Disciplinary courses
BIGS-DR offers three disciplinary courses organized by its three research departments. Attendance is mandatory for the students of the respective department. The courses have a time frame of about three months.
1) Social Science Perspectives on Development: Development Theory, Practice and Research Methods (ZEFa)
2) Economic Analysis of Development and Development Policy (ZEFb)
3) Ecology and Development (ZEFc)
ZEFa
Time frame: January, 2022 - March, 2022
Coordination: Andreas Gohlke
Downloads: ZEFa course plan
The ZEFa disciplinary course offers total eight weeks of distinct training modules:
1) Development Theory and Practice
2) Quantitative Methods
3) Qualitative Methods
4) Development of Research Proposals
5) Research Colloquia*
6) Excursions to Development Organisations
7) Time for Readings and Assignments
Lecturers:
- Dima Al Munajed
- Dr. Denis Lucy Aviles Irahola
- Dr. Jan Janosch Förster
- Katrin Gleisberg-Gerber
- Dr. Girma Kelboro
- Dr. Wolfram Laube
- Dr. Guido Lüchters
- Volker Merx
- Alejandro Mora Motta
- Christian Petersheim
- Dr. Henning Sommer
- Dr. Till Stellmacher
- Dr. habil. Eva Youkhana
ZEFb
Time frame: January, 2022 - April, 2022
Coordinator: Dr. Zaneta Kubick
Downloads: ZEFb course plan
Part I: Quantitative Methods for Research in Development Economics
Part II: Data Analysis for Social Scientists
Part II: Development Economics
The course contains written exams and assignments.
Lecturers:
- Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim
- Prof. Dr. Jan Börner
- Dr. Bezawit Chichaibelu
- Dr. Lukas Kornher
- Dr. Zaneta Kubik
- Dr. Guido Lüchters
- PD Dr. Alisher Mirzabaev
- Dr. Tekalign Sakketa
- Dr. Oliver Kirui
- Dr. Amy Faye
External lecturers:
- Prof. Dr. Michael Kosfeld (University of Frankfurt)
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer (Göttingen University)
- Prof. Dr. Assefa Admassie (Addis Ababa University)
- Prof. Dr. Aly Mbaye (Cheikh Anta Diop University)
ZEFc
Time frame: January, 2022 - April, 2022
Coordinator: Dr. Navneet Kumar
Downloads: ZEFc course plan
The ZEFc disciplinary course offers different lectures on the topic related to natural sciences. The traing modules are designed to cover the thematic fields such as:
- Hydrology (Integrated water resource management, irrigation, hydrological modelling)
- Ecology and Biodiversity (Patterns, determinants, threats & conservation
- Ecosystem services & impacts of changes in envirnmental stress
- Agriculture (Food security, plan nutrition and soil manangement)
- Public Health (One health concept, vector borne disease, entomology & integrated pest management)
- Introduction to climatology
- Agroforestry & land degradation
Three special modules are designed for training in:
- Remote Sensing
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- R course (Statistics)
Lecturers:
- Antonio Rogmann
- Dr. Bernhard Tischbein
- Dr. Cory Whitney
- Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister
- Prof. Dr. Eike Luedeling
- Dr. Guido Lüchters
- Dr. Jan Henning Sommer
- Dr. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger
- Dr. Luna Bharati
- Dr. Navneet Kumar
- Dr. Timo Falkenberg
- Dr. Wolfram Laube
External lecturers:
- Prof. Dr. Mathias Becker (University of Bonn)
- Dr. Jan Decher (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig)
- Dr. Vera Rduch (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig)
- Dr. Peter Droogers (FutureWater, Netherlands)
- Prof. Jorge Alberto Guzman Jaimes (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Dr. Juliana Jaramillo (Global Lead Sustainable Agriculture, Rainforest Alliance)
- Prof. Dr. Asia Khamzina (Korea University)
- Prof. Maria Librada Chu (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Prof. Dr. Kensuke Okada (University of Tokyo)
- Dr. Adrian Strauch (ZFL)
- Dr. Taro Takahashi (University of Tokyo)
