Team

Dr. Paul Kwaku Larbi Anderson

Dr. Paul Kwaku Larbi Anderson is a research associate at the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) at the University of Siegen.

He holds PhD in political science, Master of Arts – M.A. ‘Roads to Democracies’, an interdisciplinary and research-oriented Master of Arts program integrating history, political science, and sociology from the University of Siegen, Germany, and Bachelor of Education – Bed. Social studies from the University of Education Winneba, Ghana.

His research interest focuses on local governance, traditional authority, community development, international cooperation, public administration, and social change, focusing on socio-cultural institutions, education, technology, and social participation

Prof. Dr. Johannes Schädler

is the managing director of the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) at the University of Siegen.

He teaches in programs of social work at the University of Siegen. His research focuses on participation research, integrated social planning, European comparative research in disability services, and the development of social services in the field of international development cooperation

Lars Wissenbach

is a research associate at the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) at the University of Siegen.

He coordinates the ZPE research cluster ‘International Cooperation – Social Inclusion, Social Services: working on systems and structures of social protection and social services in the context of social inclusion. His particular research activities focus on disability and social protection in the Global South and the field of international cooperation, focusing on actors, structures, and planning processes at the local level in interaction with regional, national, and international structures.

Before joining ZPE in 2016, Lars has worked as a policy advisor on disability inclusion with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Promoting disability rights in the field of international cooperation, he has worked with multilateral, regional, and bilateral institutions including the African Union Commission and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Further Team Members

  • Omar Zakanda
  • Godson Dawuni
  • Ahiataku, Sandra Juliet