Dr. Nicolai Schulz
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KontaktHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin E-Mail: nicolai.schulz(at)hu-berlin.de Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PolDErBio) |
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Education
- 10/2016 – 03/2020: PhD in International Development (London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE])
- 09/2015 – 09/2016: MRes in Development Studies (LSE)
- 10/2013 – 09/2014: MSc in Development Studies (LSE)
- 10/2009 – 03/2013: BA Politics and Administration (University of Konstanz)
- 02/2011 – 07/2011: Visiting Student (Faculty of Politics and Administration, Universidad de Granada)
Work Experience
- 08/2018 – 07/2020: (Postdoctoral) Research Associate and Co-lead of the ‘Defining and Measuring Political Settlements’ project (Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre [ESID], University of Manchester)
- 01/2017 – 07/2018: Research Consultant (Global Development Institute, University of Manchester)
- 09/2016 – 01/2017: Research Assistant to Editor (Journal of Development Studies)
- 01/2015 – 03/2015: Visiting Researcher (German Development Institute [DIE])
- 2014 & 2017: Consultancy on Tanzanian Human Development Reports 2014 & 2017 (Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania)
- 05/2015 – 07/2015: Consultancy in project "CADESAN - Fortalecimiento de Capacidades para la Descentralización en los Países Andinos" GIZ, Peru)
Research Interests
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Comparative Politics of Development
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Development Economics
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Bioeconomy Policy
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Industrial Policy
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Agricultural Transformation
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African Politics
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Mixed Method Research
Publications
Books
- 'Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, and Policy' (2022, with T. Kelsall, W. Ferguson, M. v. Hau, S. Hickey, & B. Levy) Oxford University Press
Journal Articles
- 'Using political settlements analysis to explain poverty trends in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania' (2022, with B. Chinsinga, E.H. Weldeghebrael, T. Kelsall, and T.P. Williams) World Development, 153
- ‘The Politics of Export Restrictions: A Panel Data Analysis of African Commodity Processing Industries’. (2020) World Development, 130.
- ‘Dangerous Demographics? The Effect of Urbanisation and Metropolisation on African Civil Wars, 1961–2010’. (2015) Civil Wars, 17:3, 291-317
Book Chapter
- ‘Governing Clean Energy Transitions in China and India’. (2017, with K. Isoaho and A. Goritz)
- in Arent, D., Arndt, C., Miller, M., Tarp, F. and Zinaman, O. (eds) The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.