Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan
Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan

Curriculum vitae
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
Publications
- 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
Weitere Publikationen auf Research Gate
Focus areas
Gender Studies
Institutionen Analyse
Sozial-Ökologische Forschung
Trans- und Interdisziplinarität
Courses
Winter semester 2023/24
- 44590 A Masterclass - Supervision IV
- 44220 Critical Argrarian Studies (CAS):
- 44210 Einführung in die Südostasienstudien
- 44520 Gender and Development
- 44560 India's G20 presidency: Questioning environmental and social development ideas
- 44510 Interdisciplinary Development Seminar
- 44530 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods for Development Studies
- 43630 Kulturwirtschaft / International Cultural and Business Studies: Eine interdisziplinäre Einführung
- 44500 Methods and Theories of Development
- 44300 Passau Research Colloquium on Southeast Asian Studies
- 44570 Research Seminar
- 44540 Sustainability
Summer semester 2023
- 44580 A Masterclass - Supervision
- 44585 A Masterclass - Supervision II
- 44590 A Masterclass - Supervision III
- 44220 Adat or the invention of tradition - approach in Southeast Asia & beyond
- 44530 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods with MAXQDA Workshop (TBC)
- 44510 Climate, Youth and Activism: Theory and practice of collective action
- 44210 Documenta 15 Revisited
- 44240 Essen in Zeiten multipler Krisen in Südostasien
- 44501 Exam review and feedback: Methods and Theories of Development (44500 Vorlesung)
- 44500 Natural Resource Management
- 44520 Rural Development
- 44230 Social-ecological transformation of river cities in Asia.
- 44250 Staat, Gesellschaft und Umwelt in Malaysia und Südostasien: Ausgewählte Fallbeispiele