Detlef Hanne (PhD Geophysics, Dipl. geol.)
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| Training | Detlef Hanne studied Geology at the University of Freiburg and Glasgow and finished his Diplom (MSc equivalent) in Freiburg in 1994. From 1999 until 2003 he did his PhD in Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, UK. |
| Career and International Experience | After his first degree and before starting his PhD, Detlef Hanne spent 5 years working internationally in research, projects of development cooperation and in industry. From 2003 until 2011, he was responsible as a Programme Manager for the Volkswagen Foundation for the thematic area of Earth and Environmental Sciences and funding programmes for developing and transition countries. Since 2011, he is working for KfW Development Bank, managing education programmes mainly in the southern African region. |
| Research and Teaching | Detlef Hanne has two main research interests: 1) Higher Education and Research Financing in Low Income Countries, and 2) Capacity Development Models for Sub-Sahara Africa. He gives seminars on higher education financing and capacity development models, and about the role and function of international development cooperation. He is a member of various scientific advisory boards, advising governmental and non-governmental organizations and publishes on research policy for Low Income Countries. |
Christian G. Hülsebusch (Dr. sc. agr.)
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| Training | Christian Hülsebusch studied agricultural sciences at the Universities Bonn and Hohenheim. He specialised in livestock sciences with emphasis on tropical livestock systems and holds a doctoral degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Hohenheim (1998). |
| Career | He was coordinator of the DFG funded SFB 308 "Adapted Farming in West Africa" in Niger (1998 - 2000), scientist at the Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics (2000) and Executive Manager of the Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics at the University of Hohenheim (2001 - 2005). Since November 2005, he is managing director of the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL). |
| Experience abroad | Christian Hülsebusch has long term research and working experience in Kenya (~ 4 years) and Niger (~ 2 years) and short term experience in Afghanistan, Burundi, China, Georgia, India, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco and Oman. |
| Research | His main research interest is on livestock based landuse systems and their interactions with the environment, camels and their adaptation to the environment, and sustainable wildlife management. |
| Current Research Projects | DITSL Reserch |
| Teaching | Christian Hülsebusch lectures on pastoral livestock production systems, management and utilisation of wildlife and unconventional livestock, and on tropical animal health at the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel at Witzenhausen. |
Team & Contact
Permanent Staff
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Claudia Blaue |
Eckhard Baum |
Eric Tielkes |
Post-Doctoral Scientists
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Maria Restrepo |
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Project Staff
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Lea Ludwig |
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Ursel Kegler |
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Lukas Dessoy |
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PhD Scholar
Eva Hilt |
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Wilhelmina KL Nuule |
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MSc Students
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Associate Research Fellows
Hussein Tadicha Wario |
Saverio Krätli |
Ann Waters-Bayer |
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Karsten Linne |
Martin Nadarzinski |
Joana Albrecht |
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Katharine Tröger |
Pamela Ngwenya |
Markus Frank |
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Oliver V. Wasonga |
Raphael Lotira |
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Guyo Malicha Roba |
Hassan G.Roba |
Detlef Hanne |
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