Focus: Rural development, regional development, decentralization and community development, regional business promotion, planning methods, development policy in the context of globalizing processes, research and project experience in anglophone Africa and in Nepal.

Human Resource Developer

Management Consultant

Ute Zurmühl

Sociologist / PR Consultant (DPRG)

Focus: Strategic communication, PR methods and tools, concept techniques, communication for development, HIV/AIDS communication, evaluation and planning of communication projects, project and consultancy experience in anglophone and lusophone Africa

Volker Niehoff

Psychologist

Focus: stress and crisis management, training (moderation, stress management, burn-out prevention), trauma therapy, process supervision and coaching, intercultural consultancy (Asia)

Journalist

Focus: newspaper articles, interviews, analysis, concepts for magazines and supplements, editor-in-chief (sports /politics), individual writing courses, editorial training for evaluation teams

Peter Rottach

Geographer

Focus: disaster relief and disaster management (DRM), climate adaptation, tropical agriculture, agro-ecology

Dr. Lioba Weingärtner

Oecotrophologist

Focus: Food and nutrition security, poverty reduction, rural development, gender, cooperation in (post-)conflict situations, globalisation and sustainable development, aid effectiveness (especially division of labour, results orientation as well as civil society); since 1985 working and experience in research, project management, consultancies, evaluation and training in development cooperation, transitional aid/rehabilitation and humanitarian aid for national and international bilateral, multilateral and NGO cooperation.