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Prof. Dr. Beate Lohnert
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für geographische Entwicklungsforschung
Biography
| 2001 | Post-Doctorate / Post-doctoral Study in social and economic geography at the university of Osnabrück. Title of the Post-Doctorate monograph: Vom Hüttendorf zur Eigenheimsiedlung - in Selbsthilfe? Städtischer Wohnungsbau im 'Neuen Südafrika'. Ist Kapstadt das Modell? |
| 1995 | Completion of Doktorate (Dr. rer. nat) at the Geoscience Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (summa cum laude) Titel of the thesis: Überleben am Rande der Stadt - Ernährungssicherungspolitik, Getreidehandel und verwundbare Gruppen in Mali The dissertation was awarded the Karl-Theodor-Kromer research prize from the University of Freiburg. |
| 1990 | Master of Arts and 1st State examination at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg in geography and English philology |
Professional Career
| Since 2004 | Professor of Development Studies in Geography at the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences at the University of Bayreuth. |
| 2003 - 2004 | Representation of the Chair of Applied Geography at the Geographical Institute of the University of Stuttgart. |
| 1995 - 2003 | Assistant professor (C1) and senior assistant (C2) at the Department of Culture and Geography/ Department of Geography, University of Osnabrück. |
| 1993-1995 | Research associate at the Institute of Cultural Geography at the University of Freiburg. |
| 1992 | Coworker at the Centre for Advanced Training in rural Development of the Humboldt University of Berlin |
Presentation
Features & Memberships
- BIGSAS Senior Fellow (Principal Investigator)
- Speaker (together with Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas, Cologne and Prof. Dr. Rainer Werhahn, Kiel) of the DGfG-Working Group: Urban Geography in developing regions
- Member of the Editorial Boards of “Bayreuther Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung” (BayBAF) and of „Bayreuth African Studies Online” (BASO)
- Institute of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth
- Centre for Natural Risks and Development, Bayreuth
- Graduate Program (M.Sc.) Global Change Ecology in the Elite Network of Bavaria
- DGfG -AK Subsaharisches Afrika
- Geographic Working Group development theories
- DGfG-AK: Urban Geography in developing regions
- Fellow am Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) of the University of Osnabrück
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für geographische Entwicklungsforschung
Research interests
Human Geography (Social, Economic and Population Geography), Development Studies in Geography
- Food Security, Agricultural Policy
- Rural-urban linkages
- Urban and Regional Planning, town planning with a focus on informal settlements (Upgrading, Low-Cost Housing, Resettlement)
- Refugee and Migration Research
- Social dimensions of global environmental change, political ecology
- Moderation of land use conflicts
- Methods of participatory reserach, planning and implementation / team work and team management in planning
- Regional focus: Southern Africa, the Sahel countries, East Africa, Italy, Spain, South-West-Germany
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für geographische Entwicklungsforschung
Prof. Dr. Beate Lohnert
Chair
Universität Bayreuth
Universitätsstr. 30
95447 Bayreuth
Room: 145, GEO II
Sprechstunde: Mittwoch 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2277
E-mail: beate.lohnert@uni-bayreuth.de