Frucht, Lukas
Lukas Frucht
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Geography
Vita
08/2020 - 09/2020 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
09/2019 – 05/2020 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Participation in the DIE Postgraduate Training Programme, Research Team: Local Governments and the Sustainable Integration of Refugees in Ethiopia |
08/2019 | KfW Consultant in the projects "Fishery surveillance, Phase IV" und "Coastal Biodiversity Conservation" in Mauretania |
10/2015 – 02/2019 | Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main M.A. Geographies of Globalization: Markets and Metropolises |
03/2018 - 01/2019 | Fraport AG Master student and intern: "Labor market dynamics in the Global City Region Frankfurt am Main: Challenges for the Fraport Group" |
08/2017 - 02/2018 | GOPA mbH Student assistant, department "Rural Development and Environment" |
10/2017 - 11/2017 | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Consultant in the project "Sustainable Development of Metropolitan Regions" |
02/2017 - 07/2017 | UN-Habitat Intern in Program Management: Urban Planning and Design Branch - Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit, Nairobi (Kenia) |
08/2016 - 01/2017 | University of Nairobi M.A. International Studies |
09/2015 - 10/2016 | Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Student assistant, Institute for Human Geography |
10/2011 - 09/2015 | Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main B.A. Geographie |
01/2015 - 03/2015 | Konrad-Adenauer-Siftung, Warschau (Polen) Intern |
10/2014 - 12/2014 | Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung Intern in the research project "Social Entrepreneurs in strucutrally weak rural ares" |
09/2013 - 07/2015 | University of Gdansk B.A. Geography |
Current Publications

Understanding rapid urbanisation's influence on social cohesion: Insights from Africa
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2025)

Macroprudential policies and private domestic investment in developing countries: an instrumental variables approach
Bambe, Bao-We-Wal (3/2025)

Strategic responses to autocratization in international democracy promotion
Leininger, Julia / Karina Mross / Jonas Wolff (2025)

Policy for a rules-based multipolar world
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (2025)