Research Projects
SFB/TR 228 - Future Rural Africa

SFB/TR 228 - Future Rural Africa
Future-Making and Social-Ecological Transformation (Collaborative Research Centre SFB TR 228)
Support: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Cooperation Partners: University of Bonn, Dep. of Geography
Project management:
Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Prof. Dr. Detlef Müller-Mahn, University of Bonn
Website:
www.crc228.deDuration
Funding Phase: 2018-2022 (4 years) | Budget: ca. 9 Mio €
SFB TR 228 | A04 Future Conservation
SFB/TR 228 | C06 Testing Future
SFB 1187 | B04 Digital Publics and Social Transformation in the Maghreb

SFB 1187 | B04 Digital Publics and Social Transformation in the Maghreb
Support: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Cooperation Partners: University of Siegen
Project management:
Prof. Dr. Martin Zillinger, Prof. Dr. Volker Wulf, Dr. Markus Rohde
Konstantin Aal, Dr. Peter Tolmie, Victoria Wenzelmann,
Website:
https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/projects/b04/Duration
Funding Phase: since 2016
SFB 806 | E03 Anthropological Models for a Reconstruction of the First African Frontier
Emmy Noether Program | DELTA

Emmy Noether Program | DELTA
Volatile Waters and the Hydrosocial Anthropocene in Major River Deltas
Support: Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Association
Project management:
Dr. Franz KrauseBenoit Ivars,
Website:
http://delta.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/Duration
Funding phase: 2016-2021 (60 months); Budget: 1.358.375 €
UoC Forum CHINA global - Ideas, Values, Practices

UoC Forum CHINA global - Ideas, Values, Practices
Support: German Excellence Initiative | Excellent Research Support Program (ERSP) | UoC
Project management:
Prof. Dr. Susanne Brandtstädter, Prof. Dr. Wilfried Hinsch
Staff: Amtul Shaheen M.A.
Website:
china-global.uni-koeln.deDuration
1. Funding phase: 2017-2018; Budget: 79.450 €
2. Fundig phase: 2019
Chinese Immigration Law and Policy
Gender, (In-)Equality and Economic Change

Gender, (In-)Equality and Economic Change
The Impacts of Economic Transformations on Gender Relations among the Dayak Benuaq in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Support: Fritz Thyssen Foundation (travel grant)
Project management:
Dr. Michaela HaugWebsite:
http://ethnologie.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/content.php?kid=79Duration
2016 - 2019
Field work from July 2016 until April 2017; Budget: 20.324 €
Home, Boundaries, and Translocal Connectedness in Russia’s Exclave of Kaliningrad

Home, Boundaries, and Translocal Connectedness in Russia’s Exclave of Kaliningrad
Support: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Project management:
Dr. Rita SandersDuration
Funding phase: 2016-2018 (36 months); Budget: 307.292 €
LINGS – Local Institutions in Globalized Societies

LINGS – Local Institutions in Globalized Societies
Support: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Cooperation Partners: University of Hamburg, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Prof. Dr. M. Schnegg
Project management:
Prof. Dr. Michael BolligStaff:
Dr. Diego Menestrey Schwieger, Thekla Kelbert, M.A.
Website:
www.lings-net.deDuration
1st funding phase 2010-2013 (36 months); Budget: 321.800 € (for subproject Cologne)
2nd funding phase 2014-2016 (36 months); Budget: 448.100 € (for subproject Cologne)
3rd funding phase 2016-2019; Budget: 448,100 € (for subproject Cologne)
Completed
ITN REAL – Resilience in East African Landscapes