Simon Benedikter

Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
ZEF A: Department of Political and Cultural Change

Tasks in the WISDOM project

• Work Package 2000: Knowledge Management
• Work Package 5000: Water, Knowledge and Livelihoods

Working areas

• Coordination of ZEF research activities in the Mekong Delta
• Administer the ZEF-WISDOM project office in Can Tho, Mekong Delta
• Collecting socio-economic data
• Research on strategic groups and power relations in the water sector in the Mekong Delta

Scientific / Professional career

• 11/2007 - present Center for Development Research (ZEF) in framework of WISDOM
• 04/2007 - 10/2007 Research associate, Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Bonn University
• 01/2007 – 03/2007 Intern with the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Head Office in Eschborn (division: Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management)
• 09/2006 – 11/2006 Intern with InWent, Bad Honnef
• 09/2006 – 11/2006 Intern with InWent, Bad Honnef
• 08/2006 - 10/2006 Intern with the German Development Service (DED) in Vietnam, Project “Poverty Alleviation and Community Development in Bac Giang Province”
• 02/2005 - 04/2005 Intern with the German Bank AG in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• 08/2004 - 10/2005 Intern with the country office of Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam
• 10/2001 - 12/2006 University of Bonn: Diploma in Southeast Asian Studies, Economics and Vietnamese Language Studies

Contact:

Mail: simon.benedikter@uni-bonn.de  

Phone: +84 (0)90 7891914