Africa and Middle East Senior Associate
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, political transformations in Southern Africa, resource governance and supply chain responsibility, metal supply chains, GIBSA
Since July 2022 Head of Project Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains
Since July 2020 Head of Project Transnational Governance of Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains
Since January 2017 Researcher in the Research Division Africa and Middle East
Opportunities and Risks in the South African Mining Sector
doi:10.18449/2022C05
Covid Exacerbates Socioeconomic Inequalities amid ANC Infighting
doi:10.18449/2021C61
Drugs, art, humans, gold – organized criminal networks smuggle illegal products into legal supply chains to then sell them on the European market. Roman Kern and Anne Kathrin Thüringer speak with experts of an international SWP project that takes a closer look at some of these illicit supply chains.
Germany’s Due Diligence Act Is a Good Start
doi:10.18449/2021C21
The pandemic has exposed the magnitude of global dependency on supply relationships. Melanie Müller discusses with Candida Splett how the resilience of supply chains can be improved. Human rights are an important aspect.
doi:10.18449/2020C64
Linking the Global South and Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has uncovered the weakness of global supply chains
Member of the Selection Committee of the Humboldt Foundation for the German Chancellor Fellowship from South Africa (since 2021) and Chairperson and academic member of the Advisory Board of the Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2021).