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Biographical Data
· Date of Birth/Place: Born in 1982
· Education:
- 2002-2007 Studies of Political Science and Public Law at the University of Hamburg,
- 2005-2006 Université Montesquieu/Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Bordeaux
· Professional Career:
- 2006: Student assistant at GIGA, DFG-Project “Political parties and party systems in francophone Africa”
- 2008: Internship at GTZ, Eschborn, Climate Protection Programme for Developing Countries
- Since 2008: PhD Candidate at the University of Hamburg
- Since 2009: PhD Candidate at GIGA
· Doctoral Thesis:
"Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate Governance: Comparing India and South Africa 2007-2010".
· Member of GIGA Research Progamme 4
· Current Research:
- Climate Policy
- Climate Governance in India and South Africa
- Environmental Governance
· Publications (Selection):
- 2010: Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South Africa as a Climate Power? GIGA Working Paper No 125, March 2010, Hamburg
- 2009: Regional power shifts and climate knowledge systems in (global) climate governance, in: Göttingen Journal of International Law
- 2009 (mit Dennis Eucker): Der „Obama-Effekt“ auf die Klimapolitik der neuen regionalen Führungsmächte, GIGA Focus Global, Nr. 8/2009, Hamburg: GIGA
- 2006 (mit Alexander Stroh): Kaurimuschel statt Chamäleon: Dritter demokratischer Präsidentenwechsel in Benin. GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 8/2006, Hamburg: GIGA
- 2012: Collective Learning through Climate Knowledge Systems: the case of South Africa, in: Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
- (i.E.)2011: Who Drives Change? Comparing the Evolution of Domestic Climate Governance in India and South Africa, GIGA Working Paper No 174,
- July 2011: Integrating energy and climate governance in South Africa: drivers, barriers and the shadow of hierarchy. in: Working Paper 013, The Governance of Clean Development Working Paper Series. School of International Development, University of East Anglia UK
- (pdf)2010: Südafrika: Kohle oder Klimaschutz?, GIGA Focus Afrika, Nr. 4/2010, Hamburg: GIGA (Volltext)Und bei dem Paper im Göttingen Journal of Law, was schon auf der website ist die Korrektur:
-2010: Regional power shifts and climate knowledge systems in (global) climate governance, in: Göttingen Journal of International Law 2 (1), 311-334
