Thomas Falk

Date of birth:                 29.06.1974

Place of birth:                Greiz/Thüringen

Email:                           falk@wiwi.uni-marburg.de

Languages                    

                                  German:    mother tongue

                                  English:     very good knowledge

                                  Russian:    very good knowledge

                                  Afrikaans:  basic knowledge

                                  Uzbek:      basic knowledge

Education

10/2007                       Completion of PhD; Thesis: „Communal Farmers’ Natural Resource Use and Biodiversity

                                  Preservation - A New Institutional Economic Analysis from Case Studies in Namibia and South

                                  Africa”

10/1993 – 12/2000         Study of Business Management at the Philipps-University Marburg

09/1997 – 09/1998         Study of Russian language and economy at the Lomonossov-State-University Moscow

09/1990 – 06/1993         Study at High School Strausberg/Brandenburg

Professional Experience

Since 11/2007               Postdoctoral research fellow at the Philipps-University Marburg in the frame of the BIOTA

                                  Southern Africa-Project

05/2005 – 06/2007         DED-Consultant in the UNDP-Project „Community and SMI- Development in the Biosphere

                                  Reserve Nuratau-Kyzylkum/Uzbekistan“

02/2001 – 04/2004         Scientific Assistant at the Philipps-University Marburg in the frame of the BIOTA Southern

                                  Africa-Project

Extensive stays abroad

07/2005 – 06/2007         Working in the UNDP-Project „Community and SMI- Development in the Biosphere Reserve

                                  Nuratau-Kyzylkum/Uzbekistan“ in Jangikishlok/Uzbekistan

02/2000 – 04/2004         Repeated stays in Namibia and South Africa in the frame of the BIOTA Southern Africa-Project;

                                  (total approximately 18 months)

03/2001 – 06/2004         Repeated stays in Kenya (total approximately 4 months)

09/1997 – 09/1998         Study visit to Moscow/Russia

Publications

Falk, T., Schmiedel, U., Zimmermann, I., Joubert, D., Proepper, M., Gruber, M., Koelle, B., Domptail, S., Kohrs, B., Oettle, N. (2010): BIOTA’s strategies for stakeholder interaction and capacity development. In: Jürgens, N. et al. (Eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale. Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek

Falk, T., Kruger, B., Lohmann, D., Kamukuenjandje, R., Zimmermann, I., Kirk, M., Hindjou, J., Kambuli, R., Sheehama, P., Koop, L., Heil, N., Lebershausen, L., Neu, D., Frank, A. (2010): Economic and ecological indicators of land reform projects in eastern Namibia. In: Jürgens, N. et al. (Eds.): Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale. Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek

Falk, T., B. Bock, and M. Kirk. (2009): Polycentrism and poverty: Experiences of rural water supply reform in Namibia. Water Alternatives 2 (1).

Falk, T. (2008): Communal Farmers’ Natural Resource Use and Biodiversity Preservation - A New Institutional Economic Analysis from Case Studies in Namibia and South Africa. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag.

Falk, T. (2001): Deutsche Firmen in Russland – Anreize und Hindernisse für unternehmerische Aktivitäten; Tectum-Verlag, Marburg, 2001.

Falk, T. (2000): Die Bedeutung der marktunabhängigen Verteilung von Waren an Endkonsumenten in Russland; Osteuropa-Wirtschaft 03/2000.