daniel callo-concha - Teaching and tutorship

Teaching

My teaching aims to provide arguments that confront development-related challenges; thus, I have aligned my lectures with the premises that I follow in my own research: systems thinking, inter- and trans-disciplinarity, plus real-life and problem-solving principles.

Consequently, I have developed the following postgraduate modular courses: ‘complex systems analysis’ and ‘agroforestry’, that include theoretical and applied parts, as well as the open seminars on ‘scientific writing’ and ‘time management’, focused on general scientific know-how.

Below, is a summary of my current teaching assignments:

Lecturer. Bonn International Graduate School on Development Research (BIGS-DR) of the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn. Bonn, Germany.
- - Scientific writing. Interdisciplinary (three departments) modular course (2011-2024).
  - Complex systems analysis. Interdisciplinary/disciplinary course (department of Natural Resources Management) (2011-2017, 2020, 2021).
  - Agroforestry. Disciplinary course for the department of Natural Resources Management (2011-2015, 2023-2024).
  - Time management. Open seminar (2014-2016, 2020-2024).
- Lecturer. Master Environmental Sciences. Institute for Environmental Science (iES) at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau. Landau, Germany
  - How to conceive and write a scientific manuscript (2020-2022).
  - Complex Systems Analysis: an Introduction (2023-2025)
Guest professor. Análisis de sistemas complejos. Programa de Doctorado en Agricultural Sustentable of the Universidad Nacional Agraria ‘La Molina’. Lima, Peru (2016-2023).
Guest lecturer. Complex systems analysis. Graduate School on ‘Climate Change and Agriculture’ of the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL). Bamako, Mali (2017, 2020, 2022).
Guest professor. Análisis de sistemas complejos, breve introducción práctica. Programa de doctorado en Agricultura Multifuncional de la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACh), Edo de México, México (2024).

Tutoring and supervision

Tutored doctoral dissertations

Integrating ecosystem services valuation in rural Colombia (2023-ongoing). Nicolas Lara develops innovative approaches to integrate the valuation of ecosystem services to improve policy advise on land-use decision.
Climate smart agriculture for food security in northern Togo (2021-ongoing). Jane Ngonjock investigates the contribution of the implementation of climate smart agriculture practices for food production and food security of small farmers of Togo in West Africa.
Games to explore smallholders land-use decision-making in Peru’s Amazon (2020-2025). Elisabeth Lagneaux inquired on the recursions, intrinsic and external drivers that trigger local smallholders to change their land-uses in the highly sensitive Peruvian Amazon region.
Drivers and patterns of urbanization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2019-2023). Solomon Benti examined why the urban planning strategies tend to fail in Ethiopia, and reality checked it with a case study in Sebeta town, northern Addis Ababa.
Malaria persistence in Urban Africa, the case of Accra-Ghana (2018-2022). Koissi Savi developed a systems-based model that discloses the components, circuits and bottlenecks that explain the persistence of malaria infectiousness and permanence in African cities.
(Un)sustainable mining in the high Peruvian Andes (2015-2020). Melissa Quispe explored the environmental and social roots of the persistent conflicts between local inhabitants and mining companies in central Peru.
Slum proliferation in Lagos megacity, Nigeria (2015-2019). Olabisi Badmos assessed the growing dynamics, patterns and underlying reasons for slum formation and development in the Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria.
Nutritionally valuable species in traditional agroforests in southwestern Ethiopia (2013-2018). Omarsherif Jemal investigated the nutritional abilities of understory species growing in agroforestry systems, to enhance local peoples’ food and nutritional security.
Ecosystem services provision in Kumasi city, central Ghana (2013 - 2018). Bertrand Nero assessed the capabilities of urban green spaces to provide ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation; and identified means to enhance them.
Renewable energy use in the Ecuadorian Amazon (2011-2015). José Jara-Alvear evaluated in the sustainability of a government initiatives to provide energy (solar panels) to out off-grid Amazon indigenous communities.

Supervised Master Theses

Mapping the diversity of agricultural systems and land-use options in Madre de Dios, Peru. Karen Enciso. University of Hohenheim, Germany. Ongoing.
How do people change landscapes? - The role of cultural values and social cultural values and social networks in land use decisions in the MAP region. Nell Richter. University of Göttingen, Germany. Ongoing.
Remote-sensing for increasing resilience: understanding the effects of land-use change over social-ecological systems in the MAP region. Raquel Capella Gaspar Nepomuceno. University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. 2024.
Factors influencing adoption of agroforestry systems in western amazonia. Eduardo Jobim Navarro. University of Bonn, Germany. 2024.
Influencia de la identidad territorial en la gestión de la Reserva Manuripi, Bolivia. Bruna Pellegrini. University of Bonn, Germany. 2023.
Developing an assessment framework for evaluating the resilience of cocoa farms: case studies in Ecuador and Uganda. Angela Boettcher. RPT University of Kaiserslautern ∙ Landau, Germany. 2023.
Economic Diversity, Dietary Diversity and Resilience - A case study from Rural Households in the Bolivian Amazon region. Matthias Finckh. University of Hohenheim, Germany. 2023.
Unveiling the promise of sustainable ecotourism in the Tambopata Reserve, Peru. Livia Grzegorzak. University of Hohenheim, Germany. 2022.
High potential Non-timber forest products for sustainable use and commercialization in Pando, Bolivia. Andrea Arancibia. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria. 2021.
Extractivism and infrastructure of non-timber forest products in the southwestern Amazon. Paul Mathaess. University of Hohenheim, Germany. 2021.
Nutritional potential analysis of underutilized wild and semi domesticated tree/plant species from Yayu, south western Ethiopia. Habtamu Seyoum. University of Bonn, Germany. 2017.
Woodfuel scarcity, resilience and social institutions in the Dagara society - A case study in South West Burkina Faso-. Laura Krings. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany. 2016.
Livestock ownership, climate change, and sustainable livelihoods in Ioba Province, Burkina Faso. Benjamin Graf. Technical University Dresden, Germany. 2016.
Identifying cotton-based crop rotation practices as an agricultural adaptation strategy of smallholder farmers to effects of global change via satellite imagery and field data. A case study of Dassari, Benin. Jasmin Ziemacki. University of Bonn, Germany. 2016.
Subsidized cotton and climate change adaptation: case study of Dassari, Benin. Jane Maureen Ngonjock Ebako. University of Cologne, Germany. 2015.
Agroforestry Parklands of the Sudan Savanna in the Context of Climate Change: Firewood Energy in North-western Benin, West Africa. Liman Harou. University of Lome, Togo. 2015.
‘Transforming lives and landscapes’ Politische Ökologie von Entwaldung und nachhaltiger Entwicklung im peruanischen Amazonasgebiet: ICRAFs Tree Domestication Program als Fallbeispiel. Thorsten Weisberg. University of Bonn, Germany. 2011.

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