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Professor Tilman Brück
  • NRI Department: Livelihoods and Institutions Department
  • Qualifications: MA Hons, MPhil, DPhil
  • Biography:

    Professor Tilman Brück is a leading expert for the study of individual behaviour and welfare in crisis settings. Tilman is a Visiting Professor at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich, a Professor of Economic Development and Food Security at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Head of the Research Group “Economic Development and Food Security” at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops in Großbeeren near Berlin, and Founder and Director of ISDC - International Security and Development Center in Berlin (www.isdc.org). Tilman is also a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Households in Conflict Network (www.hicn.org). His research focuses on the behaviour and the welfare of poor and vulnerable households in insecure, violent, fragile and humanitarian emergency settings, often collecting and analysing micro-level panel data and conducting impact evaluations. Tilman is the principal investigator of the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study (https://lifeinkyrgyzstan.org/) and the Life with Corona Survey (https://lifewithcorona.org/) – and a regular advisor to governments, international organisations and NGOs. He was previously Professor of Food Security, State Fragility and Climate Change at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Professor of Development Economics at Humboldt-University of Berlin, and a Founding Member of the Global Young Academy (https://globalyoungacademy.net/). Tilman obtained a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford.
  • Research / Scholarly Interests:

    Professor Brück’s research focuses on how people cope with extreme adversity, from violent conflict, insecurity, state fragility and weak institutions to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change. He has pioneered the quantitative micro-level analysis of violent conflict, developing methods to identify the causal impacts of shocks and uncertainty on human behaviour and welfare. In recent years, he has expanded this view of variable ‘conflict exposure’ at the individual level to other settings of extreme uncertainty, such as natural disasters and pandemics. He has also developed tools for conducting rigorous impact evaluations to learn if and how interventions in conflict and fragile settings can improve food security and human development. Professor Brück values long-term longitudinal (or panel) studies and has contributed to many such studies around the world, leading, for example, a panel established in 2010 in Kyrgyzstan. Many of his research projects combine multiple methods and data sources as a way of learning about important contextual and institutional factors.
  • Awards:
    • Acceptance into the Heisenberg-Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), from March 2020
    • Member of the IDP Sub-Group, International Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS), Joint IDP Profiling Service, since August 2018
    • Member of the International Evaluation Panel for Economics in Norway, Norwegian Research Council, 2017
    • Member of the International Advisory Council, Institute for Economics and Peace, since 2013
    • Member of the Board, Global Young Academy, 2010 - 2012
    • Founding Fellow, Global Young Academy, 2010 - 2014
    • Chair of the Board, Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy of Sciences), 2009 - 2010
    • "IAP Award for Young Scientists 2008” by the InterAcademy Panel and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world (prize worth 10.000 USD), 2008
    • Nominated as "Distinguished Young Scientist” by the "InterAcademy Panel Conference of Young Leaders in STI – 2008” at the World Economic Forum’s "Annual Meeting of the New Champions”, Tianjin, China, September 2008
    • Elected Member, Development Economics Committee, German Economic Association, since 2008
    • Elected Fellow, Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy of Sciences), 2007 – 2012
    • "Best Article Award” by the Development Studies Association (DSA) for "Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine”, 2007
    • Doctoral Scholarship by German Studienstiftung Foundation, 1997 - 2000
    • Economic and Social Research Council Scholarship, 1994 – 1996
  • Selected Publications:
    • Regassa, M. D. and T. Brück (2022). “Usefulness and misrepresentation of phone surveys on COVID-19 and food security in Africa”. Food Security, forthcoming.
