ALMA Fellows
ALMA Fellows are an interdisciplinary group of doctoral students who are working on social science issues in Africa, Latin America, MENA and Asia and are associated with the ABI. Some of them are supervised in their dissertations directly at the ABI, others have supervisors at other universities.
Altrogge, M.A. Judith
Areas of research: migration, return migration, migration policy, migration development nexus
Regional focus: West Africa, esp. The Gambia
E-mail: judith.altrogge [at] uos.de
Phone: +49 (0)170 – 9035908
Ashiabi, M.A. Eric Elikem
Areas of research: Opposition political parties and electoral reforms; Cross-border ethnic groups, contested citizenship and national identity; Social Cohesion
Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
E-mail: ashiabielikem77 [at] gmail.com
Gessner, M.A. Sophia
Areas of research: Migration-Development-Nexus, social inequality, labor migration, network research, migrant agency
Regional focus: North Africa (esp. Morocco)
E-mail: sgessner [at] uni-osnabrueck.de
Hernández Westpfahl, M.A. Rafael Vicente
Areas of research: Political Geography, Political Ecology, Critical State Theory, Extractivism, Socio-Environmental Conflicts, Resource Governance
Regional focus: Latin America (esp. Mexico)
E-mail: rafael.hernandez_westpfahl [at] uni-heidelberg.de
Jegen, M.A. Leonie
Areas of research: Migration, Externalisierung, borders
Regional focus: EU, Westafrica, esp. Ghana, Niger, Senegal
E-mail: lf.jegen [at] posteo.net
Social Media: https://twitter.com/Le0nieFelicitas
Kenyatta, M.A. Gloria
Areas of research: Local governments and devolved governance, public participation, public administration (esp. public policy development), community development and volunteerism
Regional focus: East Africa (esp. Kenya)
E-mail: kenyattagloria [at] yahoo.com
Muhammad, M.A. Dilshad
Areas of research: South-north forced migration relations, local migration governance
Regional focus: Turkey, Syria
E-mail: dilshad.muhammad [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de
Neu, M.Sc. Friedrich
Areas of research: Global environmental and climate change (incl. adaptation), Resettlement, Political Ecology
Regional focus: Sub-Sahara Africa (esp. Ghana and Rwanda), Delta region
E-mail: friedrich.neu [at] geographie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: +49 (0)761 – 20354233
Ng'ang'a, M.A. Catherine
Areas of research: Peace and Security, Societal Post-Conflict Reconstruction Process and Strategies, Post-Conflict Narratives and Power, Post-Conflict Regimes, Legitimation of Post-Conflict Regimes.
Regional focus: The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia
E-mail: Nganga38.wn [at] gmail.com
Social Media: https://twitter.com/Ms_Nganga17
Ogbonna, M.A. Chinwe Beneditte
Areas of research: International relations, politics, culture, conflict, poverty, violence against women, gender equality, gender in peacebuilding and Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030
Regional focus: West Africa (esp. Nigeria)
E-mail: Chinwe.ogbonna [at] grk2571.uni-freiburg.de
Shorunkeh-Sawyerr, M.A. Onike
Areas of research: Migration policy of the African Union (AU) and regional organizations in Africa (RECs), German and European development cooperation in the context of migration, knowledge production, postcolonial approaches
Regional focus: AU and RECs, anglophone West Africa
E-mail: onike.shorunkehsawyerr [at] gmail.com
Internet:
Phone: +49 (0)151 19687959
Welter, M.Sc. Zabrina
Areas of research: Natural resource governance shifts, resource control, power struggles, post-conflict societies, environmental peacebuilding
Regional focus: Latin America (esp. Columbia)
E-mail: zabrina.welter [at] envgov.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: +49 (0)173 – 3531075