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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

Badoux, M.A. Miriam

Areas of research: Political ethnology, urban ethnology, land tenure, corruption and anti-corruption
Regional focus: East Africa (esp. Kenya) and Central Africa (esp. Cameroon)
E-mail: Miriam.Badoux [at] unibas.ch

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: Leonie.jegen [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

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

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

Pavezi, M.A. Ingrid

E-mail: ingrid.pavezi [at] soziologie.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: +49 (0)1769020646

Then Bergh, M.A. Sarah

Areas of research: Critical and postcolonial theories of international relations, Africana Studies, Cultural Studies, German Foreign Policy and Development in Africa
Regional focus: West Africa (esp. Mali); Europe (esp. Germany)
E-mail: st874 [at] cornell.edu

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

Wetterich, M.A. Cita (University of Freiburg)

Areas of research: Migration and Displacement Studies, Gender and Masculinities, Security Studies Research on violence
Regional focus: North Africa, Central Mediterranean Route, Europe
E-mail: cita.wetterich [at] unibas.ch
Phone: +49 (0)761 888 78 24