Dr. Andreas Mandler

Research themes

Land use and food security
Knowledge
Institutions
New Technologies
Governance and conflict

Research countries

Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Tajikistan

Research projects

Konversion von Wissensbeziehungen in der postsowjetischen Landwirtschaft. Der Einfluss lokaler Politikgestaltung auf das Wissensmanagement landwirtschaftlicher Akteure in Tadschikistan (Volkswagen Stiftung)

Epistemic Cultures and Innovation Diffusion in post-soviet Southern Caucasus and Central Asia. Pilot Study: Agricultural Knowledge Systems in Georgia and Tajikistan (BMBF)

Teaching

- Knowledge in agriculture and knowledge in rural areas
- Rural communities and local governance
- Designing ethnographic field research
- Reference management and qualitative data analysis

Professional experience

Consultant GIZ, FAO, CTA

Degrees

- PhD, Development research, University of Bonn
- Magister artium, Humboldt Universität of Berlin

Expertise

Fieldresearch methods, Qualitativie data analysis, Panel data analysis, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation

Funding institutions

Volkswagen foundation, Fiat panis foundation, BMBF

Research partners

- Tajik Agrarian University „Shirinsho Shotemur“, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Tajik Academy of Science, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Florence, Italy

Research affiliation

ZEFa, Department of Political and Cultural Change

2019

Mandler, A. 2019. Agricultural Expertise and Knowledge Practices among Individualized Farm Households in Tajikistan. Dissertation at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Further Information

2016

Mandler, A. 2016. Investments in Agriculture in Northern Tajikistan: Considering the Dehqon Farm. In: SHTALTOVNA, A., HORNIDGE, A.-K. & SCHETTER, C. (eds.): . Bern: Peter Lang.

2015

Mandler, A. 2015. Mobilizing Religion to Access Arable Land in Tajikistan. In: SMOLARZ, E. & CONERMANN, S. (eds.): Mobilizing Religion: Networks and Mobility. Berlin: EB-Verlag.

2014

Mandler, A., Boboyorov, H., Hornidge, A.-K. & Shtaltovna, A. 2014. Coping with transition in rural Central Asia and Caucasus: ZEF researchers gain insights from farmers’ diaries. ZEFnews, 29 .

2013

Mandler, A. 2013. Knowledge and Governance Arrangements in Agricultural Production: Negotiating Access to Arable Land in Zarafshan Valley Tajikistan. ZEF Working Paper Series, 106. Bonn: ZEF .

2010

Mandler, A. 2010. Ugandas Griff zum Telefon. Mobiltelefone in ländlichen Regionen – ein Entwicklungsmotor?. Eine-Welt-Presse. Nord-Süd-Zeitung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (DGVN), 1 : 3-4 .

Mandler, A. 2010. Social and Political Context of Agriculture Advisory Services in the Republic of Tajikistan. In: KELLY LABAR, MARTIN PETRICK, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER (eds.): Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe,. IAMO. Download [PDF | 160.45KB]
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2009

Lie, R. & Mandler, A. 2009. Video in Development, Filming for Rural Change. A joint publication by CTA, GTZ, FAO and WUR Wageningen [French version: La Vidéo dans Le Développement. Filmer pour le Changement Rural], .

2008

Mandler, A. 2008. Web2.0 and Rural Change. D + C Development and Cooperation, 49 (2) .

Mandler, A. 2008. Communication technologies support trade in Africa. Leisa Magazin, 24 (1) .

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Associated Researcher

Private website:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas-Mandler-2

Department :
ZEF A: Department of Political and Cultural Change

E-Mail:
andreas.mandler(at)googlemail.com