Team > Godelive Batano

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography

Biografie

Seit 2020     Junior fellow at Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies.

2015-2016   Master degree in International and Development Economics, Université de Namur, Belgium.

Since 2014: Junior researcher at the Centre of Mining Management (CEGEMI) and the Laboratory of Development and Applied Economics (LEAD), DR Congo.

Since 2014:  Junior lecturer at Université Catholique de Bukavu, DR Congo.

2008-2013: Bachelor degree in Economics, Université Catholique de Bukavu, DR Congo

Dissertationsprojekt

PhD project: “Political economy of child labour in cobalt artisanal mining zone of Kolwezi, DRC”

The issue of child labour is present in the cobalt mining zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This PhD project aims at analysing the sources and mechanisms through which child labour occurs in an artisanal cobalt mining called Kolwezi, and the extent to which the political-economic dynamics affect the phenomenon of child labour.  The case of Kolwezi is interesting, since that zone is known worldwide as the capital of cobalt—a strategic mineral for the transition towards the low-carbon economy. Cobalt mineral is required for the production of batteries for cell phones, computers, electric vehicles, etc. Since 2017, cobalt’s demand is increasing, with repercussions on labour in the artisanal extractive sector. This study mobilizes the agency theory and the political economy perspective on child work to properly address the linkages between the need for clean energy in western economies and the evolution of child labour in Kolwezi. For this purpose, the study will draw on qualitative and quantitative data collected from Kolwezi (South East of DRC). 

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography

• Development Economics
• Child Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography

Publikationen

2024

Godelive Kusimwa Batano: Analyse du travail des enfants et des normes sociales dans les mines artisanales de cobalt en RDC. In: Revue Dezan, 12 (2024). - S. 95-121.

2023

Godelive Kusimwa Batano, Martin Doevenspeck, Nene Morisho Mwana Biningo: Small-scale mining and child labour in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. In: Journal of African Studies and Development, 15 (2023). - S. 69-83.
doi:10.5897/JASD2023.0679

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Political Geography

Godelive Batano

Telefon: +49 (0) 921 / 55-2181
E-Mail: Godelive.Batano@uni-bayreuth.de