Team > Dr Kamal Donko
Dr Kamal Donko
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Biografie
| Seit 2020 | Postdoktorand (Forschungsbereich "Mobilitäten"), angegliedert an das Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL) Parakou, Benin, Exzellenzcluster, Universität Bayreuth Forschung zu Migrationskontrolle, erzwungener Immobilität und Gewalt in westafrikanischen Grenzregionen. |
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| 2011-2014 | Forschungsassistentin/Programmbeauftragte in LASDEL, zu folgenden Themen: Wasserressourcenmanagement; Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung;Umweltmanagement. Geschäftsführender Direktor: Prof. Dr. Abou-Bakari Imorou |
| 2009 - 2011 | Master of Arts in "Culture and Environment in Africa" (CEA), Universität zu Köln, Deutschland. Thema: "Conflict over land allotment in peri-urban areas of Parakou, Benin" with Prof. Dr. Miachael Bollig as Supervisor. |
| 2006 - 2009 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in IMPETUS - Integratives Management-Projekt für einen effizienten und tragfähigen Umgang mit Süßwasser in Westafrika zu folgenden Themen: Gesellschaft und Gesundheit; Ernährungssicherheit; Wassermanagement und institutioneller Wandel in Binnentälern der Gemeinden des oberen Ouémé-Einzugsgebietes. |
| 2006 - 2008 | Bachelor-Abschluss in Soziologie. Universität d'Abomey-Calavi, Benin. Thema: "Gestion des infrastructures hydrauliques dans l'arrondissement de Komi-Guéa" (Commune de N'dali) with Prof. Dr. Nassirou BAKO-ARIFARI |
| 2005 | Als Forschungsassistent im "Cabinet Géo-Assistant" von Prof. Eustache Bonaventure BOKONON-GANTA bezüglich der monographischen Synthese über die Risikogebiete von Atakora-Donga; Entwicklung lokaler Programme zum Umweltmanagement und zur Umweltanpassung in Bembéréké, Malanville, Tchatchou (Gemeinden des nördlichen Benin) und Wasser und Beruhigung der Substanz. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Diplom CPJA (Master) Option: Entwicklung der Gemeinschaft. INJEPS, Universität von Abomey-Calavi. Thema: "Gestion participative des forages dans la commune de Banikora" mit Prof. Eustache Bonaventure BOKONON-GANTA. |
Dissertation project
Working title: Territory, Identity and politics in a frontier zone: the case of central Benin
This PhD project scrutinizes the inter-linkages between struggles over access to land, the issues of belonging and local politics in the frontier zone of central Benin. Specifically, the study seeks to examine the current logic of identity representations, institutional arrangements and socio-political innovations. It seeks to show how the process in which local mechanisms of land control and new types of relationships between the stakeholders promote hybrid forms of local politics and how they contribute to the instability of political structures in central Benin.
The study refers to the ongoing debate on the political geography of agricultural colonization related to territory and issues of belonging in sub-Saharan Africa. Given that the political framework in the frontier zone has always been presented, but not sufficiently studied, it is expected that the outcome of this research project will bring to the political geography debate a new perspective, which sees territory as a vehicle of local domination and political control. It is also anticipated that the study would offer us a better way of understanding how local and national politics are linked with land in the frontier zone. A multi-sited research approach will be employed, using narratives interviews, group discussions, participant observation as well as cartography to collect the data.
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Research interests
- Human-environment relationships
- social and institutional change
- conflicts over natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography
Dr Kamal Donko
Telefon: +49 (0)176 / 27994304
E-Mail: eldeenfr2001@yahoo.fr