Curriculum Vitae Karin Yllka Wedig Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver 2201 South Gaylord Street Denver, CO 80208, USA E- mail: karin.wedig@cantab.net Research and expertise Agricultural development and rural labour relations; social and solidarity economy in the context of international value chains; education and training reform, labour market regulation and employment promotion; industrialisation and labour informalisation in the context of globalisation; development policy and instruments of international aid. Design, implementation, and evaluation of education and training reforms and of labour market policy in low- and middle- income countries. Country expertise East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda), West Africa (Senegal, Cote d Ivoire, Sierra Leone), MENA (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt), South Asia (India, Bangladesh), Southeast Asia (Indonesia). Education Jul 2012 Aug 2002 Jul 2000 Jun 1995 PhD Development Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS, University of London, UK MPhil Development Studies (Distinction), University of Cambridge, UK BSc Social Anthropology and Economics (First Class Honours) London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), UK A Levels (German literature, mathematics, history, ethics, sports). Carlo- Schmid Gymnasium, Tübingen, Germany. 1
Language skills German (native speaker); English; French; Bahasa Indonesia (basic) Professional experience Since Assistant Professor of Development Economics 1 Sep 2013 Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, CO, USA. Oct 2007 - Aug 2013 Independent researcher and international development consultant (includes PhD programme from Oct 2007 July 2012 at SOAS, UK) Selected references: Mar 2013 Apr 2012 - Mar 2013 Oct 2010 - Jan 2012 Oct 2011 Sep 2010 Apr 2010 Consultant for research dissemination strategy SOAS, Research programme Fair Trade, Employment, and Poverty Reduction Research. London, UK. Labour market policy adviser Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Education and Culture. Masterplan for the Acceleration & Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development 2011-15, Human Resource Development, Science & Technology Working Group. Responsibilities: labour market analysis and policy advice. Jakarta, Indonesia. Author and researcher on rural skills development, UNESCO Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2012 Youth, Skills, and Work. Paris, France. Lead consultant German International Cooperation (GIZ), Labour Market Oriented Technical & Vocational Education & Training in Iraq. Responsibilities: Labour market analysis. Berlin, Germany. Guest lecturer Ugandan- German Business Forum 2010, Chamber of Industry & Commerce of Munich & Upper Bavaria. Topic: Labour markets and education reform in Uganda. Munich, Germany. Lead consultant Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture and GIZ. Sustainable Economic Development through TVET. Responsibilities: Labour market analysis and development of labour market information systems. Jakarta and Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. 2
Jun- Aug Author and researcher on rural skills development and poverty reduction, 2009 Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Paris, France and Uganda. Mar- Oct Research team leader Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports and GIZ. 2009 Programme of Employment Oriented Vocational Training. Responsibilities: Survey of urban labour markets and human resource development; policy recommendations for Uganda s education reform. Kampala, Uganda. May 2009 Jun 2008 Lead consultant Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture and GIZ. Modernisation of formal and non- formal TVET systems in North Sumatra and Nias. Responsibilities: project evaluation in post- conflict and natural disaster areas. Banda Aceh, Indonesia Lead consultant Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture and GIZ. Modernisation of formal and non- formal TVET systems in North Sumatra and Nias. Responsibilities: implementation of education reform measures and design of employment promotion for the informal economy in post- conflict and natural disaster areas. Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Nov Dec Lead consultant Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture and GIZ. 2007 Modernisation of formal and non- formal TVET systems in North Sumatra and Nias. Responsibilities: design of education reform in post- conflict and natural disaster areas. Banda Aceh, Indonesia. ~ Feb 2003 - Sep 2007 Economic development adviser, German bi- lateral agency for international development Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ. Postings with GIZ: Feb 2005 - Sep 2007 Nov 2004 - GIZ, Department of Economic Development, Eschborn, Germany. Responsibilities: conceptual development, policy advice and evaluation; coordination of German- French initiatives in vocational education; project advisory services in MENA, West Africa, South- East Asia and the Balkans. International Labour Office (ILO), In Focus Programme for Boosting 3
