Steering Committee & Academic Board
The International Steering Committee convenes at least once per year to discuss questions of all scientific and organisational matters of the center. Its main role is to:
- Determine the distribution of research resources and conferences.
- Select Ela Bhatt professorship holders.
The Academic Board decides on the applications for membership of the ICDD Graduate School (PhD / Postdoc fellows) as well as on all academic issues related to the Graduate School. Its membership is identical to the International Steering Committee.
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Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer
Executive Director
International Center for Development & Decent Work
Kleine Rosenstr. 1-3
34117 Kassel
3007
+49-561 804-3253
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert
Vice Director
Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
University of Kassel
Steinstraße 19
37213 Witzenhausen
+49-5542-98-1228
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Dr. Saira Akhtar
Representative of the agricultural sciences universities
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
041-9200161-70 Ext-2804
dr.sairaakhtar[at]uaf.edu[dot]pk
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Prof. Dr. Michelle Williams
Representative of the social sciences universities
University of Witwatersrand
1 Jan Smuts Avenue
Braamfontein 2000
Johannesburg 2000
South Africa
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Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang
Representative of the social sciences universities
Institute for Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
Post Office Box UC 97, Cape Coast, Ghana
+233-20-8195279
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Prof. Dr. Satyajit Majumdar
Representative of the social sciences universities
Room No 305, Academic Building No 2, Naoroji Campus (New Campus)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumabi - 400 088, Maharashtra, India
+91 22 2552 5815
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Prof. Dr. Joseph Matofari
Representative of the agricultural sciences universities
Faculty of Agriculture
Egerton University
P.O. Box 536-20115
Egerton, Kenya.
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Dr. Javier Becerril
Representative of the agricultural sciences universities
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Indira Gartenberg
PhD Alumni Representative
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Nomaswazi Mthombeni
PhD Representative
International Center for Development & Decent Work
Kleine Rosenstr. 1-3
34117 Kassel