Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development

Nina van der Puije

Nina van der Puije has a degree in comparative religion and cultural anthropology at the Johann Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. She is doing her doctorate in the Department of Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel on Dismantling of Eurocentrism and Promotion of Sustainable Partnerships in Development Cooperation. Since 2012 she has been working as a development professional, consulting and evaluating projects in field of international development cooperation. 2018 Nina van der Puije became a visiting scientist in the research project Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at the Humboldt-University. Nina van der Puije has a degree in comparative religion and cultural anthropology at the Johann Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. She is doing her doctorate in the Department of Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel on Dismantling of Eurocentrism and Promotion of Sustainable Partnerships in Development Cooperation. Since 2012 she has been working as a development professional, consulting and evaluating projects in field of international development cooperation. 2018 Nina van der Puije became a visiting scientist in the Research Programme Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at the Humboldt University Berlin.

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018- Visiting scientist, Reasearch Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development of the Humboldt University Berlin

  • 2016- Doctoral candidate Department of Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel, supervised by Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

  • 2012- Consultant and evaluator - German Developmen Cooperation Agency (GIZ GmbH), Norwegian Embassy China, Engagement Global gGmbH, Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV), amongst others

  • 2007 Summer School Beijing University (北京大学), China

  • 2002-2010 Student of Religious Sciences and Ethnology (M.A.)

Conference Contributions

  • “Acknowledging Development Alternatives and Local Knowledge: The Key for Revitalizing Global Partnerships (SDG 17)?
Reflections on Development Cooperation Reform. Paper presented at the EXCEED/DIE Conference on Rethinking Development Cooperation, Bonn, September 18 - 19, 2018
  • “African Initiated Churches as Advocates for Development Alternatives? Religion and Development from a Post-Development Perspective” paper presented at Research Programme Workshop on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development Berlin, 07 June 2018

Memberships

  • DeGEval - Society of Evaluation e.V.
  • Women in International Security (WIIS)