Dr. Anna Schwachula

Function: Senior Researcher

Specialization: Sociology

Work areas:

  • Science and development
  • Science policy
  • Global governance
  • Knowledge cooperation with developing countries and rising powers
     

Responsibilities in education and training:

  • MGG Academy


Vita

since 6/2018 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
(until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
Researcher, Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation"
8/2016 - 6/2018 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Researcher, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany, Science Platform Sustainability 2030
9/2015 - 8/2016 German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Researcher
11/2018 Promotion (Dr. rer. pol.), Universität Bremen,
Dissertation: „Sustainable development in science policy-making. A discourse analysis of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s policies for international cooperation in sustainability research
10/2011 - 8/2015 Center for Development Research (ZEF)
PhD Candidate / junior researcher,  Department of Political and Cultural Change (ZEFa)
8/2012 - 11/2012 Research visit / fieldwork, Peru and Brazil
11/2008 - 06/2012 Internationales Büro des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung
Researcher officer
6/2007 - 8/2008 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Regional Coordinator Lateinamerika
1/2007 - 2/2007 Heidelberg Center Lateinamerika, Santiago de Chile
Internship
4/1999 - 11/2006 Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Master in Comparative Literature, English Literature, Sociology
3/2002 - 10/2002 Jardín Botánico de Pinar del Río, Cuba
Voluntary work
7/2001 - 6/2002 Universidad de Sevilla
Study abroad

Awards

AMPUS Award Research for a Sustainable Future (for PhD dissertation)

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects