Agenda 28 November - 04 December 2021
Maandag 29 November
PhD defence: Embedding interactive innovation approaches in the top-down agricultural research and extension system of Ethiopia; insights from Tigray
Maandag 29 November 2021 16:00 - 17:30
PhD candidate: ms. MH (Mikinay) Seifu MSc. Promotor: prof.dr.ir. C (Cees) Leeuwis, Co-promotor: prof.dr.ir. LWA (Laurens) Klerkx & dr.ir. JM (Annemarie) van Paassen. Organisation: Wageningen University, Knowledge Technology and Innovation, Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS)
Woensdag 01 December
Promotie: Africanising African History
Woensdag 01 December 2021 16:15 - 17:00
Promovendus: L.R.C. Schulte Nordholt. Promotor(en): Prof.dr. H. Paul & Prof.dr. J. Gewald. Geschiedenis van Afrika dekoloniseren was moeizaam proces. Aan de hand van de boekenserie General History of Africa (GHA) onderzocht promovenda Larissa Schulte Nordholt wat het betekent om de geschiedenis van Afrika te dekoloniseren. Dat bleek een moeizaam proces, waarbij politiek en financiën voor belemmeringen zorgden.
Vrijdag 03 December
PhD defence: Market orientation and performance of agro-food value chains in developing and emerging markets. The case of maize, teff and beans seed supply chains in Ethiopia
Vrijdag 03 December 2021 11:00 - 12:30
PhD candidate: SA (Shimelis) Bogale. Promotor: prof.dr.ir. JCM (Hans) van Trijp. Co-promotor: dr ir FJHM Verhees. Organisation:Wageningen University, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS)
PhD defence by Sabna Mohamed Abbass Ali on Sudan & South Sudan
Vrijdag 03 December 2021 16:00 - 17:30
On 3 December, Sabna Mohamed Abbass Ali will defend her thesis 'Extractive industries and development: An investigation into the resource curse impact on happiness, growth, export diversification, and institutions'. In her study, she investigates the underperformance of the majority of resource-rich countries. In four articles based on research in Sudan and South Sudan Sabna Ali probes into a new perspective on the 'resource curse', looking respectively at happiness and the resource curse; post-succession Sudan and South Sudan; oil, export diversification and economic growth in Sudan; and an evaluation of the impact of oil reserve loss on Sudan's growth. Doctoral Board: Professor Inge Hutter (Chair); Doctoral dissertation supervisors: Professor Mansoob Murshed, Dr Elissaios Papyrakis. Members of the Full Doctoral Committee: Professor Thorvaldur Gylfason, University of Iceland, Professor Scott Gates, University of Oslo, Professor Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia, Dr Natascha Wagner, ISS, Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka, ISS
