Wolfgang Jamann

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Wolfgang Jamann (born June 24, 1960 ) is a German sociologist and development worker.

Career

Jamann studied development sociologist at Bielefeld University, learned Chinese and then received his doctorate in Bielefeld with a thesis on the social development of Southeast Asia.

From 1990 he worked for the German Foundation for International Development , later for the United Nations Development Program in Zambia .

From 1995 to 2004 he was Head of Humanitarian Aid for World Vision . In this role, he headed the World Vision Sudan program, was regional representative for East Africa and coordinated World Vision Germany's global disaster relief from 1999 to 2004.

Jamann was Chief Executive Officer of CARE Germany for five years from 2004 to 2009 . At the same time he was chairman of the CARE foundation “Help for People in Need” and of Together for Africa and as a member of the board of trustees for the aid organization.

From 2009 to 2015 he was CEO and Secretary General of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe . In 2015 he returned to CARE and worked as Secretary General of CARE International in Geneva until January 2018 .

Since March 2018 he has been Executive Director of the International Civil Society Center in Berlin.

He is on the advisory boards of the Aid by Trade Foundation and the Viva con Agua Foundation .

Works

  • Wolfgang Jamann, Kurt Bangert : Focus on humanitarian aid. ( Memento of October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), World Vision 2004
  • Wolfgang Jamann: Chinese traders in Singapore: business practices and organizational dynamics. Saarbrücken: Verl. Für Entwicklungspolitik Breitenbach, 1994; Zugl .: Bielefeld, Univ., Diss., 1994, ISBN 3-88156-632-5
  • Wolfgang Jamann, Thomas Menkhoff: Singapore and the surrounding area. Bielefeld: Rump, 1990, ISBN 3-89416-198-1
  • Wolfgang Jamann, Thomas Menkhoff: Selected bibliography on Chinese reform and modernization policy: 1978–1986. Bielefeld: UB, research focus on sociology of development 1987
  • Wolfgang Jamann, Thomas Menkhoff: "Iron rice bowl", "Earthen rice bowl" or "Paper rice bowl"? : Urbanization, employment policy, etc. Marginalization in d. PR China 1978–1986. Bielefeld: Univ., Research focus on developmental sociology: 1987
  • Contributions to Do No Harm 'initiative of Mary B. Anderson

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography: Dr. Wolfgang Jamann ( Memento from March 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Humanitarian Congress: Wolfgang Jamann ( Memento of September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b c d e CV of Dr. Wolfgang Jamann ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Thilo Thielke: Sudan: Deadly Conflict . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 2002, p. 110 ( online - Aug. 5, 2002 ).
  5. ↑ a b c http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6745/1394463/care_deutschland_luxemburg_e_v
  6. ↑ a b Welthungerhilfe Presidium elects Dr. Wolfgang Jamann as the new CEO ( Memento from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Our structure. CARE Deutschland eV, accessed on March 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Deutschlandradio: "Military solutions only work to a limited extent in Afghanistan" from January 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ press release. International Civil Society Center, accessed March 19, 2018 .
  10. ^ The Aid by Trade Foundation. Retrieved January 5, 2020 (American English).
  11. ^ Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli water initiative - FOUNDATION. Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Wolfgang Jamann: Do No Harm - Humanitarian Aid in Conflict Situations . In: Handbook of Humanitarian Aid . Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-32290-7 , pp. 351-362 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-32290-7_20 .
personal data
SURNAME Jamann, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German development sociologist, development worker and head of German World Hunger Aid
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany