Prof. Dorothea Kleine is Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) at the University of Sheffield, where she leads the Digital Technologies, Data and Innovation (DDI) group. As a Professor of Human Geography, her research investigates sustainable human development, global justice, and the role of digital technologies in making progress towards these aims. She has published widely on the potential and the ethical challenges of digitalisation in sustainable development in both the global South and North, focusing in particular on the perspective, agency and creativity of the more marginalised. Prof Kleine is well-known for her theoretical work, proposing the choice framework to apply the capabilities approach to digital development, as laid out in ‘Technologies of Choice?’ (MIT Press). She argues for a sustainable approach focused on people, justice and the environment. Prof Kleine combines conceptual and policy-level work with ongoing empirical research, including participatory action research and co-design. She has undertaken research in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
As an International Fellow, she will exchange and network with us at the Department of Geography, in the transdisciplinary environment, with the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research, at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), and with other organizations in Bonn. Her research interests are in development geography, sustainability, international cooperation, digital technologies, and innovation.
Furthermore, she will actively participate in the department‘s life during her stay. Among other talks and activities, Prof. Kleine will hold a Master‘s workshop on "Methods for researching land use change and resource conflicts in the Global South" together with Dr. Lucy Massoi from the Mzumbe Unversity on June 13, 2023. All master students are welcome to apply via e-mail: erasmus@giub.uni-bonn.de. Prof. Kleine will also hold a lunch lecture on June 14, 2023 at 12:15 pm on „Digital Technologies and Digital-Enhanced Methods in Participatory Research within Marginalised Groups“ at „…mittwochs im GIUB“.
We are happy to welcome Prof. Dorothea Kleine in Bonn!