Jan 2005 Employment through Small Enterprise Development (SEED). Geneva, Switzerland and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Responsibilities: conceptual development in the field of entrepreneurship promotion. Mar- May Indonesian National Development Planning Agency, Regional Economic 2004 Development Programme. Jakarta, Yogyakarta and East Java, Indonesia. Responsibilities: provincial- level reform measures of vocational education and training for the promotion of regional economic development. Feb 2003 - Oct 2004 Ugandan National Ministry of Education. Employment Oriented Vocational Training Reform. Responsibilities: piloting the national vocational training reform. Kampala and various provincial areas, Uganda. ~ Sep 2002 - Jan 2003 Press office of the German General Secretary Amnesty international (ai) Responsibilities: research and press releases. Berlin, Germany. Teaching experience Oct 2012 - Feb 2013 Sep 2010 Course conductor, MA course Theory and practice of vocational education and training in international development cooperation. Otto van Guericke University of Magdeburg, Department of International Cooperation. Magdeburg, Germany. Course conductor, Special Programmes and Tailored Briefings SOAS, Research & Enterprise Office. Seminar on Ugandan economics and politics. London, UK Jan- Jul Teacher, MSc course in African economic development LSE, Department 2010 of International Development. London, UK Publications 2013. It is the powerful farmers who really enjoy the group: Inequality and Change in Uganda s Coffee Cooperatives. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). www.unrisd.org 4
2012. Skills for rural youth an escape route from poverty. Chapter 7, Thematic part, UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2012 Youth and Skills. Putting Education to Work. UNESCO Publishing and Oxford University Press. 2010. Linking labour organisation and vocational training in Uganda: lessons for rural poverty reduction. Focales working paper series. Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Paris: France. http://recherche.afd.fr 2009. Uganda Labour Market and Human Resource Development. Study for the National Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Kampala: Uganda. Selected conference papers 2013. The contested arena of African labour markets: can NIE explain their effects on development? International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE) Annual Conference 2013, The Hague: Netherlands. 2010. Labour markets and education reform in Uganda. Ugandan- German Business Forum, Chamber of Industry and Commerce Munich and Upper Bavaria. Munich: Germany. 2010. Opportunities and constraints for sustainable business: commodity production and labour markets in Uganda. Africa Business Group Seminar, Centre of African Studies (CAS), SOAS, University of London. London: UK. 2006. German development cooperation in the field of TVET. Seminar on TVET Development. Group d experts de la Formation Professionnelle (GEFOP). AFD. Paris: France. 2006. Youth employment promotion. UNESCO- UNEVOC and BMZ Conference: Re- alignment of TVET in Iraq. Cairo: Egypt. Professional training courses Sep 2009 Jul 2007 Oct 2005 Aug 2005 Teacher training, LSE, London, UK Organisational Development, COMO Consulting for Project Management and Organisation Ltd. Hamburg, Germany Economics of Corruption, Prof. Graf Lambsdorff, Chair for Economic Theory Passau University, Germany Organisational Development, Holzhauser & Partner, Pfinztal, Germany 5
Apr 2005 Successful writing (German), GIZ, Eschborn, Germany Oct 2003 Managing Sector Wide Approaches in International Development MDF Training & Consultancy, Arusha, Tanzania Apr 2003 Presentation and Moderation, International Education and Development (formerly InWent, now part of GIZ), Bad Honnef, Germany Apr 2003 Advisory Roles and Competences for Advisers, InWent, Bad Honnef, Germany Apr 2003 Competences for Entrepreneurship Promotion, InWent, Bad Honnef, Germany Feb 2003 Project Management in International Cooperation, GIZ, Eschborn, Germany Fellowships and awards Oct 2007 - Sep 2010 Research Student Fellowship, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Sep 2008 - Aug 2009 SOAS Additional Fieldwork Award (fieldwork grant), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Sep 2008 - Aug 2009 Visiting fellowship, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. June 2008 University of London Central Research Fund Grant, London, UK Oct 2001 - Jul 2002 MPhil Student Fellowship for Cambridge University, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Swindon, UK Jul 2001 European Student Bursary 2001 2002 for outstanding academic record Cambridge European Trust, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK Affiliations Research Cluster Labour, Movements and Development. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK http://www.soas.ac.uk/development/research/labour/members/ 6
Network for Policy Research, Review and Advice on Education and Training (NORRAG). Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.norrag.org/ Groupe Experts Formation Professionnelle (GEFOP). Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Paris, France. http://www.gefop.org/fr/ The International Consulting Economists' Association (ICEA). Independent Economic Advice for Development. London, UK. http://www.icea.co.uk/ 7