Coordination of research projects
Data Reuse on Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia >>
Navigating shocks and transformations in rural communities: An evolutionary resilience perspective from Central Asia >>
Funding: Volkswagen Stiftung / Change! Fellowships and Research Groups
UzFarmBarometer – Better understanding of the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Uzbekistan >>
Funding: BMBF
Water governance and peacebuilding in Afghanistan >>
Funding: VolkswagenStiftung / Funding for Refugee Scholars and Scientists from Afghanistan
SUSADICA – Structured doctoral programme on Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia >>
Institutional change in land and labour relations of Central Asia´s irrigated agriculture >>
Agricultural Restructuring, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Asia: A Five-Country Study >>
Funding: BMBF
Organization of scientific conferences
2025: Conference “Navigating Change: Agricultural Sustainability and Rural Development in Central Asia", Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), 14-15 October 2025, Tashkent, Uzbekistan >>
2024: Conference “Beyond Borders: Central Asia in the Face of Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Migration Challenges", Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), 15-16 October 2024, Tashkent, Uzbekistan >>
2020: Conference "Sustainable agricultural development and regional cooperation for inclusive growth in Central Asia", Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE), 20-20 October 2020, online >>
2018: Conference “Social science knowledge and sustainable agricultural development along the Silk Road”, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME), 30 October - 1 November 2018, Tashkent, Uzbekistan >>
2016: IAAE Inter-Conference Symposium "Agricultural Transitions along the Silk Road: Restructuring, Resources and Trade in the Central Asia Region", 4-6 April, Kazakh National Agrarian University (KazNAU), Almaty, Kazakhstan >>
2014: International Conference "Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia: Agricultural Production and Trade (ReCCA)", funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 24-26 November, IAMO, Halle (Saale), Germany >>
2013: IAMO Forum 2013 "Rural Areas in Transition: Services of General Interst, Entrepreneurship and Quality of Life", 19-21 June, IAMO, Halle (Saale), Germany >>