Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Agrifood Chain Management

PhD Student

Room 1136

Short Bio

• Since 2022, Scientific Staff and Researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Doctor in Agricultural Governance and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics.
• 2020-2022 Master of Science (M.Sc.) Economic History: Economic Growth, Population and Development, Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), Master thesis 1: “Resource Abundance and Material Wellbeing in Africa — An Investigation of the Resource Curse”, Master thesis 2: “Agricultural Transformation and Labour Structures in Ghana”
• 2016-2018 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) Peace and Development Studies: Economics, Linneaus University, Bachelor thesis: “The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the Community: A Case Study of the Natural Resource Curse in South Africa”

Research interests

• Agricultural development
• Agricultural labour structures
• Cocoa industry
• Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)
• Socio-economic impact of natural resource extraction

Country expertise

• Ghana, South Africa

Projects

• Where have all the Workers Gone? Labour and Work in Ghana, 1951-2010 (2022-2026), AHRC-DFG Collaborative Research Project
• https://fis.hu-berlin.de/converis/portal/detail/Project/922772170?lang=en_GB

Publications

• Andersson, M., Davila, G., Jirström, M., Kilichova, C., Lagercrantz, H., & Wahab, I. (2024). A local-level agricultural transformation in the making? The case of the cassava industry in the Ashanti and Volta regions of Ghana. Oxford Development Studies, 52(3), 310–324. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2024.2418002