Affiliated Researchers

After graduating in 2009 as MSc in Economics and History at Utrecht University, Meier zu Selhausen studied a post-graduate Master in International Development Cooperation at Universidad de Cantabria in Santander, Spain, followed by an internship at a rural Kenyan NGO. In 2011-2012 he worked for the German Development Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) as junior academic advisor at Mountains of the Moon University in Western Uganda. He has currently joined the research team as international PhD candidate. His PhD field research in Uganda focuses on the impact of membership in a microfinance/coffee cooperative on female agency. An additional historical dimension aims at reconstructing the development of the Ugandan cooperative movement throughout the colonial and post-colonial period with historical data from the Toro District Archive in Fort Portal, Western Uganda. His research interest lies in the interaction between agency and economic development, as well as applied economics in Africa.