional Quality, Export Performance and Income
Elias Gebreselassie Fanta (graduated in 2012)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bender
Thesis

Oil Abundance and Economic Growth
Elkhan Sadik-Zada (graduated in 2015)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bender
(published as Vol. 70 of UAMR Studies on Development and Global Governance)

Democratic Governance, Capable States and Development in Africa: A Comparative Study of Post-1991 Ethiopia and South Africa
Ephrem Tadesse Gerbere
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann

PhD IDS 2007

Impact of Foreign Affiliation on the Livelihood of Low-Income Rural Households: A Case Study of Pakistan
Farah Asif (graduated in 2014)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bender
Thesis

Growth Effects and the Determinants of Female Employment in Pakistan: a macro- and microeconomic analysis
Shafaq Hussain (graduated in 2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
(published as Vol. 61 of UAMR Studies on Development and Global Governance)

Trade Liberalization, Welfare and Poverty in Pakistan
Naveed Shaikh (graduated in 2011)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Thesis

Understanding Institutionalized Collective Remittances: The Mexican Tres Por Uno Program in Zacatecas
Carlos Villela Zavala (graduated in 2013)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Salzbrunn
(published as Vol. 64 of UAMR Studies on Development and Global Governance)

PhD IDS: Contact

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Dipl.-Ök. Britta Niklas
Coordinator PhD-IDS

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