Academic Education and Personal Grants
| 1999 | Tamatea High School, New Zealand, Student Exchange High School with full scholarship from G.A.S.S. e.V. |
| 2000 – 2002 | International Baccalaureate, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, United World College, Canada with full scholarship from the German Foundation United World College |
| 2003 – 2006 | Bachelor of Arts, First Class, Development Studies and International Relations, University of Sussex, UK with UCAS scholarship |
| 2007 – 2010 | Master of Public Policy, Hertie School of Governance with full scholarship from the Hertie Foundation |
| 2011 – 2015 | Award of Scholarship for PhD from Heinrich Böll Foundation |
| 2011 – 2012 | Participation in the Graduate School “Resource Politics and Gender Justice” at the Humboldt University Berlin & Leuphana University of Lüneburg |
| 2011 – 2013 | Participation in the Research Network SUNARPA “Inter – African – German Research Group Working on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources & Peace in Pastoralist Areas in Africa” |
| 2012 | Lecturer of “Resource Use and Gender Justice” at the Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien (ZTG) of the Humboldt University Berlin |
| 2014 – 2018 | Conceptualization and Realization of the Cape Coast Summer School on Land Use and Land Politics, financed by the VW Foundation in cooperation with FAU and University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| 2015 | Freelance Lecturer at FAU (Seminar on Land and Development) |
| 2015 - 2016 | Scholarship for Finalisation of PhD from Free University Berlin |
| 2017 | Handing-in and defense of the dissertation “Land, Gender and Commons: Collective Land Use Strategies of Pastoralists in Ethiopia and Germany”, magna cum laude, Free University Berlin |
Further Employment
| 2009 – 2011 | Freelance Research and Consultant on Ecology, Development and Gender – Issues, Berlin |
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| 2008 – 2009 | Head of Department for International Politics, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin |
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| 2007 – 2008 | Head of Department for Gender Democracy and Feminism, Gunda- Werner- Institut of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin |
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| 2006 – 2007 | Junior Project Manager at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) now GIZ |
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| 2003 – 2006 | Group Leader of Mentoring and Mentor at Aimhigher, Mentoring, UK |
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| 2005 | Intern and then freelance assistant, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro |
Publications
| 2019 | “Land, Gender and Commons. Collective Land Use Strategies of Pastoralists in Ethiopia and Germany.” Forthcoming monograph based on PhD, in negotiation with Lexington books |
| “Gender, age and commons among the Nyangatom in Southern Ethiopia”, In: Land Tenure and Commodification, Edited by Britwum, Akua & Schultz, Ulrike, in negotiation with SAGE publishing | |
| “Commons and feminist research: a disambiguation” In: Environment and Planning E, Special Issue, 'Commons, Commoning and Co-Becoming Edited by Singh, Neera; Garcia, Gustavo & Lang, Ursula, accepted | |
| 2018 | “Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft: Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu”, Peripherie – Politik • Ökonomie • Kultur 150/151, Heft 2-2018 Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens (150/151) |
| “Making sense of past, present and future. Images of modern and past pastoralism among Nyangatom herders in South Omo, Ethiopia, In: Land (2018) 7/2 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/2/54/htm | |
| 2010 | Co-editing with Helfrich, Silke in the name of Heinrich Böll Foundation, Wem gehört die Welt?” Oekom Verlag |
| 2009 | Editor in the name of the Heinrich Böll Fondation: Roadmap to 1325, Resolution for gender-sensitive peace and security politics, Barbara Budrichs Verlag |
Acquiring of Non-Personal Grants
| 2016 – 2018 | Volkswagen Foundation Grant for three PhD Summer Schools in cooperation with University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| 2018 | Small grant to implement migration workshop project in Möckern from City Burg |
Lectures
| 2018 | “The Commons, Commoning and Co-becomings: Land, Care, and Commons” Panel at the AAG (American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting) in New Orleans, USA |
| “Land, nomadism and future forms of ownership”, Schwarzmarkt für nützliches Wissen und Nicht-Wissen, Staatstheater Braunschweig | |
| 2017 | “Commons-based land use of pastoralists in Ethiopia in the midst of land commodification” Panel at European Conference on African Studies, Basel, Switzerland |
| “Pastoralism and the Commons: a multidisciplinary approach”, Interdisciplinary Desert Conference, Oxford University | |
| 2016 | “Intercultural Relations in Friedensau”: Presentation of a larger qualitative study conducted as part of an endorsed diversity strategy for Friedensau Adventist University |
| 2014 | “Pastoralism in Comparison”, New Generation University, Ethiopia, Diversity Day |
| 2012 | “Pastoralism and Natural Resource Use“ Technical University Berlin, Development Politics, with other SUNARPA members |
| 2011 | “Pastoralist conflicts and civil peace building in South Ethiopia and bordering areas”, Berliner Afrikakreis, Afrikahaus |
| 2010 | “Power, Grant Writings and Movement Buildings: Contradictions from a women’s movement perspective” AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights, South Africa, |
| 2009 | “Backgrounds and strategies for gender-sensitive peace and security politics”, Technical University Berlin, Development Politics Series XVII |
Supervision of Master's theses
Since 2017, supervision of 6 Master's theses at Friedensau Adventist University, ongoing.
Academic Memberships
2016 American Association of Geographers
Courses at FAU
| SS 2018 | Global politics of mining and sustainability in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University |
| Development Industry and Legacy in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University | |
| 2018 | Introductory Module: PhD Summer School on Land, Place and Belonging, co-taught with Kwaku Arhin-Sam, University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| SS 2017 | Lecture Series: Social Impacts of the Anthropocene; Friedensau Adventist University with geographers such as Silja Klepp and Festus Boamah |
| Intersectional perspectives on land use in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University | |
| WS 2017 | Rhetoric and presentation skills in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University |
| 2017 | Introductory Module: PhD Summer School on Mobile Livelihoods and Intersectional Perspectives with Kwaku Arhin-Sam, University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| SS 2016 | Global Politics of Sustainability in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University |
| WS 2016 | Migration and Development, course in cooperation with Kino Burg and Polilux e.V. |
| WS 2016 | Imagining and Understanding the “Other”: Cooperation projects with a school close to FAU as part of Interkulturelle Woche Burg, Sachsen-Anhalt |
| 2016 | Introductory Module: PhD Summer School on Intersectional & Feminist Perspectives on Land Commodification with Kwaku Arhin-Sam, University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| SS 2015 | Land, Gender and Development in M.A. International Social Sciences (Development Studies), Friedensau Adventist University |
| WS 2012 | Gender und Ressourcenpolitik im B.A. Gender Studies, Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien, co-taught with Julia Rometsch |
Voluntary Engagement and Interests
| Since 2001 | Oil Painting
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| 2016 | Teske – Schule Notunterkunft
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| 2007 – 2011 | Board of Trustees, OWEN e.V. – Mobile Academy for Peace and Gender Democracy, Berlin
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| 2008 – 2011 | Member of Steering Committee, German Women’s Security Council
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| 2008 – 2011 | Founder temporarity
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Languages
| German | Mother Tongue |
| English | Excellent |
| Italian | Intermediate speaking, low writing skills |
| French | Intermediate speaking, low writing skills |
| Serbo-Croatian | Good comprehension only |
| Nyangatom | Basic communication |
