Benjamin Schraven

Consultant

Knetzgau, Germany

Experience

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year

Consultant

European Commission - Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA) via IBF consulting

Technical assistance for addressing environmentally induced displacement in the European Commission’s external cooperation.

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year

Consultant

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Office South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Inclusion of Migration and Migrants in climate-resilient Development Pathways in the context of the European Green Deal.

Nov 2021 - Present
3 years 9 months
Germany

Associate Fellow

German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years
Sierra Leone

Consultant

IOM Sierra Leone

Capacity and Needs Assessment on Human Mobility in the context of Disasters Climate Change and Environmental Degradation.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year
Germany

Consultant

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change in Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year
Germany

Consultant

German Expert Council on Migration and Integration / Sachverständigenrat für Integration und Migration (SVR)

In-depth analysis of the current (policy) initiatives in the field of climate change and human mobility and features among other institutions the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the European Union.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
3 years

Consultant

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)

The Syrian Diaspora in Germany and Remittance Flows between Germany and Syria.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years
Dominica

Consultant

IOM Domenica/OECS

Migration, Environment, Disaster and Climate Change Data in the Eastern Caribbean.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years
Turkey

Consultant

IOM Turkey

Improved Awareness on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) amongst stakeholders in Turkey.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years
United States

Consultant

World Bank – Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)

Rural-Urban Migration in West Africa: Contexts, Trends, and Recommendations.

May 2019 - Jun 2019
2 months
Ghana

Guest Researcher

University of Ghana, Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years
Germany

Consultant

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Climate change impacts on human (im-)mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent trends and options for policy responses.

Oct 2016 - Present
8 years 10 months

Independent Consultant

Independent Consultant

Focusing on various aspects of human mobility.

Mar 2016 - Sep 2016
7 months
Germany

Scientific Advisor on migration issues

Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Secondment.

Mar 2011 - Present
14 years 5 months
Bonn, Germany

Associated Researcher

University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Mar 2011 - Oct 2021
10 years 8 months
Germany

Senior Researcher (part-time)

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (now: IDOS)

  • Coordinator for the module on research methodologies (2011-2015).
  • Coordinator for the module on migration and forced displacement of the DIE postgraduate course (2016-2021).
Feb 2009 - Nov 2014
5 years 10 months
Ghana

Guest Lecturer

University of Ghana, Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER)

Several stays.

Jan 2005 - Feb 2011
5 years 2 months
Bonn, Germany

Researcher

University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Coordinator of the social science PhD course (2010/2011).

Sep 2005 - Dec 2005
4 months

Data Analyst (freelancer)

United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Oct 2003 - Dec 2004
1 year 3 months
Washington, United States

Research Assistant

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

For several studies.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Akan
Elementary

Education

Jun 2006 - Sep 2010

University of Bonn

PhD · Development Research · Bonn, Germany

Oct 1999 - May 2005

University of Bonn

MA · Political Science · Bonn, Germany