Team Leader
Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan
Team Leader
martina.padmanabhan@uni-passau.de
Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan has been holding the Chair of Comparative Development Studies - Southeast Asia at Passau University, Germany, since 2012.
Research Expertise
- Rural Development
- Gender Studies
- Institutional Economics
- Natural Resource Management
Current Research Interests
- Institutional Analysis of Agrobiodiversity Management
- Theorising transdisciplinary integration to develop adequate knowledge products for developing agrobiodiversity
- Conducting international research resting on interdisciplinary cooperation and intercultural communication.
Academic Background
- Dr. habil. venia legendi "Rural Sociology" 2009, Humboldt Universität Berlin
- Dr. sc. agr. 2000, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
- Dipl.-Ing. agr. 1996, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Selected Publications
- Kunze, Isabelle; Lippe, Melvin; Padmanabhan, Martina (2011): Review of the book Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets edited by S. Lockie and D. Carpenter, Society & Natural Resources 25, 317-319
- Padmanabhan, Martina (2011) Institutional Innovations and Gender Equity in Agrobiodiversity Management: Collective Action in Kerala, South India. Journal Society & Natural Resources. 24 (2) 174-184.
- Padmanabhan, Martina (2010) Gender and Institutional Analysis. A feminist approach to economic and social norms. Diskussionspapier 91. Stiftungsprofessur Umwelttechnik und Umweltmanagement, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Leipzig.
- Schultz, Irmgard; Hummel, Diana; Padmanabhan, Martina (Hrgs.) (2010) Schwerpunkt „Feministische Perspektiven auf Nachhaltigkeit“. Femina Politica 1/2010
- Beckmann, Volker; Padmanabhan, Martina (eds) (2009) Institutions and Sustainability. Political Economy of Agriculture and the Environment – Essays in Honour of Konrad Hagedorn. Dordrecht: Springer
- Padmanabhan, Martina (2008) Collective action in plant genetic resources management: Gendered rules of reputation, trust and reciprocity in Kerala, India. Journal of International Development. 20, 83-97.
- Padmanabhan, Martina (2007) The making and unmaking of gendered crops in Northern Ghana. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 28., 57-70.
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