Hannah Redders

Research associate Work Package 4: Economic modelling and assessment of different scenarios and risk management options for agriculture in Limpopo

Research interests:

• Big Data and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for Development
• Land Restitution and Redistribution in Latin America and SSA
• Sustainable and Inclusive growth for emerging farming co-operations in South Africa
• Communal Property Associations and their scope for a democratic “land revolution” in post-apartheid South Africa
• Cultural Dimensions and Development; quantitative Cultural Studies
• Gravity Models including cultural factors

Papers and poster presentations:

• Return Migration. How do causes of the return relate to the economic and social reintegration of Mexican returnees? An empirical analysis for the US-Mexican migration flow.
• Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and gender equality in South Africa. Which opportunities do ICT bear to empower women economically? An empirical analysis. (Prof. Servaas van der Berg, Stellenbosch University)
• South African Land Reform and Communal Property Associations (CPA). A normative policy analysis for the case of Limpopo. (Prof. Servaas van der Berg, Stellenbosch University)
• ICT and gender equality in Mexico. What opportunities and obstacles do ICT bear for women* in Mexico? An empirical analysis. (Prof. Stefan Klasen, Goettingen University)
• Inequality of opportunity in education. An empirical investigation for the case of Mexico based on Roemer (1998). (Bachelor’s thesis; Prof. Grimm, University of Passau)
• Big Data for National Statistic Offices (NSO) - Opportunities and obstacles in data fusion and interoperability at the example of Latin America. (Dr. Jütting, OECD Paris)

Current position:

Education:

• Double Degree MComm Economics at the University of Stellenbosch and MSc Development Economics at Georg August University of Göttingen
• BA/BSc International Cultural and Business Studies and Economics at University of Passau
• DELE Degree in Business Spanish

Job experiences:

• Customer Success Specialist at the Bio-Food Start-up Mymuesli GmbH, Passau (Feb. 2015 – Aug. 2018)
• Intern in International Affairs and economic cooperation, German Embassy, Bogotá Colombia (2017)
• Ocean Import Trainee at Kuehne + Nagel Logistics, Atlanta, USA (2016)
• Student Leader at Amnesty International University Group (University of Passau)