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Working paper
Partnership and cooperation in Haiti: Clashes of reality and construction
(2016)
This paper analyses existent and perceived rules and restrictions of the global development dispositif working to maintain inequalities in interactions of International NGOs (INGOs) and Haitian organisations. It does so by exploring constructions of partnership and their clashing realities. Development organisations and agencies have influenced the fabric of Haitian society and politics not only by their mere presence but also by the rules they impose. The paper approaches this by identifying positions of power and ...
Working paper
The World Bank Inspection Panel and civil society protest: Glocalization of accountability? The case of the Kwabenya landfill project in Ghana
(2015)
20 years ago, the Inspection Panel was founded as a mechanism of accountability for people negatively affected by projects funded by the World Bank. It allows them to call for an investigation if social and environmental standards of the World Bank have not been adhered to and. Its origin can be traced back to pressure exerted by a transnational NGO campaign on US congress in the wake of the Narmada Valley Development Project. While the Panel’s history since then shows that it usually does not have the power to ...
Dissertation
Economic Aspects of Market-based Flexibility for Electricity Networks
(2023)
This thesis contributes to the discussion of the utilization of network-supportive flexibility, in particular in the context of local flexibility markets (LFM). The thesis comprises five articles that are methodologically related but can be read independently. The focus of the investigations is on economic aspects and short- and medium-term market processes.
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the topic including the definition of the most important terms. Chapter 2 includes the paper, “Design of regional flexibility ...
Dissertation
Process optimisation and non-destructive quality attributes monitoring during drying: A case study of celeriac slices and characterisation of its powder
(2023)
This study investigated strategies applied in drying technology to produce an optimised quality of plant-sourced food while considering environmental and sustainability aspects based on a case study of celeriac and powder, respectively. The I-optimal design of response surface methodology with 30 experiment runs was applied for process optimisation. Pre-drying treatments (blanching at 85 °C, 3 min; dipping in 1% citric acid solution, 3 min; no pre-drying treatment), drying temperatures (50, 60, and 70 °C), air ...
Working paper
Towards Post Development in India. Lessons of Community Resilience in Times of Crises
(2023-11)
DPS Activist Special I ssue is published alongside the standard academic issue to provide a perspective from an activist positionality on postcolonial and development issues.
Working paper
Entwicklung resilienter und nachhaltiger Pflanzenbausysteme - Agroforstforschung am Fachgebiet Grünlandwissenschaft und Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Universität Kassel
(2023-11)
Beschreibung der Forschung zu Agroforstsystemen als Bestandteil der wissenschaftlichen Erforschung und Entwicklung von resilienten und nachhaltigen Pflanzenbausystemen.
Zeitschrift
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Heft 1, Jg. 109
(kassel university press, 2008)
Zeitschrift
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Heft 2, Jg. 109
(kassel university press, 2008)
Zeitschrift
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Heft 1, Jg. 110
(kassel university press, 2009)
Zeitschrift
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Heft 2, Jg. 110
(kassel university press, 2009)