Deborah Schaudt

Education

• 10/2020 – 09/2024 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Area Studies, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.
• 07/2022 Summer school: „Landscape ecology for improved sustainability and societal equity of social ecological systems in Sub-Saharan Africa“, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.
• 09/2021 Summer school: “Uzbek language course and culture seminars”, Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages, Uzbekistan (DAAD Go East).
• 09/2019 Summer school: “Ukrainian language course and emigration seminars”, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine (DAAD Go East).
• 02/2018 – 07/2018 Semester abroad at University of Cádiz, Spain.
• 09/2015 – 09/2020 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in International Management, University of Applied Science Osnabrück.
• 08/2014 – 05/2015 Sport-Scholarship and studies in International Business, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA.

Work experience

• 07/2024 – today Research Associate at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Dept. Sustainable Landscape Development; Project Coordination of WaRisCo (Water Risks and Resilience in Urban-Rural Areas in Southern Africa – Co-Production of Hydro-Climate Services for an Adaptive and Sustainable Disaster Risk Management).
• 09/2023 – 05/2024 Project Manager at Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH; Project coordination and management of three Interreg Europe Projects (GIFT: Green Infrastructure for Forests and Trees), EMBRACER (Interconnecting Mobility across European Cities and Suburbs), WEEEWaste (Improving policies for waste management of electrical and electronic equipment).
• 09/2022 – 05/2023 Student Assistant at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Dept. Sustainable Landscape Development; Assistance in the the compilation of project reports and the organization of summer schools for DREAMS (Developing resilient African cities and their urban environment facing the provision of essential urban SDGs).
• 10/2019 – 12/2021 Operations Manager at The International Alliance Ltd.; Coordination 8 European scholarship agencies, project management including strategic planning and certification of new member agencies.

• 02/2024 Panelist at the 4. Deutsche Regionalkonferenz Interreg Europe “Vernetzt in Europa“ in Potsdam organized by Landesregierung Brandenburg and Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Regionalentwicklung.