Third-party funded projects - DFG funded
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Poverty dynamics and sustainable development: A long term panel project in Thailand and Vietnam - Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP)The objective of this project is to extend the panel household surveys in Thailand and Vietnam for another 9 years (6 waves of rural household and two waves for migrant surveys) to generate a much deeper understanding of income and poverty dynamics in rural areas of rapidly changing emerging economies.Year: 2018Funding: DFGDuration: 2018 - 2022 (3rd phase of the long-term project)
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Third-party funded projects
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Drivers of Change: Understanding the Process of Complex Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe research focuses on the multi-dimensional process of technology adoption in small-scale farming households. Primary data from two agroforestry projects in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia are collected. Key research aspects include the identification of determinants of the adoption process of complex agroforestry technologies and the analysis of specific incentives regarding the promotion of innovations. Further, small-scale farmers’ aspirations and their respective impact on the adoption behavior will be analyzed.Team:Year: 2021Funding: Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research (ATSAF), World Agroforestry (ICRAF)Duration: 01.04.2021 - 01.03.2024
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Hydrogen in sustainable aviation: Macroeconomic impacts and state interventionGermany needs alternatives to fossil fuels to realize the energy transition and climate targets 2050. Hydrogen represents a promising pathway. The momentum of a hydrogen economy affects the aviation sector. The objective of the project is a macroeconomic assessment of the hydrogen transition in Germany and its impacts on aviation. It aims to design a macroeconomic simulation model.Led by: Dr. Steven GronauTeam:Year: 2021Funding: DFG Exzellenzcluster “SE²A – Sustainable and Energy Efficient Aviation”Duration: 01.12.2021-31.05.2023
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Tanzanian Socio Economic Panel Project (TASEP)TASEP stands for “Tanzanian Socio Economic Panel”. The aim of this research project is to better understand the welfare and nutritional situation of the rural population of Tanzania, the entrepreneurial activities of households and the life satisfaction and resilience of the local people. In addition, the project aims to shed light on the local effects of different types of shocks and the coping strategies used by the rural population, as well as to map long-term rural developments in developing rural regions characterized by extreme poverty.Led by: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Grote, Prof. Dr. Anja Faße, Prof. Dr. Christiana WeberTeam:Year: 2021Duration: since 2021
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More Resilience through Digitalization? Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Marketing and Online Trade in the Agrifood SectorThe aim of the research project is to investigate to what extent digitalization is being promoted in the agrifood sector as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with regard to marketing, and to what extent this impacts on the resilience of various agricultural business clusters.Led by: Prof. Dr. Ulrike GroteTeam:Year: 2021Funding: Edmund Rehwinkel-Stiftung der Landwirtschaftlichen RentenbankDuration: 2021-22
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Interrelations between refugee and host communities in rural Zambia: A dynamic agent-based modeling applicationThe research project focuses on a refugee camp in rural Zambia, where considerable refugee influxes from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo are arriving. The core goal of the project is to investigate the interrelations between refugee and host communities in rural Zambia in the context of the rising number of refugee movements and the corresponding challenge to create long-term solutions.Led by: Dr. Steven GronauTeam:Year: 2020Funding: Leibniz Young Investigator Grant of the Leibniz University HannoverDuration: 01.07.2020 – 30.06.2022
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