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Hassan G. Roba (PhD)
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Post Doctoral Fellow (GrassNet programme) Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Training | Hassan Roba studied BSc at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya) and MSc in Dryland Biodiversity from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). He received his PhD in Development Studies from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) in 2008. |
| Career | He works at the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) since 1999, currently in the position of Senior Research Scientist. From January July 2009, he participated in a regional research group under the Nile Basin Research Program, at the University of Bergen, in Norway. He has implemented a number of projects in Northern Kenya through NMK and some as a consultant, including studies on pastoral mobility (CORDAID), assessment of potential for natural products in Moyale Districts, (CIFA) and development of a Community Bio-cultural Protocol (Kivulini Heritage Trust). |
| Research | His main research interest is on pastoral land use system, indigenous knowledge and resource management, participatory research, and environmental governance. |
| Current Research Projects | Development of a Bio-cultural protocol for Waso Rangeland with Kivulini Heritage Trust , in collaboration with Natural Justice (South Africa) and Compass (2011-2012- CTF). |
| Teaching | At DITSL, he is involved in writing of collaborative research proposals, co-supervision of MSc and PhD students and teaching under the DAAD-funded GrassNet programme. |
Maria Jose Restrepo Rodriguez (Dr. sc. agr.)
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Research Associate Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ResearchGate profile |
| Training | Maria studied biology at the ‘Universidad de Los Andes’ in Colombia, specialized in environmental education early in her career and worked with local communities in the Colombian Amazon and Andean Highlands. During her MSc studies in Sustainable International Agriculture at the Universities of Kassel and Göttingen, Germany, she gained experience in participatory learning and action research working with agropastoralists in Mozambique. From 2013 to 2017, she developed and implemented a collaborative learning approach with small-scale dairy producer groups in Kenya to reduce post-harvest losses and support local innovation. This work formed the basis of her Ph.D. thesis, which she defended in May 2017 at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. |
| Career | Maria worked as researcher and consultant on interdisciplinary projects related to environmental education, participation and the sustainable use and management of strategic ecosystems in Colombia. Maria joined DITSL in 2009 with a “work and study grant” from the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) of the University of Kassel. Thereafter she worked as a research assistant, conducted her Master thesis research and continued with her Ph.D. |
| Research | Maria’s research interests include transdisciplinary and actor-oriented approaches to studying linkages between human activities and sustainability of social-ecological systems, with the aim of improving resilience and supporting self-driven change that is based on fair relationships among the actors. |
| Experience abroad | Maria has extensive fieldwork experience in remote areas of Colombia (Amazonia and Paramos), Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania |
Markus Frank (Dr. sc. agr.)
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Associate Research Fellow Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Training | Markus Frank studied organic agricultural science at the University of Kassel (B.Sc. - 2012) and sustainable international agriculture at the Universities of Göttingen and Kassel (M.Sc. - 2015). He holds a doctoral degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Hohenheim (Dr. sc. agr. - 2023). |
| Career | Before starting his academic career, Markus gathered long-term working experience in practical organic agriculture and agricultural rural development projects in Germany and abroad (Argentina, India, Bolivia). Between 2009 and 2015 he was involved in international research activities, and academic project management at DITSL. From 2015 to 2019 he was scientific staff member at the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Kassel and coordinated the Volkswagen Foundation project 'Postdoctoral fellowships for African researchers in the engineering sciences'. Between 2018 and 2023, he conducted his doctoral research at DITSL, holding a scholarship granted by ‘Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes’, and including long-term visiting-research stays at the National University of Rio Negro (UNRN) in Argentina. Currently, Markus lectures in the study program Agroecology at UNRN and holds a post-doc position at the Research Institute for Natural Resources, Agroecology and Rural Development (IRNAD) at UNRN, funded by the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). |
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Based on his practical and academic training in organic agriculture and agroecology in different parts of the world, Markus’ main research interests are in innovation systems and agroecological transitions at different levels, approaches proposed to guide sustainability transformations in agri-food systems. Using a socio-ecological perspective, his research contributes to the development of methods for transdisciplinary research and participatory action in agroecology. Such methods guide the formation of collaborative working relationships between researchers and relevant agri-food actors for the integration of knowledge and perspectives, and for the co-creation and implementation of solutions relevant to practice. Central questions guiding his research are how such multi-stakeholder processes facilitate collaborative learning, the stakeholders’ capacity to innovate and finally their increased potential for developing, implementing and scaling new social and technological practices. In his transdisciplinary doctoral research, he co-developed transition pathways towards agroecological farming and food systems with local farming and food actors in a case study in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. |
| Experience abroad |
Markus Frank has long-term experience in India, Bolivia, Argentina, and short-term experience in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. |
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