2011-2013: Multiple Modernities in the Megacity? Economic and Spatial Restructuring of Food Markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh (funded by DFG) http://www.megacities-megachallenge.org

Completed project

2007-2010: The megaurban Food System of Dhaka/Bangladesh (funded by DFG) http://www.megacities-megachallenge.org

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Theme of PhD Thesis

Market Governance and Social Resilience

The Organization of Food Wholesaling in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Publications

Monograph

KECK, M. (2007): Geographien der Gewalt. Der Bürgerkrieg in Nepal und seine Akteure. Tectum, Marburg

Peer-Reviewed Articles

ETZOLD, B., S. JÜLICH, M. KECK, P. SAKDAPOLRAK, T. SCHMITT and A. ZIMMER (2012): Doing Institutions. New Trends in Institutional Theory and their Relevance for Development Geography. In: Erdkunde (accepted)

KECK, M., BOHLE, H.-G., ZINGEL, W.-P. (2012): Dealing with Insecurity. Informal Relations and Risk Adaptation among Food Wholesalers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 56 (2): (in print)

KECK, M. (2012): Informal Relations in the Megacity: The Role of Social and Political Capital among Food Wholesalers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: WAIBEL, M. and MCFARLANE, C. (Eds): Urban Informalities. Reflections on the Formal and Informal. Ashgate, Farnham, UK: (in print).

KECK, M., B. ETZOLD, H.-G. BOHLE and W.-P. ZINGEL (2012): Rice for the Megacity. Food Security in between Global Risks and Local Vulnerabilities. In: KRAAS, F. (Ed): Megacities. International Year of Planet Earth, UNESCO. Springer, Heidelberg (in print)

KECK, M. (2012): Der Bürgerkrieg in Nepal - (Über-)Leben in umkämpften Zwischenräumen. In: Geographische Rundschau 64 (2): 34-39

ZINGEL, W.-P., KECK, M., ETZOLD, B., BOHLE, H.-G. (2011): Urban Food Security and Health Status of the Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: KRÄMER, A., KHAN, MMH, KRAAS, F. (Eds): Health in Megacities and Urban Areas. Springer, Heidelberg: 301-319

BOHLE, H.-G., B. ETZOLD, M. KECK and P. SAKDAPOLRAK (2009): Adaptive Food Governance. In: IHDP-Update 3/2009: 53-58. Available at: http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/902?menu=158

ETZOLD, B. and M. KECK (2009): Politics of Space in the Megacity Dhaka: Negotiation of Rules in Contested Urban Arenas. In: UGEC Update 2/2009: 13-15. Available at: http://www.ugec.org/docs/UGECViewpointsIssue2.pdf

BOHLE, H.-G., B. ETZOLD and M. KECK (2009): Resilience as Agency. In: IHDP-Update 2/2009: 8-13. Available at: http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/729?menu=61

ETZOLD, B., M. KECK , H.-G. BOHLE and W.-P. ZINGEL (2009): Informality as agency. Negotiating food security in Dhaka. In: Die Erde 140 (1): 3-24

KECK, M. , B. ETZOLD, H.-G.BOHLE and W.-P. ZINGEL (2008): Reis für die Megacity. Nahrungsversorgung von Dhaka zwischen globalen Risiken und lokalen Verwundbarkeiten. In: Geographische Rundschau 60 (11): 28-37

KECK, M. (2008): Sozialgeographie gewaltsamer Regionalisierungen. Benno Werlens Konzeption als theoretische Fundierung geographischer Konfliktforschung. In: WERLEN, B. and K. GÄBLER (eds.): Geographische Praxis I. Territorialisierungen und territoriale Konflikte. Sozialgeographische Manuskripte Band 3, Jena: 59-81

KECK, M. (2007): Alte Partner – Zukünftige Verpflichtungen? Nepals Maoisten und ihre Verbindungen ins Ausland. In: Südasien, 27 (2): 62-65

KECK, M. (2004): Zwischen den Fronten: Der Krieg in Nepal und seine Auswirkungen auf die Bevölkerung. In: Südasien-Informationsnetz e.V. (eds): Zwischen Krieg und Frieden. Konflikte in Südasien. Südasien-Information Nr. 7, Berlin: 12-23

