Maren Wesselow, M. Sc.
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Department für Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften (» Postanschrift)
Maren Wesselow, M. Sc.
Maren Wesselow, M. Sc.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Forschungsprojekt ENaQ (Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg).
Forschungsinteressen
- städtische Gemeinschaften und informelle Organisationsprozesse
- Stadtentwicklung und Partizipation
- Soziale Innovation in der Energiewende
- Transdisziplinäre und qualitative Forschungsmethoden
Lebenslauf
Seit 07/2021 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Forschungsprojekt ENaQ (Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg) am Lehrstuhl für Ökologische Ökonomie an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
03/2017 - 12/2021 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Forschungsprojekt ECOSOLA (Ecosystem-based solutions for resilient urban agriculture in Africa) sowie in dem Projekt LIPSINDAR (Linking partners for a sustainable and inclusive Dar es Salaam) am Lehrstuhl für Ökologische Ökonomie an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg [in Elternzeit von 09/2019 - 10/2020]
02/2014 - 12/2016 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Projekt SuLaMa - Sustainable Land Management in Madagascar an der Universität Greifswald und der Universität Hamburg
11/2014 - 07/2016 Koordinatorin des Studiengangs Nachhaltigkeitsgeographie M. Sc. an der Universität Greifswald
10/2011 - 01/2014 M. Sc. Nachhaltigkeitsgeographie und Regionalentwicklung, Universität Greifswald, in diesem Rahmen einjähriger Forschungsaufenthalt (08/2012 - 08/2013) in einer Kaffee- und Kakaoproduzentenkooperative (Peru) sowie von 01/2012 - 08/2012 Studentische Hilfskraft in der sozio-ökologischen Forschungsgruppe GETIDOS, Universität Greifswald
11/2009 - 09/2011 Mitarbeiterin im Marketing bei Ethiquable e.G. (Großhändler für fair gehandelte Bioprodukte), Berlin
10/2006 - 07/2009 B.A. Sozialmanagement, Fachhochschule Nordhausen, in diesem Rahmen Praxissemester in der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest (Ungarn) (03/2008-07/2008) Auslandssemester an der Universität León (Spanien) (10/2008 - 2/2009)
Konferenzbeiträge
2022
- Responsible innovations through a participatory process design. Presentation together with Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein and Ernst Schäfer at the XXXIII ISPIM INNOVATION CONFERENCE. Innovating in a Digital World. June 5 to 8, 2022
2021
- Social Innovations for energy transition through participation: Experiences from ENaQ. Presentation together with Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein and Ernst Schäfer at the Online-Conference “Social innovation: Next steps in the energy transition”, 18 - 19 November 2021, Delft University
2018
- In town everyone is in his own. Building self-organized farmer institutions in Dar es Salaam. Presentation at the Annual Conference of TRIALOG 2018, 7 – 8 June 2018, Dortmund (Germany)
- Agriculture in an urban society. Social challenges and implications. Presentation at the Sustainable African Cities Conference: Debating current challenges and Exploring Future Pathways, 4 - 6 July 2018, Accra (Ghana)
2017
- The lonesome farmer? Urbanising farmer institutions in Dar es Salaam. Presentation at the AKSA-Jahrestagung, 24 – 25 November 2017, Erlangen (Germany)
2016
- Role-Playing Games - eine partizipative Methode für die Forschung und das Management von natürlichen Ressourcen. Poster contribution at the Future Earth Summit, 28 - 29 January 2016, Berlin (Germany)
- Different Methods for different Purposes. Experiences with participatory methods in the SuLaMa research project. Presentation at the Final Conference of the BMBF-Funding Measure‚ Sustainable Land Management‘, 7- 9 March 2016, Berlin (Germany)
2015
- Role Playing Games in Land Use Research. Experiences from the Mahafaly Plateau in Madagascar. Presentation at the Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management - “Tropentag” 16 - 18 September 2015, Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany)
- Les méthodes participatives. l'approche SuLaMa à une gestion durable des ressources naturelles. Presentation at the SuLaMa Final Conference, 24 September 2015, Toliara (Madagacar)
Publikationen
Wesselow M (2023) Not All Social Capital Is Equal Conceptualizing Social Capital Differences in Cities. Urban Science 7(2):49. doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7020049
Karrasch L, Grothmann T, Michel T A, Wesselow M, Wolter H, Unger A, Wegner A, Giebels D, Siebenhüner B (2022) Integrating knowledge within and between knowledge types in transdisciplinary sustainability research: Seven case studies and an indicator framework. Environmental Science and Policy 131. 14-25.
Wesselow M, Kifunda C, Auerbach R, Siebenhüner B (2020): Urban Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Water Management and Planning. In: Auerbach R: Organic Food Systems. Meeting the Needs of Southern Africa. Oxfordshire/ UK; Boston/ USA: CABI. Online at: Cabi
Wesselow M and Mashele J (2019): “Who needs money if you got hands, if you got plants." Forming community resilience in two urban gardening networks in South Africa. Human Ecology, 47(6), 855-864. doi: 10.1007/s10745-019-00116-5
Wesselow M (2019) "In Town, Everyone Is on Their Own." Building Informal Risk Management Arrangements Among Urban Farmers in Dar es Salaam. TRIALOG 134 3/2018: 4-8.
Schmidt L, Hartberger K, Kobbe S, Falk T, Wesselow M, Schumann C (2018) Stakeholder Involvement in Transdisciplinary Research. Lessons from Three Projects on Sustainable Land Management in a North-South Setting. GAIA 27/3: 312 – 320
Wesselow M and Stoll-Kleemann S (2018) Role-Playing Games in Natural Resource Management and Research. Lessons Learned from Theory and Practice. The Geographical Journal 184: 298 – 309 (doi: 10.1111/geoj.12248)