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Dr. Linda Kleemann
Phone +49 431 8814 249
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Current research topics

Environment and development
Rural development in Africa
Value Chain Analysis
Adoption and dissemination of agricultural technologies
Impacts of Private voluntary standards and certifications (e.g. organic, Fairtrade)
Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions
Regional focus: Africa, India

Expertise

Social entrepreneurship/social business
Environment and international trade

Short biography

Since 01/2009 Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Since 02/2009 Managing Director of the Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet)
04/2011-11/2011 Visiting Researcher International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Education and Training
02/2009-01/2013 Research fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and
PhD student at the University of Kiel (supervisor: Awudu Abdulai)
05/2008-01/2009 Research Assistant at the University of Kiel, Department of Food and Consumption Studies
09/2003-04/2008 University of Kiel and Zaragoza, diploma in Economics
Pro bono
Since 08/2012 Member of the board, KAITE Zimbabwe e.V.
Since 06/2011 Chairman of the board W3 - Werkstatt für internationale Kultur und Politik e.V.
Since 09/2010 Young Researcher Spokesperson Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Since 04/2009 Consultant at Heldenrat - Beratung für soziale Bewegungen e.V.
Scholarships and Awards
11/2012 Ideas competition Schleswig-Holstein, special prize "work and life"
01/2010-03/2010 Research Scholarship by the Foreign Academic Exchange Service
12/2008 Erich Schneider-Award 2008 by the University of Kiel
10/2008 Gregor Louisoder Umweltstiftung Award for the diploma thesis on „A Panel Data Approach towards the Link between Sustainable Development and Trade“
02/2008 Winner in the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC), University of Washington (Seattle), Delegate for KAITE - Social Investment in Zimbabwe
03/2005-04/2008 Scholarship awarded by the Foundation Friedrich Ebert

Selected publications