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The Research Team

Our team includes researchers from Copenhagen Business School, University of Vienna, King's College London, Technical University of Denmark, University of Nairobi, and Mekelle University.

Research Project Director

Lindsay Whitfield

Professor of Business and Development

Copenhagen Business School

Florian Schaefer

Lecturer in International Development

King's College London

Kidane Gebregziabher Gebrehiwot

Associate Professor in Economics

Mekele University, Ethiopia

Blen Telayneh

PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Mekele University, Ethiopia.

Haftom Bayray

Assistant Professor in Economics, Mekele University, &

Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark

Kristoffer Marslev

Researcher, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Felix Maile

PhD Candidate, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna

HwiKyung Lee

Research assistant,

Lund University, Sweden

Cornelia Staritz (1980-2025)

Associate Professor in Development Economics, University of Vienna

We remember our colleague and friend Cornelia with deep gratitude. She will be always a member of the C&CV team. Her expertise and dedication supported the project in lasting ways.

Kelemwork Tafere Reda

Associate Professor in Anthropology, Mekele University;

Gerda Henkel and IIE/ SRF Fellow, Frobenius Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt

Germany;

PAUSE fellow, Université Paris Cité, France

Patrick Irungu

Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Mulugeta Tesfay

PhD candidate in Economics

University of Nairobi, Kenya