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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Leon Valentin Schettler

leon.schettler@uni-potsdam.de

contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring 2018 as research associate of the University of Potsdam project mentioned in the essay. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG) and directed by Professor Andrea Liese. Field research was conducted in Haiti, Niger, Colombia, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire.  

All articles of Leon Valentin Schettler

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

Building trust

Projects that follow the model of community organising need time, but not a lot of money

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

The dark side of aid

The time is ripe to reform development cooperation with Haiti

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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