Book Review

KECK, M. (2011): Buchbesprechung: Bertuzzo, Elisa T.: Fragmented Dhaka. Analysing Everyday Life with Henri Lefebvre’s Theory of Production of Space. In: Die Erde 142 (3): 36-37

Miscellaneous

FRANZ, M. and M. KECK (2011): Geographischer Arbeitskreis zu Südasien gegründet. Bericht zur Tagung „Geographien Südasiens“, 4. bis 5. Februar 2011 in Köln. In: Asien 119 (2): 93-95

Involvement in JÜSSEN, L. (2010): “Von Tante Emma zu Onkel Ali” Bonner StudentInnen untersuchen jüngste Stadtteilentwicklungen in Köln-Kalk. Online: http://www.koelnglobal.de/site/informationen/migration/ethnische_oekonomien_und_stadtentwicklung_in_koeln-kalk/

KECK, M. and Md. S. HAQUE (2009): Bangladeshi-German team play: Analysing Dhaka’s food markets. In: SAI-Report 2009, Südasien-Institut, Heidelberg:12. Online: http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/saireport/2009/pdf/sai_report_2009.pdf

Involvement in DFGScienceTV (2009): Moving Rice for the Masses. Online: http://dfg-science-tv.de/en/projects/the-city-of-5-million.html. 20.05.2009

KECK, M. (2008): Feeding a Megacity: Investigating the Food Systems of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: SAI-Report 2008, Südasien-Institut, Heidelberg: 10-11. Online: http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/saireport/2008/pdf/sai_report_2008.pdf

Involvement in DFGScienceTV (2008): Reis auf Reisen. Online: http://dfg-science-tv.de/projekte/die-5-millionenstadt.html. 10.06.2008

KECK, M. (2007): Der Zorn der Studenten. Südasien-Informationsnetz e.V., Nachrichten: Bangladesh - Politik & Recht. Online: www.suedasien.info/nachrichten/2077. 24.07.2007

KECK, M. (2004): The impact of RDP on the livelihoods of poor sections in Sankhuwasabha, Nepal. Internal Evaluation Report on behalf of Rural Development Programme (RDP), Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Nepal

KECK, M. (2003): Somewhere Beside Society. A Life in Sankhuwasabha. In: Dalits’ Solidarity. A quarterly bulletin of Jana Utthan Pratisthan, 6, 2003: 4-5

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Papers and Presentations

KECK, M. (2011): Lebensmittelmärkte im Herzen der Megastadt. Welche Rolle spielen informelle Beziehungen für das Überleben von Großhändlern in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Paper presented at: Geographisches Kolloquium der Universität Göttingen. 21.06.2011, Göttingen/Germany

KECK, M. (2011): Forschungsprojekte der Arbeitsgruppe Bohle. Presentation at: Geographisches Kolloquium der Universität Bonn, Risikoforschung am Geographischen Institut der Universität Bonn. 27.04.2011, Bonn/Germany

KECK, M. (2011): Informalität und Aushandlung. Das alltägliche Geschäft von Reis- und Fischgroßhändlern in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Paper presented at: Geographien Südasiens. Open conference. 03.-04.05.2011, Köln/Germany

KECK, M. (2010): Introduction. Panel 39: Megacities in South Asia as Arenas of Risk and Resilience. Paper presented at: 21. European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies. 26.-29.07.2010, Bonn/Germany

KECK, M. (2010): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka / Bangladesh. Paper presented at: DFG – Scientific Colloquium. 10.-11.05.10, Berlin/Germany

KECK, M. (2010): Measuring Microeconomic Resilience. Business Disturbances and Recovery among Food Wholesalers in Dhaka. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. 14.-18.04.2010, Washington D.C./USA

KECK, M. (2010): Measuring Microeconomic Resilience. Business Disturbances and Recovery among Food Wholesalers in Dhaka. Paper presented at: DFG - Scientific Workshop. 23.-24.02.2010, Dhaka/Bangladesh

