Dr. Bettina Bunk

Since 2013: Associate Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs, in the project „Civil Society Organizations as Supporters of Authoritarian Rule? A Cross-Regional Comparison (Vietnam, Algeria, Mozambique)“, responsible for the case study of Mozambique

2006 - 2009: Project Manager of the pilot project generationaktiv (funded by the Robert-Bosch-Foundation)

2005 - 2006: Amazonas Programme German Development Service (DED) in cooperation with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Forum of the Eastern Amazon Region (FAOR), Belém, Brazil

Since 2004: Freelancer for different governmental and non-governmental organisations (i.a. German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES))

Education: Doctoral candidate at the University of Potsdam, Chair of International Politics, dissertation topic: Governance and Local Economic Development in South Africa and Mozambique; Master of Arts in political science and sociology at the University of Constance; Master of Arts in Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Institute for Social Development, South Africa; Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), Departamento de Sociologia, Portugal; Master Theses on participation of civil society in local political structures and decision-making processes in Mozambique and South Africa

Fellowship and doctoral fellowship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation

Comparative research on democracy and political regimes

Authoritarianism and civil society development in Mozambique

Governance, decentralisation, civil society participation, participatory budgeting

Local government development and local economic development in South Africa and Mozambique

Main regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa

Mozambique

South Africa