Dr. Frankline Ndi, a member of the Economic Geography group led by Prof. Dr. Britta Klagge, has been awarded the International Paper Award of the Department of Geography, University of Bonn, together with Douwe van Schie from the Development Geography group.
Dr. Ndi’s award-winning paper, titled “Land acquisition, renewable energy development, and livelihood transformation in rural Kenya: The case of the Kipeto wind energy project”, was published in Energy Research & Social Science. The study provides critical insights from the Kipeto wind energy project in Kenya, demonstrating how land-intensive renewable energy initiatives can be designed to promote more equitable and mutually beneficial outcomes between land investors and local communities.
This research was conducted as part of the C02 project "Energy Futures" in the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center “Future Rural Africa”.
Congratulations to Dr. Frankline Ndi on this well-deserved recognition for his notable scholarly contribution to international research in geography.