Wiebe Nauta (W.W.)
Research profile
Disciplinary Profile
Sociology of development/anthropology of development; development studies.
Main Topics
- Transnational Climate Activism: New African Voices in the Global Climate Movement: falling on deaf ears?
- South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) with a focus on the role of emerging countries like South Korea and Brazil on the African continent;
- The role of South Korean aid actors –government, civil society and private– in implementing an ‘East Asian’ development model in Rwanda;
- Transnational links between civil society organizations and activist social movements on different continents;
- The relationship between poverty, democratization and the interplay between states, civil society organizations and multilateral actors;
- The role of civil society in South Africa, particularly in the field of HIV/AIDS; governance issues of the pandemic, especially in the Eastern Cape Province;