Friedrich Neu
Research Associate
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Thematic Research Focus
- Global change research, esp. climate change
- Climate change mitigation / adaptation
- Environmental / climate (in-)justice
- Resettlement (esp. in delta regions)
- Inter- and transdisciplinary research
Methodological Research Focus
- Qualitative methods (i.e. semi-structured interviews, participatory observations)
- Ethnographic research
Regional Research Focus
- Sub-Sahara Africa, esp. Ghana and Rwanda
- River Deltas
Teaching Focus
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Research methods in human geography
Scholarships and research grants
- PhD Scholarship of Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst(since 08/2020)
- Short term PhD scholarship of DAAD for field research in 2020 (expired due to Covid-19)
- Research grant at Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) by Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) of University Freiburg (04/2019-05/2019)
Memberships
- Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) (https://www.climatemobilities.network/)
- Association for African Studies in Germany (Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland, VAD e.V.) ( https://www.vad-ev.de/en)
- Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT) (https://www.act.uni-freiburg.de/en)
- Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute (ABI), ALMA Fellow in Migration Cluster Team (https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/research/patterns-of-forced-migration)
- Network for Environmental Justice (EnJust) (https://enjust.net)
Curriculum Vitae
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Research Associate and Lecturer at the Chair of Geography of Global Change, Institute for Social Environmental Science and Geography, University of Freiburg | |
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Project Coordinator, [U25] Online Suicide Prevention, Deutscher Caritasverband e.V., Freiburg | |
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M.Sc. in Geography of Global Change, University of Freiburg | |
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M.Sc. in Management, Major in Finance and Accounting, University of Frankfurt (Main) | |
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B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, Major in Finance and Accounting, University of Frankfurt (Main) |
Resettlement in delta regions in the context of environmental change – an analysis in Ghanaian Volta delta from a Political Ecology perspective (working title)
Cumulative Dissertation
Past Teaching Activities
- Seminar (B.Sc.): Methods of empirical regional and social research (summer 2021)
- Seminar (B.Sc.): Climate change mitigation and adaption in the Global South (winter 2019/20)
- Seminar (B.Sc.): Methods of empirical regional and social research (summer 2020)
- Seminar (B.Sc.): Climate change adaptation in the Global South (winter 2019/20)
- Field trip (B.Sc.): Climate change – impacts, mitigation and adaptation in Valais, Switzerland (summer 2019)
- Seminar (B.Sc.): Climate change adaptation in the Global South (winter 2018/19)
- Excursion (M.Sc.): International dimensions of global change – Switzerland (summer 2018)
Upcoming Teaching Activities
- Excursion (M.Sc.): International dimensions of global change – Ghana (planned for summer 2023)