Steffi Hamann
Assistant Professor
Office: 718 Ross Building South
Email: shamann@yorku.ca
Dr. Steffi Hamann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, specializing in international development and food security.
Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies in Canada, she worked as a consultant for the German development agency GIZ, providing policy advice to the Federal Ministry for Development and Cooperation.
Her research combines her academic background as a political scientist with an interest in agrarian change and sustainable livelihoods. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in sub-Saharan Africa and employs mixed methods approaches to engage with diverse stakeholder groups for data collection and knowledge mobilization.
Dr. Hamann's work has appeared in various peer-reviewed outlets, including single-authored contributions to Globalizations, Global Social Policy, and the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. She is a co-author of the book Commodity Politics, published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Degrees
PhD, Political Science and International Development Studies, University of GuelphMA, International Relations, Universität Bremen
BA, International Politics & History, Jacobs University
Research Interests
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant - 2020
- Teaching & Learning Excellence Award for Early Career Faculty - 2020
- CASID Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize - 2016
- Ontario Trillium Scholarship - 2012-2016
with Adam Sneyd, Charis Enns and Lauren Sneyd. "Commodity Politics: Contesting Responsibility in Central Africa." Montreal, QC & Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press.
with Brendan Schwartz. "Land and Financialization: The Emerging Role of International Financial Actors in African Land Deals." In: Routledge Handbook of Natural Resource Governance in Africa edited by Hany Besada, Cristina D'Alessandro and Tefsi Golla. New York, NY: Routledge.
with Adam Sneyd and Brendan Schwartz. "Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors." In: Mobilizing Canadian Knowledge on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa edited by Jesse Ovadia, Andrew Grant and Nathan Andrews. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
with Adam Sneyd. "Agri-Business Development in Cameroon: Colonial Legacies and Recent Tensions." In: The Transnational Land Rush in Africa: A Decade After the Spike edited by Logan Cochrane and Nathan Andrews. International Political Economy Series. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dr. Steffi Hamann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, specializing in international development and food security.
Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies in Canada, she worked as a consultant for the German development agency GIZ, providing policy advice to the Federal Ministry for Development and Cooperation.
Her research combines her academic background as a political scientist with an interest in agrarian change and sustainable livelihoods. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in sub-Saharan Africa and employs mixed methods approaches to engage with diverse stakeholder groups for data collection and knowledge mobilization.
Dr. Hamann's work has appeared in various peer-reviewed outlets, including single-authored contributions to Globalizations, Global Social Policy, and the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. She is a co-author of the book Commodity Politics, published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Degrees
PhD, Political Science and International Development Studies, University of GuelphMA, International Relations, Universität Bremen
BA, International Politics & History, Jacobs University
Research Interests
Awards
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant - 2020
- Teaching & Learning Excellence Award for Early Career Faculty - 2020
- CASID Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize - 2016
- Ontario Trillium Scholarship - 2012-2016
All Publications
with Brendan Schwartz. "Land and Financialization: The Emerging Role of International Financial Actors in African Land Deals." In: Routledge Handbook of Natural Resource Governance in Africa edited by Hany Besada, Cristina D'Alessandro and Tefsi Golla. New York, NY: Routledge.
with Adam Sneyd and Brendan Schwartz. "Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors." In: Mobilizing Canadian Knowledge on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa edited by Jesse Ovadia, Andrew Grant and Nathan Andrews. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
with Adam Sneyd. "Agri-Business Development in Cameroon: Colonial Legacies and Recent Tensions." In: The Transnational Land Rush in Africa: A Decade After the Spike edited by Logan Cochrane and Nathan Andrews. International Political Economy Series. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
with Adam Sneyd, Charis Enns and Lauren Sneyd. "Commodity Politics: Contesting Responsibility in Central Africa." Montreal, QC & Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press.
