Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan

Professional Experience

2022 Renaming of Chair to Critical Development Studies - Southeast Asia (http://asien.asienforschung.de/principles-of-critical-development-studies-a-minifesto/)

2017-2018 Visiting Professor, Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta Indonesia

Since 2013 Chaired Professor, Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies esp. Southeast Asia, University of Passau

2010–2013, Research Group Leader, Leibniz University Hannover, Social-Ecological Research BioDIVA – Transformation Knowledge for Equitable and Sustainable use of Biodiveristy

2003–2008 Assistant Professor, Chair of Resource Economics, Humboldt University, Berlin

2001–2003 Research Fellow, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)

1996–2000 Research Fellow, Institute of Rural Development, Agricultural Faculty, University of Göttingen

Education

2009 Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification Rural Sociology (Habilitation), Humboldt University Berlin

2000 Dr. sc. agr., Rural Sociology, University of Göttingen

1996 Dipl.-Ing. agr. Agricultural Engineer, University of Göttingen

1989–1991 International Agricultural Sciences, Technische Universität Berlin

Selected Awards and Grants

2018-2022 EU Well-being, Ecology, Gender, and cOmmunity (Innovative Training Network)

2016–2021 BMBF Grant IndORGANIC (Bioeconomy)

2015 DFG Grant IndSEARCH (International Cooperation)

2009–2013 BMBF Grant BioDiva (Research for Sustainable Development)

2004–2008 EU Grant Sensor: Institutional Analysis of Modelling Tools for Sustainable Land Use Policies

2005 – 2007 BMZ Grant Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Pastoralists in Ethiopia

1996-2000 GTZ Grant: Gender relations and agricultural Innovations in Northern Ghana

1996 Best Thesis Award, Gesellschaft der Freunde der Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät Göttingen

• Padmanabhan, M. (2022). Mulai Leave—datang Arrive—pulang Return. Working the Field Together: A Feminist Mother–Son Journey in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In W. Harcourt, K. van den Berg, C. Dupuis, & J. Gaybor (Eds.), Gender, Development and Social Change. Feminist Methodologies (pp. 113–138). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82654-3_6
• Padmanabhan, M. (2021). Entangled Environments in Asia. ASIEN (160/161), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.11588/asien.2021.160/161.20429 
• Padmanabhan, M., Dinkelaker, S., Hoffmann, M., Laksmana, D., Maimunah, S., Rudakova, E., Still, E., & Trotier, F. (2021). Principles of Critical Development Studies: A Minifesto. ASIEN (160/161), 210–220.  https://doi.org/10.11588/asien.2021.160/161.19214 
• Laksmana, D., & Padmanabhan, M. (2021). Strategic Engagement in Institutions of Organic Farming in Indonesia. In V. Beckmann (Ed.), Transitioning to Sustainable Life on Land (pp. 381–413). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-879-4-14

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