International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE)
Doctoral students of the IZNE
Current doctoral students
Alex Aboagye Bampoh
- Sustainable Landmanagement in Africa and Incentive Systems
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Zharas Aitmambet
- Essays in Development Economics: Evidence from Implementation of the Phase II of the Social Health Protection Initiative
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Simona Helmsmüller
Adeline Ajuaya
- Informal Employment and Decent Work in Tanzania: Voluntary Participation of Informal Workers in Social Health Insurance Schemes – A Case Study of Community Health Funds
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Philipp Bickel
- Condition assessment and reliability prediction for power electronics
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Jung und Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Andrew Boogards
- Analyzing the long term legacy of coporate social responsibility on community development
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Francisco Carrasco
- Circularity in Building Energy Systems
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Tanja Cimador
- Opportunities for scaling up socio-ecological niches: intangible sources of prosperity as the key to a resilient and resource-efficient circular economy
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Marcus Dusdal
- Management system for improving the resource productivity of industrial business models
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Maria Luisa Espinel Ramos
- Urban health ecology and biodiversity at the animal-human health nexus: dynamics of zoonoses in urban and peri-urban areas
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Silvia Berenice Fischer
- Droughts, floods and health: a socio-ecological assessment of vulnerability in peri-urban agriculture in São Paulo city
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Azad Ghasami
- Urban heatwaves, the use of ecosystem services, and behavioural adaptations relating to the environment, the economy, society and health
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Paul Matteschk
- Autonomous All-Sky Camera Networks for Enhancing Efficiency and Grid Integration of Photovoltaic Power Plants in Distributed Energy Systems
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Eliana Lins Morandi
- Territorial governance for food sovereignty in São Paulo
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Falmata Moussa
- Potential Impacts of Dust on the Performances of Solar PV Under Sahel Climatic Conditions: A Case Study of Niger
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Atefeh Movassagh
- Sustainable urban transformation through climate change mitigation and sustainable management of soil and water
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Hamer
Philipp Neumann
- The influence of harm caused to uninvolved third parties on decision-making behaviour in economic policy decision-making situations and experimental economics
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Christian Peters
- The Energy Transition in German Local Authorities – Financing, Political and Legal Challenges in the District of Kleve: An Empirical Cost Analysis with an Interdisciplinary Assessment of Local Authority Options for Action
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Oliver Pfeiffer
- Development of a generic energy rating for bifacial photovoltaic modules based on IEC 61853
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Sanjana Rajasekar
- The interaction between institutions and social protection in promoting food resilience amongst farmers in Ahmedabad
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Steffen Schedler
- Regional sector coupling through the integration of metal hydride storage systems into a future renewable energy system
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Barbara Schiffer
- Model-based assessment of hydrogen use in German district heating power stations, with a focus on the entire power station facility
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Allex Semba
- The impact of cash transfers on caregiving for persons with disabilities: A qualitative evaluation in Zambia and Malawi
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Simona Helmsmüller
Theresa Wobbe
- Development of a behaviourist approach to designing environmentally sustainable product innovations
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Completed doctorates
Callistus Agbaam
- Determinants of Public Support for Social Protection in Ghana. A Micro-level Analysis
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Samer Chaaroui
- Development of a predictive control model for grid-integrated photovoltaic-diesel-battery systems in the context of the Ghanaian health sector
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
David Dreistadt
- Materials and systems development for the integration of metal hydride-based hydrogen storage systems into gas-to-power systems (DE)
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Jessica Francine Felappi
- The role of green infrastructure quality for healthier and biodiverse cities: A One Health approach for reconciling people and wildlife needs.
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Johannes Klement
- Life Satisfaction and Economic Growth in the Context of Societal and Ecological Transformation Processes
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Ina Neher
- Impact of atmospheric variability on a solar based power system in West Africa
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Meilinger
Ana Maria Perez Arredondo
- Holistic Health Approaches in Ghana: Essays on the evolution and institutionalization of the One Health concept, the social and environmental determinants of health, and the determinants of technological change
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katja Bender
Michael Stotter
- Chopped Miscanthus biomass for soil organic matter build-up and evaluation of nitrogen and carbon dynamics in arable farming systems
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Hamer
Philipp Swoboda
- Remineralizing soils? The agricultural usage of silicate rock powders in the context of One Health
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Hamer
Angela Turck
- Balancing Biodiversity and Economic Viability: Farmers' Motivations and Challenges in Nature-Protected Areas
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- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau
Mariana Vilmondes
Do you have any further questions?
Katja Bender
Professor of Economics, esp. Economic & Social Development, Vice Dean for Research, Transfer and Internationalization, Director International Center for Sustainable Development, Deputy President European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
F 306
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9660
Martin Hamer
Professor for soils and biomass, Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Department of Applied Natural Sciences
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
F 311
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 774
Stefanie Meilinger
Professor for Sustainable Technologies, esp. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies, Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Department Engineering and Communication (IWK)
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
F 321
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 718
Wiltrud Terlau
Professor of Economics, Resilient and Sustainable Development, Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Department of Economics
Research fields
Location
Rheinbach
Room
B 111
Address
von-Liebig-Straße 20
53359, Rheinbach
Telephone
+49 2241 865 410Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
Raum F 305
Address
Grantham-Allee 20,
53757, Sankt Augustin
Marco Jung
Professorship for Electromobility and Electrical Infrastructure with a focus on Power Electronics
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
B213
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+ 49 2241 865 316Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
B213
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+ 49 2241 865 316
Simona Helmsmüller
Professor for 'Economics of Social Protection', Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE), Academic Head MSc Social Protection
Research fields
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
F 208
Address
Grantham-Allee 2-8
53757 Sankt Augustin
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9875