KECK, M. (2009): Informal Business Arrangements of Food Wholesalers in Dhaka. Paper presented at: Asia-Pacific Weeks in Berlin 2009. Symposium of Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlinon “Life and Survival in a Megacity: The Role of Informal Arrangements in Everyday Life and Economic Organisation. Case Studies from Dhaka, Bangladesh. 16.10.2009, Berlin/Germany

KECK, M. together with P. SAKDAPOLRAK and B. ETZOLD (2009): Vulnerability to Food Insecurity. Coping Strategies of Urban Poor in the Megacities Chennai and Dhaka. Paper presented at: International Conference of the Helmholtz Associationon “Megacities: Risk, Vulnerability and Sustainable Development”. 07.-09.09.2009, Leipzig/Germany

KECK, M. (2009): The Role of Food Wholesalers in Dhaka’s Food System. Paper presented at: Geographischer Arbeitskreis Entwicklungsforschung. Scientific Colloquium at South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg. 29.06.09, Heidelberg/Germany

KECK, M. together with H.-G. BOHLE, B. ETZOLD and W.-P. ZINGEL (2009): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka / Bangladesh. Paper and Poster presented at: DFG – Scientific Colloquium. 22. -23.06.09, Dortmund/Germany

KECK, M. together with R. STAFFELD (2009): Formal and Informal Business Arrangements: Food and Plastic Wholesale Activities in the Megacity of Dhaka. Paper presented at: Scientific Workshop organized by Irmgard Coninx Foundation on: Urban Development in a Globalising World – Overcoming the Formal-Informal Divide. 12.-13.06.09, Berlin/Germany

KECK, M. together with B. ETZOLD (2009): Operationalizing Informality: (In)Formal Institutions and Social Practices of Fish Merchants and Street Food Vendors in Dhaka Megacity. Paper presented at: In_formalität und Stadt – globale Trends, lokale Dynamiken. 4. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Geographische Stadtforschung im Entwicklungskontext. 05.-07.06.09, Innsbruck/Austria

KECK, M. (2009): Informal Food Market Governance in the Megacity of Dhaka. Paper presented at: International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) Open Meeting 2009: The Social Challenges of Global Change. 26.-30.04.2009, Bonn/Germany

KECK, M. together with B. ETZOLD (2009): Operationalizing Informality. Examples from Food System Research in Dhaka. Paper and Poster presented at: DFG - Scientific Workshop, 25.02.-26.02.2009, Dhaka/Bangladesh

KECK, M. (2008): Informal Regulation of Dhaka’s Food System. Empirical Findings and Theoretical Reflections. Paper and Poster presented at: DFG - Scientific Workshop, 13.11.-14.11.2008, Guangzhou/China

KECK, M. together with H.-G. BOHLE, B. ETZOLD and W.-P. ZINGEL (2008): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka/Bangladesh. Paper and Poster presented at: DFG – Scientific Colloquium. 28.-29.01.08, Berlin/Germany

KECK, M. together with H.-G. BOHLE, B. ETZOLD and W.-P. ZINGEL (2007): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka/Bangladesh. Paper and Poster presented at: DFG - Scientific Workshop, 21.11.-22.11.2007, Dhaka/Bangladesh

KECK, M. together with H.-G. BOHLE (2007): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka/Bangladesh. Poster presented at: Deutscher Geographentag 2007 Bayreuth. Umgang mit Risiken - Katastrophen, Destabilisierung, Sicherheit. 29.09.-05.10.2007, Bayreuth/Germany

KECK, M. together with B. ETZOLD (2007): The Megaurban Food System of Dhaka/Bangladesh. Poster presented at: Scientific Congress of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde e.V. von "Megastädte in Asien". 10.-12.05.07, Berlin/Germany

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Conference Conventions

BUTSCH, C., M. FRANZ, M. KECK, M. KROLL (2011): Geographien Südasiens. Open conference with eighteen paper presentations convened at the University of Cologne. 03. -04.05.2011, Köln/Germany

KECK, M. and B. ETZOLD (2010): Panel 39: Megacities in South Asia as Arenas of Risk and Resilience. Session with seven paper presentations convened at: 21. European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies. 26. -29.07.2010, Bonn/Germany

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