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Djohy, Georges

Benin
Social Anthropology
Fields of expertise 
Pastoralism, Agriculture, Local Innovation
University/Academic education 
04/2013 to 10/2016
PhD, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Goettingen, Germany
10/2004 to 04/2010
Agr.Eng.Dipl., Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Parakou (Benin)
Professional experience 
10/2016 to 01/2017
Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter), Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Goettingen (Germany)
06/2014 to 12/2016
Secretary General, Benin Partnership for Climate Change Challenges (BP3C), Cotonou (Benin)
09/2014 to 09/2016
Active member and local civil society organization leader, World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS), Johannesburg (South Africa)
06/2011 to 12/2015
Coordinator, Better Life NGO, Parakou (Benin)
05/2014 to 06/2015
Assistant of the Dean (coordinator of the project), NICHE/BEN/196 Climate Change and Food Security Project, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou (Benin)
01/2012 to 07/2012
Benin Focal Point of JATROREF/IRAM (Project for development of technical and economic reference systems in access to Jatropha-based energy in West Africa), Montpellier (France)
05/2010 to 12/2011
Technical Advisor, Bénin Espoir 2003 NGO, Lokossa (Benin)
04/2010 to 09/2012
Associate Consultant, African Consulting Company (ACC), Parakou (Benin)
04/2008 to 05/2008
Intern, Pastoral and Agricultural Hydraulics Project (PHPA), Parakou (Benin)
04/2007 to 05/2007
Student trainee, (Monograph study in Fonbawie village, Nikki district, Benin), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou (Benin)
04/2006 to 05/2006
Student trainee, (Rural intervention study in Daagléta village, Allada district, Benin), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou (Benin)
04/2005 to 05/2005
Student trainee, (Household survey in Sakarou village, Nikki district, Benin), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou (Benin)
Selected publications 
Djohy G., Edja H., Schareika N. (2017): Mobile phones and socio-economic transformation among Fulani pastoralists in northern Benin. Nomadic Peoples 21, 1: 111-135.
Djohy G., Edja H., Djohy M.S. (2015): Représentations populaires de la méningite épidémique dans un contexte de changement climatique au Nord-Bénin, Sciences Sociales et Santé, 33, 1: 48–74.
Djohy G., Edja H., (2014): Valorisation de bourgoutières dans les terroirs riverains du Parc W au nord-Bénin: entre contrôle et patrimonialisation du territoire, Développement durable et territoires, 5, 3.
Awards and scholarships 
Fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover (Germany)
Travel Grant from the Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research (ATSAF)
Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn (Germany)
Research Grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm (Sweden)
Science Fellowship from the African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP), Dar Es Salam (Tanzania)
Small Research Grant from RIPIECSA-Transhumance program (Interdisciplinary and Participatory Research Program on Interactions between Ecosystems, Climate and Society in West Africa), funded by the European Union, and implemented through a partnership between INRA Niamey (Niger), LEA Cotonou (Benin) and Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou (Benin)
Excellence Scholarship from Government of Benin Republic/ Directorate of Scholarships and University Relief (DBSU), Cotonou (Benin)
Current memberships & social/political activities 
Board member of Better Life NGO, Parakou (Benin), Secretary General of Benin Partnership for Climate Change Challenges (BP3C), Cotonou (Benin); Member of World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS International), Johannesburg (South Africa)
Languages 
English, French, German
AGGN regional chapter 
West Africa regional chapter
German chapter
City and country of residence 
Parakou
Benin