Carola Betzold
My name is Carola Betzold, I am a new post-doc
at IOB.
I am originally from Germany, but did my PhD (on
the role of NGOs in climate change negotiations)
in Zurich in Switzerland and completed another
post-doc at the University of Gothenburg’s
School of Global Studies in Sweden. My research
is on climate change politics, and adaptation
politics in particular. During my year at IOB, I
will continue my post-doc project on the role
of aid for adaptation in developing countries. I
have a special interest in small island developing
states and did first fieldwork in the Comoros (a
small island country between Madagascar and
Mozambique) in March 2015.
Els Lecoutere
I am Els Lecoutere, I have a one-year position
as a post-doctoral researcher at IOB. I recently
returned to Belgium from Uganda, where I
lived for four years. I will continue research on
collective action problems at the intra household
level in relation to investment and consumption
behaviour. I specifically study coffee farming
households in Uganda (possibly also in Tanzania).
Apart from my interest in issues to do with gender
and development, I’m also passionate about
common pool resources, and other collective
action challenges.
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