Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Wirtschaftsgeographie

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HUB), Federal Republic of Germany

https://www.hu-berlin.de

Founding network member

Geography Department

https://www.geographie.hu-berlin.de

Department

Area of Interest

Contact

• Value chain research
• Transformations in fresh food trade and retail
• Transformations in agriculture/ rural areas
• Gender and globalization
• Development of international management systems
• Urban agriculture

Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke

Dipl.-Geogr. Maria Velte

Barbara Kaun

Transport Geography

• Urban mobility
• Interaction of transport and spatial development for urban and rural areas
• Mobility behavior
• Impact of freight transport and logistics on the development of urban and rural areas

Prof. Barbara Lenz

Applied Geoinformation Science

• Spatial and geostatistical analysis of land use dynamics

Prof. Dr. Tobia Lakes

• Management of Resources
• Climate change mitigation and carbon removal
• Decision-making under uncertainty

Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Inst. of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

http://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/en/institut-en

Department

Area of Interest

Contact

Agricult. Economics

• Economics of horticultural production
• Management of agrarian Value Chains
• Agricultural Consulting and Communication

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Mithöfer

Dr. Thomas Aenis

Agricultural Ecology

https://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/de/institut/departments/dntw/fd

Prof. Dr. Marcel Robischon

Institute of Asian and African Studies

https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/index

Department

African Studies (Literature, Languages, Cultures and History)

• Africa in Global Processes of Mobility

Prof. Baz Lecocq

M.A. Stefan Hoffmann

M.A. Alina Oswald

Karatina University (KARU), Kenya

http://www.karu.ac.ke/

Founding network member

Directorate for International Programs, Linkages and Research

https://www.karu.ac.ke/index.php/2013-01-31-07-00-49/school-of-natural-resources-environmental-studies

Environmental Studies

http://www.karu.ac.ke/images/List%20of%20some%20of%20the%
20research%20projects.pdf

• Environmental geography
• Climate change impacts on food security and agribusiness practices
• ICT and climate change adaptation

Prof. Michael N.I. Lokuruka

Dr. Geoffrey M. Wambugu

University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya

http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/

Founding network member

College of Agriculture and Veterinary Science

http://cavs.uonbi.ac.ke/

Agricultural Economics

http://agrieconomics.uonbi.ac.ke/

• Agricultural Development Policy

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Nzuma (Dean)

Prof. Dr. Willis Kosura

Dr. John Busienei

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

http://chss.uonbi.ac.ke/

Literature

http://literature.uonbi.ac.ke/

• Oral Literature and the Digital Revolution
• Medical Humanities
• Representations of Space
• Literature, Conflict and Peace
• Labour and Leisure

Prof. Jack Odhiambo (Dean)

Dr. Kitata Makau

Geography and Environmental Studies

http://geography.uonbi.ac.ke/

• Biogeography and conservation
• Climate change and food security
• Water management
• Ecotourism
• Human-wildlife conflicts
• Natural resource management
• Rural-urban transitions and connections
• Economic geography
• Environmental planning and management
• Multilateral environmental agreements

Prof. Dr. Samuel Owour

Chuka University (Chuka), Kenya

https://www.chuka.ac.ke/

Network member since 2020

Agriculture and Environmental Studies

https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/35

Environmental Studies and Resource Development

https://www.chuka.ac.ke/faculty/view/27

• Water resource use, supply and management in agricultural livelihoods
• Climate change adaptation and land use change
• Dynamics of food geography, food security and safety
• Value and supply chain dynamics and management

Prof. Gilbert Nduru

Dr. Agatha Nthenge

University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania

http://www.udsm.ac.tz/

Founding network member

College of Social Sciences

http://www.coss.udsm.ac.tz/

Department

Directorate of Internationalization,

Convocation & Advancement

Area of Interest

Contact

Antidius Rweyongeza

Geography

• GIS and Remote Sensing
• Land/ water resource management
• Climate Change, Land Use/Land Cover Change
• Agricultural development and urbanization
• Regional and urban planning

Dr. Mwanukuzi

Dr. Opportuna Kweka

Dr. Cosmas Sokoni

Dr. Mromba Clement

Dr. Digna Mlengule

Institute of Kiswahili Studies

https://www.udsm.ac.tz/web/index.php/institutes/iks

• Urban-Rural Sociolinguistics
• Dialectology in Swahili Literature
• The Digital Age and Urban-Rural Dynamics in Swahili Literature

Prof. Aldin Mutembei

Dr. Rajabu Chipila

Ardhi University (ARU), Tanzania

http://aru.ac.tz/

Network member since 2019

Institute of Human Settlements Studies (IHSS)

http://aru.ac.tz/index.php/academic-units/menu/2016-04-27-09-25-02

Department

Area of Interest

Contact

Human Settlements Studies

• Land, local economic development and governance

• Housing, infrastructure development and management

• Climate change and environmental risks / Urban disasters and disaster risk management

• Natural resources management, urban agriculture

• Rural-urban transformations / migration

• GIS and remote sensing applications

Dr. Makarius Mdemu

M. Sc. Mariam Genes

Albert Nyiti

Dr. Jacob Kihila

Dr. Tatu Limbumba

Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT), Germany

https://www.bht-berlin.de

Network member since 2022

Institute of Civil engineering and Geoinformatics

https://www.bht-berlin.de/iii

Department

Area of Interest

Contact

Civil engineering and Geoinformatics

• GIS
• Medical Geography
• Bauingenieurwesen
• Umweltingenieurwesen

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schweikart

Prof. Dr. Ronny Schomacker

University of Mauritius, Mauritius

https://www.bht-berlin.de

Network member since 2025

Faculty of Agriculture

https://www.uom.ac.mu/foa/index.php

Department

Contact

Agricultural Economic

• Agricultural valuue chains
• Agricutlural land use

Prof. Dr. Brinda Ramasawmy

Kamlesh Boodhoo

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

https://uy1.uninet.cm/en/

Network member since 2025

Department

Contact

Geography

• Rural-urban transformation
• migration

Prof. Dr. Moise Moupou