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International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)

Sebastian Heinen Personenporträt Mitarbeiter IZNE

Dr Sebastian Heinen

Research Fellow Economic Development

Unit

International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)

Location

Sankt Augustin

Room

G031

Address

Grantham-Allee 20

53757 Sankt Augustin

Telephone

+49 2241 865 9699

Profile

Specialisation: development economics, political economy

Teaching Areas: microeconomics, development economics

Research Areas:

  • Political economy of economic development in sub-Sahara Africa, especially Rwanda
  • Industrial policy, institutions, and governance
  • Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Co-Production in the Research-Practice Nexus

Regional Focus: Eastern and Southern Africa

Weblinks:

- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3vNCsQYAAAAJ&hl=en

- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sebastian-Heinen-3

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SebHeinen

- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-4697

 

 

Memberships

Reviewer for World Development, GeoForum, SOAS Journal of Postgraduate Research

Projects

2017-2022: PhD candidacy in economics at SOAS University of London; topic: state-led economic transformation in Rwanda

Research Projects

KLUGER Transfer - Climate - Environment - Health - Transfer

The project's aim is to develop and test new methods and instruments for institutionalised transfer cooperation between non-university research institutions (AUF) and universities of applied sciences (HAW), using the example of global climate and environmental change and associated health effects. A multi-stage transfer chain from basic research via applied research and teaching to societal, economic, and political actors will be developed. Suitable and innovative formats will be designed and implemented to create a sustainable system of knowledge transfer into practice. Accompanying research will record and analyse knowledge transfer preferences of researchers and practitioners.

Project management at the H-BRS

Prof. Dr Katja Bender Prof. Dr Martin Hamer Prof. Dr Stefanie Meilinger Prof. Dr Wiltrud Terlau

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Heinen, S. (2022). Rwanda’s Agricultural Transformation Revisited: Stagnating Food Production, Systematic Overestimation, and a Flawed Performance Contract System. The Journal of Development Studies, 58:10, 2044-2064, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2022.2069494

Book Reviews

  • Heinen, S. (2023). [Review of the book Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications, by T. Kelsall, N. Schulz, W. D. Ferguson, M. vom Hau, S. Hickey, and B. Levy]. The Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming), DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2023.2275409

Working Papers

  • Heinen, S. (2021). Rwanda’s Agricultural Transformation Revisited: Stagnating Food Production, Systematic Overestimation, and a Flawed Performance Contract System. SOAS Department of Economics Working Paper No. 242. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26055.83368

PhD Thesis

  • Heinen, Sebastian (2023) State-led Economic Transformation in Rwanda 2000-2019: An Evaluation of the Role of Policy in Coffee-processing, Tourism, Food Crops, and Manufacturing. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039057

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