Research Associate at the Institute of Geography 

PhD student in the CRC "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation" (CRC 228) - Subproject C01: Future in Chains: Socio-economic impacts of growth corridors

Research focus

Content: Agriculture in the Global South, Global Value Chains, Digitalization of Agriculture

Regional: Sub-Saharan Africa, Germany

Methodology: Qualitative and quantitative methods, qualitative data collection at trade fairs, conferences and industry events

Academic career

Publications

Luxen, V., Tups, G. & Dannenberg, P. (2022). What makes Tanzanian smallholder farmers satisfied with their life? It’s not farming! DIE ERDE – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, 153(4), 259–263.  https://doi.org/10.12854/erde-2022-623

Luxen, V., Zander, M., Wiedemann, C., Fuchs, M., & Dannenberg, P.  (2022). Aktuelle Ausprägungen von Arbeit und Beschäftigung im deutschen Onlinehandel. In: A. Appel, S. Hardaker (Hrsg.), Innenstädte, Einzelhandel und Corona in Deutschland (1. Aufl., S 177-202). Würzburg University Press.  https://doi.org/10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-177-8

Presentations and Conference Papers

10th Annual Conference of the VGDH Working Group on Qualitative Methods in Geography and Spatially Sensitive Social and Cultural Research on the theme: ‘Who do we conduct research with?’: ‘Qualitative data collection at trade fairs, conferences and industry meetings – opportunities and challenges’, Goslar, March 2026

Bochum Society for Geography and Geology: “What makes Tanzanian smallholders satisfied with their lives?”, Bochum, June 2025

Regional Studies Association Annual Conference: “(Dis-)satisfied and Left-Behind? Life Satisfaction as a Lens on Rural Development in Tanzania”, Porto, Portugal, May 2025

Agri-Food Geographies Working Group: “What brings satisfaction? Life satisfaction as a perspective on rural development in Tanzania”, Osnabrück, April 2025

African Centre for Cities, Writing workshop on: “How to write about platformisation from Africa?”: “German Actors in Digital Tech in African Agriculture”, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2025

Annual Conference: AGRI-FOOD GEOGRAPHIES Working Group MEETS GEOGRAPHICAL TRADE RESEARCH Working Group: “Digital Technologies in African Agriculture: The Role of German Actors”, Würzburg, April 2024

Master thesis

Digital Technologies in African Agriculture: The Role of German Actors

Bachelor thesis

What makes people happy? The influence of livelihood assets on the life satisfaction of Tanzanian smallholder farmers

Scientific Expert Reviews

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