Curriculum Vitae - Crossroads Asia

Curriculum Vitae Andreas Mandler
I. Personal and Professional Data
1) Date and Place of Birth
08 November 1975, Erfurt
2) Current Occupation
Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF),
Rheinische Friedrichs University of Bonn
3) Professional Experience
2009-2010
Research Fellow, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
2006-2009
Consultant, Projects for various international development organizations
o FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
o GIZ, Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit
o CTA, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP – EU
4) Education
2005
Magister Artium (M.A.) at Humboldt University of Berlin, German Philology, East
European History, Central Asian Studies
1994
A-Levels, Pierre de Coubertin Secondary School, Erfurt
5) Language Skills
German
English
Italian
Russian
Tajik
French
mother tongue speaker
very good
very good
good
sufficient
satisfactory
6) Working and Research Skills
Ethnographic and social science field research methodology (interviews, participant observation, group
interviews, long term surveys), Qualitative data management: Atlas.ti, FilemakerPro
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7) Research Travels
2012, Sept.
Kirgizstan (Issyk-kul, Bishkek)
2011 - 2012, 9months
Tajikistan (Zarafshan Valley, Shartus district)
2004, May
Uzbekistan (Samarkand, Bukhara)
2004, April
Afghanistan (Kabul)
2004, Feb. – March
Tajikistan (Dushanbe, Varsob, Ansob) [Scholarship DAAD GoEAST]
2003, Aug. - Oct.
Tajikistan (Dushanbe, Varsob, Hissar, Penjikent, Rudaki)
2001, Sept. – 2002, July Russia (Moscow) [Scholarship of Humboldt University Berlin]
2000, Aug. – Sept.
Russia (Murmansk Region) [Scholarship of DAMU Berlin]
1999, Aug. – Sept.
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, Issyk-kul, Karakol, Ingilshek)
II. Publications
MANDLER, A.; BOBOYOROV, H. and HOJIEV, K. (2013). Land use titles, access structures and modes of agricultural
entrepreneurship in present time Tajikistan. In: ZEF Working Paper (forthcoming), Bonn.
MANDLER, Andreas (2013). Knowledge and Governance Arrangements in Agricultural Production: Negotiating
Access to Arable Land in Zarafshan Valley, Tajikistan. In: ZEF Working Paper (106), Bonn.
MANDLER, Andreas (2010). Social and Political Context of Agriculture Advisory Services in Tajikistan. In:
Proceedings of the 4th MACE Green Week Scientific Conference 2010 “Challenges of Education and
Innovation”, Berlin/ Leipzig.
MANDLER, Andreas (2010). The local governance component in Tajik agricultural development. In: Proceedings of
IAMO Forum 2010, Halle.
MANDLER, ANDREAS (2010). Mobiltelefone im ländlichen Uganda – ein Entwicklungsmotor. Eine Welt Presse,
DGVN, Berlin.
MANDLER, Andreas (2009). Agricultural advisory services and extension in Central Asia – the example of
Tajikistan. In: Paffarini, Chiara and Santucci, Fabio Maria. Theory and Practice of Advisory Work in a Time of
Turbulences. Proceedings of the XIX European Seminar on Extension Education, ESEE. Perugia.
LIE, Rico and MANDLER, Andreas (2009). Video in Development. Filming for Rural Change. A joint publication by
CTA, GTZ, FAO and WUR Wageningen.
LIE, Rico and MANDLER, Andreas (2009). La Vidéo dans Le Développement. Filmer pour le Changement Rural,
Wageningen/Rome: CTA/FAO.
MANDLER, Andreas (2008). Communication technologies support trade in Africa. Leisa Magazin 24(1).
MANDLER, Andreas (2008). Web2.0 and Rural Change. D + C Development and Cooperation 49(2).
MANDLER, Andreas (2007). FAO Expertise of National Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) in
countries of central and eastern Europe. (FAO NRRR group discussion paper) Rome.
MANDLER, Andreas (2007). Analysis of Agricultural Institutions in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, (FAO NRRR group
discussion paper) Rome.
Radio features (2000 - 2005). Regular contributions to DeutschlandRadio Berlin and Humboldt University Berlin
CampusRadio.
III. Courses and other Teaching
Teaching at ZEF repetition course (2012 & 2011, 3 weeks, 4 lessons/week).
“Video in Development”. One-day training course at the FAO, Rome (2010, March).
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„German language and studying at German universities“ at Slavic University, Institute of Languages and
Pedagogic Institute, Dushanbe/ Tajikistan (2004, 2 months, 8 lessons/week).
„German language and modern German history“ at Slavic University and Institute of Languages, Dushanbe/
Tajikistan (2003, 3 months, 10 lessons/week).
Bonn, 1 August 2013
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