CURRICULUM VITAE Last updated: October, 2019
Ann-Kristin Reitmann University of Passau E-Mail: Innstraße 29 [email protected] 94032 Passau Phone: Germany +49 851 509 3313
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development Economics, with particular focus on the measurement and exploration of social norms in developing countries, and impact evaluation of projects and policy programs.
EDUCATION
Since 12/2016 PhD Candidate, University of Passau, Germany. Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
10/2013 – 07/2016 M. Sc. in Economics, University of Cologne, Germany. Specialization: Growth, Cycles and Inequality Thesis: Understanding the adoption of water conservation technologies and practices among Colombian coffee farmers – An empirical analysis
08/2011 – 12/2011 Exchange Semester Universidad de Cristóbal Colón, Mexico.
10/2009 – 07/2012 B. Sc. in International Management, University of Flensburg, Germany. Major fields of study: International Economics, Business Administration, Latin America and Spanish Thesis: The impact of microcredits on combating poverty in Mexico
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Since 05/2016 Research Associate, University of Passau, Germany. Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm).
09/2015 – 05/2016 Student Research Assistent at the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen, Germany. Department “Environment and Resources“ and research group “Climate Change in Developing Countries”
06/2015 – 08/2015 Intern at the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Manizales, Colombia. Department “Environment and Resources”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (University of Passau)
2016 – 2019 Microeconomics (Tutorial), Bachelor Level. 2016 Development Economics (Seminar), Bachelor Level. 2016 – 2019 Micro Development Economics (Tutorial), Master Level. 2017 – 2019 Health, Development and Public Policy (Tutorial), Master Level.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
08/2017 – 09/2018 Research Consultant to Erasmus Research & Business Support of Erasmus University Rotterdam and Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. Project: Impact Evaluation of the Intelligent Water Management Project in Colombia
02/2014 – 05/2015 Student Assistent at KfW DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, Germany.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Informal Redistribution Revisited: Identifying the Motives of Family Transfers with Matched Data from Burkina Faso With Michael Grimm (University of Passau), Renate Hartwig (University of Namur) & Fadima Yaya Bocoum (Institute de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé)
On the Malleability of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from Implicit and Explicit Measures in Tunisia With Micheline Goedhuys (UNI-MERIT), Michael Grimm (University of Passau), Aline Meysonnat (University of Washington) & Eleonora Nillesen (UNU-MERIT)
Gender attitudes in the Arab region – the role of framing and priming effects With Micheline Goedhuys (UNI-MERIT), Michael Grimm (University of Passau) & Eleonora Nillesen (UNU-MERIT)
Youth Empowerment in the MENA region: Evidence from Tunisia With Micheline Goedhuys (UNI-MERIT), Michael Grimm (University of Passau), Aline Meysonnat (University of Washington) & Eleonora Nillesen (UNU-MERIT)
NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Ghali, Sofiane; Goedhuys, Micheline; Grimm, Michael; Meysonnat; Aline; Nillesen, Eleonora; Reitmann, Ann-Kristin; Zouari, Sami (2018): Women’s and Youth Empowerment in Rural Tunisia - An assessment using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). ILO. Genf (ILO Impact Report Series, 11).
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
03/2019 CSAE Conference 2019 - Economic Development in Africa, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom.
01/2019 27th BGPE Research Workshop, Munich, Germany.
09/2018 Doctoral Workshop of the Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association, International Security and Development Center, Berlin, Germany.
06/2018 Development Economics and Policy (Annual Conference of the German Economic Associations, Research Group on Development Economics), University of Zurich (UZH) and ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
05/2018 Second International Conference on Globalization and Development, Georg-August-University of Göttingen and Leibniz University of Hannover, Göttingen, Germany.
GRADUATE COURSES
08/2018 Advanced Econometrics by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge (Michigan State University), Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics, Muggendorf, Germany.
08/2018 Field Experiments in Development Economics by Alessandro Tarozzi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics, Lichtenfels, Germany.
03/2018 Advanced Macroeconomics by Kurt Mitman (Stockholm University), Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany.
08/2016 Advanced Microeconomics by Zvika Neeman (Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University), Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics, Parsberg, Germany.
MENTORING PROGRAMS & SCHOLARSHIPS
04/2018 – 03/2019 mentUP+ (Mentoring program for women at the University of Passau), Mentor: Jörg Peters (RWI – Essen)
Since 01/2019 BGPE Doctoral Student Status
COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SKILLS
Scientific: Stata, gretl Other: Adobe Illustrator, LaTeX, Microsoft Office, SAP CRM
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German: Mother tongue, English: Proficient, Spanish: Proficient, French: Intermediate