Jennifer Meyer-Ueding
Address
| Jennifer Meyer-Ueding Humboldt University of Berlin Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Department of Agricultural Economics Division of Cooperative Sciences Luisenstrasse 53 D-10099 Berlin, Germany |
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| Phone: | +49-30-2093-6553 |
| Fax: | +49-30-2093-6501 |
| Email: | jennifer.meyer-ueding (at) staff.hu-berlin.de |
Position within the Division of Cooperative Sciences
Ph.D. Student and Junior Research Fellow in the Joint Research Project "MEGACITIES 2 - Climate and Energy in a Complex Transition Process towards Sustainable Hyderabad"
Research Interest
- Governance, Participatory Governance, Local Governance
- Self-help and Co-operatives
- Participation; Collective Action
- Civil Society, Social Capital
- Sustainable Development
- Institutions and performance
- Urbanization
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Regional Focus: South Asia
Academic Career
| Since 01/2009 | Humboldt University of Berlin Ph.D. candidate in the Project "MEGACITIES - Climate and Energy in a Complex Transition Process towards Sustainable Hyderabad - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies by Changing Institutions, Governance Structures, Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns" |
Academic Background
| 04/2003 - 03/2008 | Magister Studies of Political Science and Political
Science of South Asia at the Ruprecht-Karls University in
Heidelberg |
| 03/2008 | Graduation as Magistra Artium (overall grade
1.3) Title of Magister thesis: "Governance and Legitimacy in Afghanistan" |
Field Research and Work Experience
| 09/2008 - 12/2008 | Project "Capacity Building of Panchayati Raj
Institutions" of the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit) in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (Intern) |
| 04/2008 - 06/2008 | Freelance for the research project "Educational
Aspirations and Reference Groups" at the Mannheim Centre for European
Social Research (MZES) |
| 07/2007 - 03/2008 |
Unexamined research assistant at the University
Library, Heidelberg |
| 08/2006 - 09/2006 | Office of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAF) in
Kabul, Afghanistan (Intern) |
| 01/2006 | Berlin office of Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg (Member of the
German Bundestag) (Intern) |
| 07/2005 - 10/2005 | German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, BMFSFJ, Section 211 for voluntary services (Intern) |
Scholarships and Awards
| 08/2006 - 09/2006 | Scholarship of the Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst (DAAD) for Internship in Kabul, Afghanistan
(Konrad-Adenauer Foundation) |
