Dr. Maria Ziegler

Function: Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the Research Division (P5)

Specialization: Economist

Work areas:

  • Measurement of development
  • Measurement of commitment to development of governments
  • Measurement of gender inequality
  • Post MDG-Agenda
  • Institutions and development
  • Political planning and strategic communication

Responsibilities in education and training:

  • University of Goettingen: Lecturer and teaching assistant in development economics and in writing empirical research papers
  • For GIZ Sambia: Poverty analysis of household data


Vita

since 03/2011German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Researcher
Adviser to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, attached to the policy planning staff (Bonn/Berlin)
2006-2010University of Goettingen, Germany
Ph.D. in Development Economics, under supervision of Prof. Stephan Klasen, Ph.D:
10/2006-2010University of Goettingen
Development Economics Research Group
07/2010-09/2010GTZ, Zambia
Consultant, workshop on “Poverty Analysis”
2008/2009In cooperation with OECD Development Centre and Goettingen University
Project “Construction of the Social Institutions and Gender Index”
2006University of Konstanz
Chair of Comparative Public Policy and Administration, Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill
Research Assistant
Project: “Report on reform options for institutions of planning and coordination in European government agencies”(commissioned by Bertelsmann Foundation)
2005/2006 GTZ, La Paz, Bolivia
Consultant, preparation of a research note on opportunities and risks in the formulation and implementation of innovative, multisectoral poverty reduction policies
2004-2005 University of Konstanz
Chair of Local Affairs and Development Politics, Prof. Dr. Klaus Simon
Student Assistant
2003 Saarland University
CEval – Center for Evaluation
Internship
2001Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Division: Reform of State, Economy and Society, Eschborn, Germany
Program of State Modernization, La Paz, Bolivia
Internship
1999-2005University of Konstanz, Germany, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management

Awards

  • PhD Fellowship German National Academic Foundation

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects