Personal Profile

Eva Schiffer (PhD)
I am a social scientist and facilitator, working for the International Food Policy Research Institute as a post-doctoral fellow. Most of my time with IFPRI I have spent in a small town in northern Ghana (Bolgatanga) where I developed Net-Map as an answer to concrete local governance problems. In my work I am driven by never-ending curiosity and a passion for people. This is why I enjoyed living and working in Africa so much, because every day would bring new challenges and learning experience.

Some basic biographical facts: I received my Master in Applied Cultural Sciences in Lueneburg, Germany in 2000, my PhD in Human Geography in Bochum, Germany in 2004. Besides my studies I attended and (later) conducted a number of trainings in facilitation, inter-cultural communication and system centered counseling. The most exciting part of my work at the moment is to develop new and varied ways to apply Net-Map to better understand and manage our complex reality. My main regional expertise lies in Africa, my home country is Germany and my current location is Washington DC (click for detailed CV: 115 KB)