Advisory Committee
Experts ensure the quality of our project work
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The Committee advises Welthungerhilfe's Executive Management on matters concerning program policy and the funding merits of programs and projects. The consultants can also carry out a review at short notice. This independent expertise from the world of science and practice helps to ensure the quality of our projects.
Members of the Advisory Committee:
- Dr. Getachew Abate Kassa, Agricultural Production and Resource Economics, Technical University of Munich
- Dr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee; Retired Director, Country and Regional Engagement, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); also retired Senior Program Engagement Specialist, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT); Dr. Atta-Krah continues his engagement with CGIAR, IITA and TAAT through special consultancy arrangements.
- Carolin Callenius, Scientific Project Officer in Food Systems Research at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Unit Food Security, Ispra Italy
- Dr. Manfred Denich, Associated Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Dept. Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn
- Prof. Carla Eddé, Professor and Vice-rector, Saint Joseph Universität Beirut, Lebanon
- Prof. Dr. Bettina Engels, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Claudia Hensel, Professor for International Marketing, University of Applied Sciences Mainz
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Kohlmeyer, retired agricultural economist, previously TU Dortmund/Spatial Planning, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), African Development Bank
- PD Dr. Alisher Mirzabaev, Senior Agricultural Economist, Unique land use GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- PhD Dr. Elizabeth Mkandawire, Network and Research Manager: Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa), University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr. Susanne Pecher, self-employed Management Consultant (international cooperation and organizational development)
- Dr. Katrin Radtke, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee; Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr University Bochum
- Sepideh Saltoninia, Head of the Director's Office & Partnerships Manager, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden, and former humanitarian aid worker
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlüter, Environmental and Resource Economics, Faculty for Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems, Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT, University of Applied Sciences Cologne)
- Dr. Paul-Theodor Schütz, former Senior Adviser on Agriculture, GIZ
- Prof. em. Dr. Barbara Thomaß, Institute for Media Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum; Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Klaus von Mitzlaff, former GIZ Country Director and Head of Program in Southern and East Africa (country program management, energy management)
- Prof. Dr. Meike Wollni, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University Göttingen
- Dr. Mainassara Zaman-Allah, Senior Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Zimbabwe