Arne Rieber
Research associate | PhD Student
Research
Political Ecology of Land-use Change in the ASAL (arid and semi-arid lands) Regions of Kenya
Research Areas
- Future-making
- Infrastructure Politics in East Africa
- Pastoralist Livelihoods
- Land and Tenure Systems
- Agrarian Change and Rural Transformation
Arne Rieber
U1.032
Geozentrum - Meckenheimer Allee 176
53115 Bonn
Consultation hours
By arrangement
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2022 July
Universität Bonn
Doctoral Researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre 'Future Rural Africa'
2021 March - 2022 June
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Researcher in the BMZ-funded project "Ways out of Poverty,Vulnerability and Food Insecurity"
2019 November - 2020 April
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Berlin
Internship
2018 June - 2018 October
MISEREOR e.V. / Caritas of Embu, Kenya
Accompanying Study to the Special Initiative "One World - No Hunger" (SEWOH) in Embu County, Kenya
Education:
2016 October - 2019 August
Freie Universität Berlin
M.Sc. Geographische Entwicklungsforschung / Geographical Development Studies
2014 October - 2015 January
Warsaw University, Poland
Centre for Europe, ERASMUS Semester
2012 October – 2016 February
Universität Bremen
B.A. Integrierte Europastudien / Integrated European Studies
Publications
2025
Rieber, A., Kioko, E. M. & Aalders, T. (2025): The non-economy of anticipation in the construction phase of large dams. Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6117. Link1
Rieber, A., Aalders, T., Munene, K. (2025): Displaced futures or futures in displacement? Anticipations around the proposed High Grand Falls Dam in Kenya. Futures (166). Link2
Rieber, A., Nyaga, B. (2025): Claim-making in hydrosocial spaces: The temporality of displacement around Kenya's Masinga Dam reservoir. Area. Link3
2024
Rieber, A., Müller-Mahn, D. (2024):Political arenas of infrastructure development—the case of a dam project in Kenya. Review of Regional Research. Link4
2023
Müller-Mahn, D.; Minja, E.; Rieber, A. (2023): Forschungsalltag in Afrika – ein Projektbeispiel. In: Geographische Rundschau (10), S. 44 - 45. Westermann Verlag.
2022
Rieber, A., Okech, Moses (2022): Der Nexus Formalisierung von Landrechten und Zugang zu Finanzdienstleistungen. Private Mailo und traditionelle Landrechte in Uganda. AVE Project Series 31. Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF): Duisburg.
Rieber, A., Kiplagat, Andrew / Gaesing, Karin (2022): Social Enterprises in Agricultural Development. The One Acre Fund Model in Kenya. AVE Project Series 27. Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF): Duisburg.
Rieber, A., Bliss, Frank / Gaesing, Karin (2022): Sustainable Financial Inclusion in the Rural Area. AVE Project Series 26. Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF): Duisburg.
2021
Rieber, A. (2021): "Rush on miraa" - The development dilemma of khat cultivation in the Mount Kenya region. INEF Development and Peace Blog, 15.03.2021.
2020
Rieber, A., Nyaga, Benson (2020): Business and Marketing Strategies in Smallholder Agriculture in Embu County. In: Kulke, Elmar / Sonntag, Christian (eds.). Science meets Business - Logistics and Retail of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Kenya and Tanzania: Proceedings of the Workshop in Nairobi. Arbeitsberichte Geographisches Institut, Heft 198 Berlin.
Links
- https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.6117
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103530
- https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12993
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10037-024-00219-7