Welcome to the Team of the Development Research Group
of Prof. Anke Hoeffler

from left to right: Dr. Ana García, Petra Rietzler, Jule Beck, Dr. Liliana Abreu, Prof. Dr. Anke Hoeffler, Alina Greiner

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We are proud to have contributed to the outstanding 11th place achieved by our department in the 2024 Shanghai Ranking for Political Science

We are delighted that our Department of Politics and Public Administration and our university have been ranked 11th worldwide in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2024 in the subject of political science. This internationally prestigious ranking recognises our excellent scientific performance, research quality and international cooperation, and thus ranks us among the leading institutions in this field. Among more than 5,000 universities from 96 countries, this ranking is…

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Liliana Abreu at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2024

Liliana Abreu presented her insights of the study "Understanding Gender Differences in Adolescent Sexual Violence: A Prevalence Study in Mozambique to Inform Culturally-Sensitive Interventions"  at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum 2024 in Cape Town from the 19th to 25th of October. The study investigates the prevalence of sexual violance against adolescents in Mozambique which is part of our research on Sexual violence. 

SVRI is currently the largest international network on…

Abena Yalley at the first Convening on Obstetric Violence in Africa

Abena Yalley spoke at the first Convening on Obstetric Violence in Africa hold on the 16th and 17th October 2024 in Banjul, Gambia. Thereby she presented her paper Abuse and Humiliation in the delivery room: Prevalence and Associated factors of Obstetric Violence in Ghana. The paper shows that 65.3 per cent of woman experience Obstetric Violence (OV) in Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana. Thereby single women and teenage mother were more likely to experience OV or abuse compared to married…

Workshop on The Politics of Reproduction Across Cultures: Obstetric Violence, Mental Health and Narrative Exposure Therapy in Africa, Europe and Latin America

From the 7th till the 15th October 2024 the workshop "The Politics of Reproduction Across Cultures: Obstetric Violence, Mental Health and Narrative Exposure Therapy in Africa, Europe and Latin America" brought together researchers from gender studies, sociology, psychology and midwifery backgrounds to explore obstetric violence in the four countries Ghana, Argentina, Brazil and Germany. Their research focuses on mapping the mental health impact of obstetric violence across the countries.

Partic…