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Dissertation
The interplay of sustainability and capital markets
(2023)
Humanity faces significant environmental and social challenges, e.g., climate change (UN, 2019). Those challenges are, to some extent, addressed by politics. For instance, the European Union (EU) tries to address environmental topics, such as climate change, with the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth to steer capital flows into more sustainable business models (EU, 2018). This regulatory development, in conjunction with a surging demand for sustainable investment solutions leads to a pressing need for ...
Working paper
Wissenschaftliche Begleitstudie. Sozialwirtschaft integriert "Neue Chancen in der Sozialwirtschaft - Qualifzierungsperspektive für Migrantinnen"
(2023-04)
Vor dem Hintergrund vielfacher gesellschaftspolitischer Entwicklungen zielt „Sozialwirtschaft integriert – Neue Chancen in der Sozialwirtschaft – Qualifizierungsperspektive für Migrantinnen“ (SoWi) als innovatives und zwischenzeitlich verstetigtes Projekt in der kommunalen Arbeitsförderung darauf ab, Teilhabemöglichkeiten am Arbeits- und Ausbildungsmarkt für Frauen zu eröffnen, die aufgrund ihres Migrationshintergrunds, ihrer sprachlichen Fähigkeiten sowie struktureller Barrieren mit unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen ...
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Contribution of dairy goat farming to household dietary diversity among smallholder farmers in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(2023-02-21)
In Kenya, dairy goat farming has highly been practiced for food provision and as an income-generating enterprise. However, there is scanty information on the contribution of dairy goat farming to the quality of diets consumed at household level especially among rural smallholder farmers. This study therefore analysed the contribution of dairy goat farming to household dietary diversity of the smallholder farmers. Data was collected at the end of the wet season (April-May) from a sample of 385 households in Kirinyaga ...
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Small-scale farmers’ coping strategies to extreme weather events in Upper Guinea
(2023-03-06)
Extreme weather events pose a serious threat to subsistence farming and food security in Upper Guinea, where most farmers rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture. Following crop failures, farmers use what is available to them to try to maintain household food security. This paper investigated the coping strategies chosen by farmers in Upper Guinea and the motivating factors behind them. A multistage sampling method was used to select a purposive random sample of 1,500 farm households within nine selected livelihood zones ...
Dissertation
Practical application of active premagnetization in transformerless DC/DC converters
(2023-05-17)
Magnetic devices are used in almost every power electronic system. Therefore, their purpose and with that their requirements can vary in a wide range. The consequence is a large number of options regarding the priority of optimisation. In this work, the focus is on reducing the volume or weight of inductors in transformerless DC-DC converters. Active prmeagnetization is choosed as an optimisation approach. The technique enables an operation of the DC-DC-converter in the Triangular Current Mode (TCM), whereby ...
Dissertation
Entlasten statt Entlassen. Auswirkungen des digitalen Wandels auf die handwerkliche Arbeitswelt am Beispiel ausgewählter Gewerke.
(2023)
'Entlasten statt Entlasten', eine qualitative Studie zur Erforschung der Auswirkungen des digitalen Wandels auf die handwerkliche Arbeitswelt am Beispiel ausgewählter Gewerke.
Working paper
Does Political Resource Curse Really Exist? Evidence from the Rentier States in the Greater Middle East
(2023)
This Extractivism Policy Brief shows:
• Oil rents may affect the political regimes through influencing both defense and non-defense expenditures.
• Defense expenditures are considerably influenced by oil rents fluctuations and the quality of political system.
• The rent-seeking by incumbent autocrats may take the form of misappropriation of government revenues away from public services towards patronage.
• Being a ‘political curse’, natural resources could be detrimental to democracy and enhance regime ...
Dissertation
Fabrication and Investigation of Diamond Membranes for Photonic Nanostructures
(2023)
Due to its exceptional physical and chemical characteristics, diamond in a form of thin membranes is a particularly promising material for the fabrication of high-quality photonic devices. Especially for envisioned applications in quantum information technologies and communication, diamond gained, as a host material, an ever-increasing scientific interest based on remarkable properties of different color centers in its crystal lattice, e.g. nitrogen-vacancy centers, serving as single-photon emitters. As a high index ...
Working paper
Handlungsleitfaden zur Klimaneutralität im Bereich Mobilität für die Stadt Kassel
(2023)
Der Handlungsleitfaden zeigt Wege zur Klimaneutralität der Stadt Kassel im Bereich Mobilität auf. Es werden konkrete Maßnahmen vorgeschlagen und anhand ihres Wirkungspotenzials zur Treibhausgasminderung, des Zeitraums zu ihrer Umsetzung sowie ihrer Bedeutung für die Akzeptanz und für das Zusammenwirken in Kombination mit anderen Maßnahmen bewertet und priorisiert.
Working paper
Environmental Tax Reform in Latin America
(2023)
• Latin American countries need to implement an agenda of green tax reforms to adapt their current development path and better respond to climate change. The decarbonization of the energy matrix is essential to mitigate future challenges.
• These governments have the potential to raise environmentally oriented taxes to generate additional revenues. Objective should be to adapt to the energy transition, attenuate extractivism and promote better income distribution and growth.
• The design and implementation of green ...