Foreign aid shaping agricultural development in Southeast Asia: Interrelationship of social, economic and environmental factors. An analysis of four case studies of the CORIGAP project: China, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam (IRRI / DEZA)

Academic background

Since 09/2017:        PhD in Geography, University of Basel
                               Research scholarship by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and
                               International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
08/2014 - 07/2017: Master of Science in Geosciences, Major in Physical and Human Geography, University of Basel
08/2011 - 07/2014: Bachelor of Science in Geosciences, Major in Geography and Minor in Geology, University of Basel
08/2010 - 07/2011: Studies in Geography and History, University of Basel

06/2015 - 07/2018: Global Ambassador at Thought For Food TFF
01/2016 - 09/2017: Supply Chain Support at Mepha/Teva Schweiz
01/2016 - 01/2017: Web and Editorial Intern at Arbeitskreis Tourismus und Entwicklung akte
06/2015 - 10/2015: Editorial Intern at Landwirtschaftlicher Informationsdienst LID
05/2014 - 10/2014: Public Policy and Sustainability Trainee at Syngenta AG
11/2012 - 10/2014: Research Assistant at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Geography / Urban and Regional Studies, University of Basel
06/2013 - 09/2013: Sustainability Intern at Erlebniszentrum Naturgewalten Sylt

Thematic focus: Development geography, rural development, agricultural economics
Regional focus: South-East Asia – China, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam

• Wehmeyer, H.; de Guia, A.H.; Connor, M. (2020): Reduction of Fertilizer Use in South China—Impacts and Implications on Smallholder Rice Farmers. Sustainability, 12(6), 2240. doi:10.3390/su12062240

2020

• AAG 2020 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 06-10/04/20
  Sustainable Rice Farming in Guangdong Province Assessing environmental, social and economic impacts from the “Three Controls” Technology (3CT), AAG virtual session: Global Change Research at the Science-Policy Interface, virtual oral presentation
• Incite Seminar Series with Helena Wehmeyer - Sustainable Rice Farming Guangdong Province: Assessing environmental, social and economic impacts from the Three Controls Technology (3CT), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, 04/03/20

2019

• Workshop on Advanced Methods for Impact Assessment, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, 16-18/12/19
• TROPENTAG 2019: Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management, Universities of Kassel and Göttingen, Kassel, Germany, 18-20/09/19
  Rice Farmers’ Perception of the Three-Controls Technology (3CT) in Guangdong Province, China, oral presentation
• CommCare Workshop " Survey data collection with CommCare through the lens of the CORIGAP Project", International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, 15/05/19
• CORIGAP-PRO: Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (Phase 2), 3rd Annual Review and Planning Meeting, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 22-24/01/19
  Socioeconomic structure matters: Case study: CORIGAP in Myanmar and next steps for 2019, oral presentation

2018

• Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 09-11/11/18
  Farmers’ socio-economic structure in Myanmar with regard to closing rice yield gaps, oral presentation
• 5th International Rice Congress, Singapore,15-17/10/18
  Farmers’ socio-economic structure in Myanmar with regard to closing rice yield gaps, oral presentation
• CORIGAP-PRO Impact Pathways Workshop, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines, 03-04/05/18
• CORIGAP-PRO: Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia with Reduced Environmental Footprint (Phase 2), 2nd Annual Review and Planning Meeting, Ayutthaya, Thailand, 13-15/03/18
  Socio-economic structure matters: Impact analysis of the CORIGAP project in Myanmar and Vietnam, oral presentation

2017

•  Rice Outlook and Launching of PPP Rice Task Force, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 16/11/17

AFSTRI (Association of Fellows, Scholars, Trainees and Resident of IRRI)