Ittner, Irit
Dr. Irit Ittner
Research programme
Environmental Governance
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Social anthropology
Work areas
- Environmental governance
- Ocean governance
Vita
| since 2/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" |
| since 2/2021 | University of Bonn, Geographisches Institut (GIUB) Researcher |
| 02/2007-11/2019 | University of Bonn, Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) Researcher |
| 10/2003-01/2007 | Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) / Universität Köln Doctoral candidate |
Refereed Publications
- Ittner, Irit (2023)
Emerging disputes over land and leadership in urban villages on the airport reserve in Abidjan
in: Afrique Contemporaine 276, 175-201 - Eguavoen, Irit (2022)
Reclamation and expulsion. Frontiers of city expansion and the loss of public and communal space at Abidjan’s lagoonal waterfronts
in: Urban Forum, first published 19.01.2022 - Eguavoen, Irit (2021)
“We Do the Social”: deal-making by non-accredited estate agencies, small-scale investors and tenants around low-cost rental housing in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
in: Africa Focus 34 (2), 183-212 - Eguavoen, Irit / Erick Tambo (2020)
Transformative learning for global change? Reflections on the WASCAL master programme in climate change and education in The Gambia
in: Haltermann, I. & J. Tischler (Hrg.) Environmental change and African societies – past, present and future. Climate and Culture Series. Brill. Leiden, 199-224 - Tan, Jiaxin / Irit Eguavoen (2017)
Digital environmental governance in China: information disclosure, pollution control, and environmental activism in the Yellow River Delta
in: Water Alternatives 10 (3), 910-929 - Lauer, Hannes / Irit Eguavoen (2016)
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development in the Gambia: A Window of Opportunity for Transformative Processes?
in: Walter Leal Filho, Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 87-98 - Eguavoen, I / Karsten Schulz / Sarah de Wit / Florian Weisser / Detlef Müller-Mahn (2016)
Political dimensions of climate change adaptation: conceptual reflections and African examples
in: Walter Leal Filho, Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 1183-1199
Non-refereed Publications
- Ittner, Irit (2023)
Intra-urban migration in African coastal and riparian cities
in: Kunlé, Adeyemi / Suzanne Lettieri & Berend Strijland (eds.), African Water Cities, Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 46-49 - Eguavoen, Irit (2022)
Land reclamation for housing – the example of Côte d’Ivoire
in: Rural 21 1(2022), 10-12 - Eguavoen, Irit (2021)
Geschäft mit illegalen Mietobjekten in Westafrika
published on www.dandc.eu, 07.12.2021 - Eguavoen, Irit / Pauline Attemene / Fulgence Kouame / Eugène Kouadio Konan / Chérif Aidara, Madhy / Katrin Gleisberg-Gerber (2020)
Dernier refuge ou presqu'île d'opportunités? Démographie et conditions de vie à Adjahui-Coubé, un habitat spontané à Abidjan
ZEF Working Paper Series (187) - Eguavoen, Irit (2020)
Dense and tense: high population density and low-quality housing in Abidjan
in: ZEF News 41, 3-5 - Gnankon Kabran, Estelle / Irit Eguavoen (2019)
Ferry transportation in Abidjan: establishment, operation and sustainability of a paratransit system
ZEF Working Paper Series (179) - Attemene, Pauline / Irit Eguavoen (2017)
Coastal ecotourism in The Gambia: effects of sustainability communication on environments and rural livelihoods
ZEF Working Paper Series (154) - Eguavoen, Irit / Sisay Demeku Derib / Tilaye Teklewold Deneke / Matthew McCartney / Ben Adol Otto / Saeed Seidu Billa (2012)
Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
in: Water Alternatives 5 (3), 678-699
Opinion Pieces
Projects
Highlight
Emerging disputes over land and leadership in urban villages on the airport reserve in Abidjan
Ittner, Irit (2023)
in: Afrique Contemporaine 276, 175-201
Highlight
Intra-urban migration in African coastal and riparian cities
Ittner, Irit (2023)
In: Kunlé, Adeyemi / Suzanne Lettieri & Berend Strijland (eds.), African Water Cities, Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 46-49