apl. Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Kerstin Nolte
30167 Hannover
Focus in research and teaching
Areas of expertise
Economic Geography, Development studies
Research
Rural development
Extent, processes and impacts of large-scale farmland acquisitions (“land grabbing“)
Curriculum vitae
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Professional career
Studies of Geography and Economics at the University of Regensburg, Sorbonne-Université Paris IV and the Georg-August University Göttingen (Diplom Geographie and B.A. Economics)
PhD at the Georg-August University Göttingen (Dr. rer. pol.)PhD thesis
Large–scale land acquisitions in sub–Saharan Africa. Determinants, processes and actors. 2015, Georg-August University Göttingen. -
Previous activities
2010 - 2018:
Research fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs, Hamburg2018:
Research stay at the School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (DAAD Postdoc-scholarship) -
Memberships
- TRUST – Transdiciplinary rural and urban transformation (Research cluster, Leibniz University Hanover)
- Global Land Programme