Research Interests and Projects

Research Interests

Disciplinary: Economic Geography, Development Geography
Thematic: Agriculture and biotechnology, consumption practices, sustainability transition, resource conflicts
Theoretical: Science and Technology Studies, Practice Theory, Political Ecology
Methodical: Empirical Social Research, Qualitative & Quantitative Methods, Participatory Appraisals
Regional: South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, India), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam), Europe (Germany)

Research Projects

Politics of knowledge and non-knowledge: Agricultural biotechnology in India

Biotechnology and the future of agriculture in India

Applicant/s: Keck, M.
Position: Principal investigator
Total project duration: 6 months, 2015-2016
Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture (start-up funding for post-doctoral researches)

Multiple modernities in the megacity: Economic and spatial restructuring of food markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Applicant/s: Bohle, H.-G., von Hauff, M., Keck, M.
Position: Principal investigator
Total project duration: 24 months, 2011-2014
Funding: German Research Foundation (research grant within the frame of the priority program 1233)

The mega-urban food system of Dhaka/Bangladesh

Applicant/s: Bohle, H.-G., Zingel, W.-P.
Position: Research associate
Total project duration: 36 months, 2007-2010
Funding: German Research Foundation (research grant within the frame of the priority program 1233)