Regional Focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
Juliane Zenker
19. Januar 2026
Additional Roles: Dorothea Schlözer Fellow Additional Affiliations: DIW Berlin Link to private Website
Cäcilia Stapper
12. Januar 2026
Teaching: Einführung in die Entwicklungsökonomik (Bachelor), Development Economics I (Master)
Marlene Wätzold
19. Dezember 2025
Teaching: Agriculture, Environment and Development, Agriculture and Nature Conservation Publications: Wätzold, M. Y. L., Krumbiegel K., Tillie P., Wollni M. (2026) Agroforestry as a climate change adaptation strategy: Evidence from Ghana’s cocoa sector. Agricultural Systems, 231, 104519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104519 Wätzold, M. Y. L., Abdulai, I., Cooke, A., Krumbiegel, K., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Wenzel, A., Wollni, M. (2025). Do voluntary sustainability standards improve socioeconomic and ecological outcomes? Evidence from Ghana's cocoa sector. Ecological Economics, 229, 108474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108474 Wollni, M., Bohn, S., Ocampo‐Ariza, C., Paz, B., Santalucia, S., Squarcina, M., Umarishavu, F., Wätzold, M. Y. L. (2025). Sustainability standards in agri‐food value chains: Impacts and trade‐offs for smallholder farmers. Agricultural Economics, e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70005 Wätzold, M. Y. L., Cooke, A., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Umarishavu, F., Wollni, M. Voluntary sustainability standards and socioeconomic and ecological outcomes: Panel evidence from Rwanda’ coffee sector. SustainableFood Discussion Paper 28, University of Goettingen. https://doi.org/10.47952/gro-publ-345, submitted to World Development Umarishavu, F., Bradaczek,
Anusha De
20. November 2025
Additional Affiliations: KU Leuven Publications: Van Campenhout, B. and De, A., 2023. Gendered perceptions in maize supply chains: Evidence from Uganda. Development Policy Review, 41(2), p.e12662. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dpr.12662 De, A., Miehe, C. and Van Campenhout, B., 2024. Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro-input dealers in Uganda. Agricultural Systems, 217, p.103954. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X24001045
Liesbeth Colen
20. November 2025
Additional roles: Speaker of SIA Master (Sustainable International Agriculture) Teaching: Socioeconomic of Rural Development and Food Security; Food Systems and Healthy Diets; Topics in Rural Development Economics; Introduction to Choice Experiments in Food Economics; Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems Publications: Englberger, L., Colen, L. & Rommel, J. (2025) Farmers‘ attitudes towards economic experimentation, Q Open (forthcoming) Di Marcantonio, F., Havari, E., Colen, L., & Ciaian, P. (2022). Do producer organizations improve trading practices and negotiation power for dairy farms? Evidence from selected EU countries. Agricultural Economics, 53(S1), 121-137. Adewopo, J. B., Solano-Hermosilla, G., Colen, L., & Micale, F. (2021). Using crowd-sourced data for real-time monitoring of food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from a pilot project in northern Nigeria. Global Food Security, 29, 100523. Mary, S, Shaw, K, Colen, L, Gomez Y Paloma, S (2020). Does agricultural aid reduce child stunting? World Development 130: 104951 Cockx, L, Colen, L, de Weerdt,
Edwin Kenamu
6. November 2025
Teaching: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems (Master); Health Diets and Food Systems (Bachelors) Link to private website Publications: Zuza, E. J., Araya, Y. N., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S., Brandenburg, R. L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Phiri, P., Mkengala, K., & Kenamu, E. (2024). Farmer preference for macadamia varieties and constraints to production in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0293488. Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., & Thunde, J. (2023). Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi. World Development, 165, 106179. Mkandawire, D., Gbegbelegbe, S., Nsenga, J. V., Yami, M., & Kenamu, E. (2023). Analysing urban and peri-urban youth employment in agribusiness in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 18(9). Duchoslav, J., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi? International Food Policy Research Institute, MassP Working Paper 26. Bell, A. R., Ward, P. S., Mapemba, L., Nyirenda, Z., Msukwa, W., & Kenamu,