Wladimir Sgibnev
Senior researcher
At the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography since November 2012
2011–2012: Visiting lecturer at the Central Asian Seminar
2009–2012: Doctoral studies at the Central Asian Seminar of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Humboldt University of Berlin
2008–2009: Head of advanced training in transborder construction management for Vinci Construction’s international subsidiaries
2002–2007: Studies in comparative political science and European studies in Nancy and Paris
Research interests
Production of space, peripheral urban regions, mobility, qualitative research methods.
Regions: Central and Eastern Europe, post-Soviet region, Central Asia in particular
See Research projects and Publications here.
Dr Lela Rekhviashvili
Researcher
At the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography since January 2016
2010–2015: PHD candidate at Doctoral school of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations, Political Economy track, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
2013–2014: PhD Fellow at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig, Germany
2012–2013: Research Fellow at Center for Social Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
2009–2010: MA studies in Political Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
2007–2009: MA studies in Transition in South Caucasus at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Tbilisi State University, Center for Social Sciences
Research interests
Political economy of development, post-socialist transition, institutional change and continuity, informal economic practices and informal institutions, urban development, politics of public space, social movements, migration and internal displacement
See Research projects and Publications here.
Henri Schauer
Student assistant
At the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography since Mai 2017
since 10/2016: BA studies in Geography, Leipzig University