Born in 1977 in Hanover
 

Research priorities

Concepts and Theories: Global value chains, global production networks, resilience approaches, clusters and innovative milieus, institutions and resource economics

Thematic Interests: Organisation and networking of trade and production, sustainability, environmental and social standards, agriculture and rural areas, infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT)

Regional Focus: Sub-Saharan Africa, European Union

Recent third party funded research projects can be found here: www.geographie.uni-koeln.de
 

Academic Qualifications

2002 Master of Science in City and Regional Development (Cardiff)
2003 Diploma in Geography; subsidiary subjects: Economics and Business Administration (Hannover)
2006 Promotion to Dr. rer. nat. (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); Title: „Cluster-Strukturen landwirtschaftlicher Warenketten in Ostdeutschland und Polen“
2012 Habilitation (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); Title: „Standards in internationalen Wertschöpfungsketten“
 

Professional Career

• since 01.11.2013 Professor for Human Geography - urban and regional development at the University Cologne
• 2012 Visiting Professor at the department of Agricultural Economies at the University of Stellenbosch
• WS 2011-2012 W2 Professor for Human Geography at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (representation of Prof. Dr. W. Bätzing)
• 2010 Associate Professor Economic Geography (1 semester) Institute of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Prof. Dr. E. Kulke)

Publications

Please visit my google scholar profile:  https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=4qQL82sAAAAJ&hl=en