Short Biography

Since 2014: Ph.D. research project: Wetland Agriculture and the Political Ecology of Malaria: A Case Study of Namulonge, Uganda.

2014: Master of Arts, Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne.

2010: Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam.

Thematic Interests and Regional Focus

Medical Anthropology; Wetlands; Malaria; Human-Environment Relations.

East Africa; Uganda.

Publications 

2017: Wetland encroachment in the urban fringe: land dynamics in central Uganda. Voices from Around the World 2(3).

2016: Small scale farming and malaria in Uganda: the ambivalent role of wetlands. WHOCC Newsletter Water & Risk (24): 11-13.

Research Project

GlobE – Wetlands in East Africa: Reconciling future food production with environmental protection.

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; FKZ: 031A250 A-H) and co-financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, University of Cologne; Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger, Freie Universität Berlin; Dr. Clemens Greiner, University of Cologne.