Room: LS 118c
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-1436
E-Mail: carolin.rosenberg[at]uni-due.de

▶ Research Focus
▶ Publications
► Research Projects
▶ Transfer Activities
▶ Curriculum Vitae

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Current Projects

► “Balancing” the Promotion of Gender Equality with the Local: A Case Study on Germany’s Development Cooperation Activities to Fight Hunger and Malnutrition in Rural Areas (doctoral dissertation project)

► Peace Report

Finished Projects

► Ways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity

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Research projects with public sector partners:

Research project „Ways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity” (AVE), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (January 2023 to October 2025)

Membership in expert committees:

Member of the Working Group on Global Food Security (Arbeitskreis Welternährung, AKWE) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH)

Member of the Community of Practice (CoP) “Together cultivating gender justice: Transforming agri-food systems,” facilitated by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), CARE, and STRATEGIES! on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (February 2025 to April 2026)

Public events:

"The role of cooperatives in strengthening the leadership and voice of women – Evidence from Zambia", oral presentation at the CGIAR Gender Conference „Accelerating Equality in Food, Land and Water Systems: Driving Solutions through Evidence and Learning”, 8 October 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa

“Transforming gender norms through the Gender Model Family approach: Evidence from Sierra Leone”, oral presentation at Tropentag Conference, 10 September 2025 in Bonn

“The role of cooperatives in strengthening the leadership and voice of women: Evidence from Zambia”, poster presentation at Tropentag Conference, 11 September 2025 in Bonn.

"Why female farmers cannot farm their land to the full potential - intersectional causes for poverty", oral presentation at Tropentag Conference, 11 September 2024 in Vienna

„Promotion of mechanisation for smallholder farmers: insights and learnings from Zambia”, poster presentation at Tropentag Conference, 21 September 2023 in Berlin

 “Needs and offers for agricultural finance for smallholder farmers”, workshop at Tropentag Conference (co-organized with Dr. Karin Gaesing and Mika Ache), 22 September 2023 in Berlin

Social Media:

LinkedIn Profile of Carolin Rosenberg

Publications for practice:

Good practice series and AVE studies of the research project “Ways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity” (AVE)

Contributions to the peace report

Berks, Milena / Breitung, Claudia / Hartmann, Christof / Hummler, Teresa / Leonhard, Lucas K. / Müller-Koné, Marie / Noesselt, Nele / Rosenberg, Carolin / Ulbert, Cornelia / Vüllers, Johannes (Koordination) / Wunderlich, Carmen (Koordination) 2026: Reset der EZ?! Entwicklungszusammenarbeit als Schlüssel zu nachhaltigem Frieden. Nachhaltiger Frieden, in: Friedensgutachten 2026. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 69-89.

Birchinger, Sophia / Bliss, Frank/ Debiel, Tobias (Coordination) / Gaesing, Karin / Haidara, Boubacar / Kemmerling, Birgit / Müller-Koné, Marie / Rinck, Patricia (Coordination) / Rosenberg, Carolin / Saalfeld, Jannis / Schetter, Conrad / Schmitz, Jasmin / Witt, Antonia 2024: Frieden und die Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Warum das Lokale zählt / Nachhaltiger Frieden, in: Friedensgutachten 2024. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 71-91.

Brunke, Laura Isabella / Debiel, Tobias / Isikozlu, Elvan / Perras, Clara / Rinck, Patricia / Rosenberg, Carolin / Scheyer, Victoria / Ulbert, Cornelia / Wirkus, Lars / Wisotzki, Simone / Wunderlich, Carmen 2022: Nachhaltiger Frieden: Gender, Diversität und Gewalt, in: Friedensgutachten 2022. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 69-88.

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Since August 2023
Doctorate at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg-Essen

January 2023 - October 2025
Researcher at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg-Essen, Project: Ways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity (AVE)

Mai 2022 - Juli 2023
Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen

February 2020 - June 2022
Research Assistant at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg-Essen

May 2019 - April 2026
Volunteering with Weitblick Duisburg-Essen e.V., Duisburg

October 2018 - February 2023
Study in International Relations and Development Policy (M.A.), University of Duisburg-Essen

April 2018 - May 2018
Fundraising and Communications Staff Member, Aktionsgemeinschaft Solidarische Welt e.V. (ASW), Berlin 

September 2017 – December 2017
Internship in the India Department of Aktionsgemeinschaft Solidarische Welt e.V. (ASW), Berlin

October 2014 – February 2018
Study in Social Sciences (B.A.), Philipps University Marburg