German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Andrew Crawford

Doctoral Researcher

Short CV

Since 2021: Research Fellow and lead developer of GIGAset Research Data Management platform
Since 2020: Doctoral Researcher at GIGA Institute for African Affairs
2017 - 2021: GIGA Student Research Assistant
Since 2014: Research Fellow - Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion - University of California, Irvine
2012 - 2014: Instructor and Research Assistant, Monash University, Melbourne
2010 - 2012: Data analytics advisor, Cambodia Microfinance Association, Phnom Penh
2009 - 2010: Instructor, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Education:
-M.Sc. in Politics, Economics and Philosophy, Universität Hamburg
-B.Com. (Honours) Economics and Finance, Monash University

Current Research

Primary Interests
- Development policy
- Microfinance and mobile money
- Economic inequality
- Democratization
Secondary interests
- Economic history
- Theories of money
- Digitalization

Countries and Regions

Cambodia
Kenya

Research Programmes

Globalisation and Development

Dissertation

Money as a Pharmakon: Critically Evaluating Digital Financial Inclusion

Andrew Crawford

Doctoral Researcher

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GIGA Focus Africa | 5/2024

Decolonising Research via Digital Networks? Exploring Big-Team Science

Sixty years after the founding of the GIGA, historical legacies still drive the “one-way street” of research collaboration between Germany and Africa. Creative digital approaches, such as “big-team science,” are needed to accelerate joint knowledge creation with the continent.

Andrew Crawford

Doctoral Researcher

Research Ethics | 08/2024

Ethical Research in the German Social Sciences: Exploring the Significance and Challenges of Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices

This article explores two key facets of institutionalized ethical review processes in Germany: their importance in shaping ethical research and their associated challenges. To address these challenges, this article emphasizes the need for expanding the current management of research ethics and implementing what we call “Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices’’ (IREPs).

Andrew Crawford

Dr. Niklas Krösche

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Chapter in Edited Volume | 11/2023

International Events and Social Media Activities on X (formerly Twitter): Towards the Establishment of a Monitoring Dashboard

In diesem Beitrag des MOTRA Monitor 2022 wird ein Dashboard zum Monitoring der Einflüsse von internationalen Ereignissen auf Aktivitäten von Nutzern in soziale Medien vorgestellt.

Andrew Crawford

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Julian Hohner

Simon Greipl

Heidi Schulze

Web Publication | 11/2022

Narrative map on "COVID-19 and Dynamics of (Post)War Violence"

The pandemic altered the opportunity structures of state and non-state armed actors, exacerbated grievances, prompted new investments in services provision, and created new spaces for cooperation, thereby affecting the dynamics of violence across different dimensions and time horizons.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Dr. Viviana García Pinzón

Dr. André Bank

GIGA Focus Africa | 7/2022

Paper Ballots with Digital Transparency: Kenya’s Pioneering Election

Digital election technology is controversial, but it can be an enhancement rather than a replacement. The pioneering Kenya election showed that widespread digital connectivity can effectively strengthen the integrity of paper-ballot voting.

Andrew Crawford

Doctoral Researcher

Research Project | 01/12/2019 - 30/11/2024

Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalisation (MOTRA)

"Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalization" (MOTRA) is a research association in the context of civil security research (zivile Sicherheitsforschung) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project was created as part of the establishment of a top-level research cluster for the early detection, prevention and combating of Islamic extremism and terrorism and will be a central point of contact over a period of five years.
BMBF, 2019-2024

Welt-Sichten | Interview | 13/12/2022

Wird Kenia zum Vorbild für gute Wahltechnik?

Kenia hat bei den Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen im August 2022 für mehr Transparenz und damit Akzeptanz der Ergebnisse gesorgt – mit einer Kombination von Wahlzetteln und digitaler Kontrolle.

Conference | 18/06/2024 - 21/06/2024

Ethics Review at University: From administrative to epistemological practice

CEEISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2024, University of Rijeka, Rijeka Organisers: International Studies Association, Central and East European International Studies Association Andrew Crawford (Speaker)

Collectively reimagining ethics review to become less of a burdensome formality and more useful for producing ethical research.

Andrew Crawford

Doctoral Researcher

Conference | 07/03/2024 - 08/03/2024

Evaluating Political Stances and Radical Narratives on X (formerly Twitter): A German Politician Sentiment Analysis

MOTRA Jahreskonferenz 2024, Hochschule Fresenius, Wiesbaden Andrew Crawford (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

By analysing data from X, this research paints a picture of the German political landscape to gain an insight into trends and patterns of politician stances and emotions relating to certain political.