    • Baliki, G., P. Schreinemachers, T. Brück and N. Md. Uddin (2022). “Impacts of a home garden intervention in Bangladesh after one, three and six years”. Agriculture & Food Security, vol. 11, no. 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-022-00388-z
    • Stojetz, W., N. T. N. Ferguson, G. Baliki, O. Diaz Botía, J. Elfes, D. Esenaliev, H. Freudenreich, A. Koebach, L. Lopes de Abreu, L. Peitz, A. Todua, M. Schreiner, A. Hoeffler, P. Justino and T. Brück (2022). “The Life with Corona Survey”. Social Science & Medicine, vol. 306, no. 115109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115109
    • Baliki, G., T. Brück, N. T. N. Ferguson and S. W. Kebede (2022). “Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application”. Review of Development Economics, vol. 26, pp. 639-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12876
    • Brück, T. and M. Hennicke (2022). “Ethnic Inequality and Forced Displacement.” PLoS ONE, 17(4): e0266448. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266448
    • Freudenreich, H., A. Aladysheva and T. Brück (2022). “Weather shocks across seasons and child health: Evidence from a panel study in the Kyrgyz Republic”. World Development, 155: 105801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105801
    • de Groot, O. J., C. Bozzoli, A. Alamir and T. Brück (2022). “The Global Economic Burden of Violent Conflict”. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 259-76. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00223433211046823
    • Abreu, L., A. Koebach, O. M. Días Botía, S. Carleial, A. Hoeffler, W. Stojetz, H. Freudenreich, P. Justino and T. Brück (2021). „Life with Corona: Increased gender differences in aggression and depression symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Germany„. Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, no. 2705. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689396
    • Larsen M. M., K. Boehnke, D. Esenaliev and T. Brück (2021). "Social cohesion, ethnicity and well-being: Results from an intervention study in Kyrgyzstan". Cultural-Historical Psychology, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 46-55. https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2021170405
    • Schreinemachers, P., R. M. Shrestha, B. Gole, D. R. Bhattarai, P. L. Ghimire, B. P. Subedi, T. Brück, G. Baliki, I. P. Gautam and C. E. Blake (2021). “Drivers of food choice among children and caregivers in post-earthquake Nepal“. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 826-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1969925
    • Brück, T., N. T. N. Ferguson, V. Izzi and W. Stojetz (2021). “Can Jobs Programs Build Peace?” World Bank Research Observer, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 234-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkaa004
    • Schreinemachers, P., G. Baliki, R. M. Shrestha, D. R. Bhattarai, I. P. Gautam, P. L. Ghimire, B. P. Subedi and T. Brück (2020). "Nudging children toward healthier food choices: An experiment combining school and home gardens" Global Food Security, vol. 26, September, 100454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100454
    • Brück, T. and N. T. N. Ferguson (2020). “Money Can’t Buy Love but Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from PEACE II”. Conflict Management and Peace Science, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 536-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894218766865
    • Larsen, M., D. Esenaliev, T. Brück and K. Boehnke (2020). “The Connection Between Social Cohesion and Personality: A Multilevel Study in the Kyrgyz Republic“. International Journal of Psychology, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12551
    • Brück, T., O. M. Días Botía, N. T. N. Ferguson, J. Ouédraogo and Z. Ziegelhöfer (2019). “Assets for Alimentation? The Nutritional Impact of Assets-Based Programming in Niger.” Journal of Development Studies, vol. 55, no. sup1, pp. 55-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1687876
    • Baliki, G., T. Brück, P. Schreinemachers and M. N. Uddin (2019). “Long-term Behavioral Impact of an Integrated Home Garden Intervention: Evidence from Bangladesh”. Food Security, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1217-1230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00969-0
    • Kraehnert, K., T. Brück, M. Di Maio and R. Nisticò (2019). “The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence from the Genocide in Rwanda”. Demography, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 935-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00780-8
    • Brück, T., M. Di Maio and S. Miaari (2019). “Learning the Hard Way: The Effect of Violent Conflict on Student Academic Achievement”. Journal of the European Economic Association, in press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvy051
    • Brück, T., M. d'Errico and R. Pietrelli (2019). “The Effects of Violent Conflict on Household Resilience and Food Security: Evidence from the 2014 Gaza Conflict”. World Development, vol. 119, pp. 203-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.008
    • Ferguson, N. T. N., E. Nillesen and T. Brück (2019). “Can Employment Build Peace? A Pseudo-meta-analysis of Employment Programmes in Africa“. Economics Letters, vol. 180, pp. 99-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.03.033
    • Verwimp, P., P. Justino and T. Brück (2019). “The Microeconomics of Violent Conflict”. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 141, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.005
    • Brück, T. and N. T. N. Ferguson (2018). “Money Can’t Buy Love but Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from PEACE II”. Conflict Management and Peace Science, in press. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0738894218766865
    • Brück, T. and D. Esenaliev (2018). “Post-Socialist Transition and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Kyrgyzstan”. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 61-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12136
    • Puri, J., A. Aladysheva, V. Iversen, Y. Ghorpade and T. Brück (2017). “Can Rigorous Impact Evaluations Improve Humanitarian Assistance?”. Journal of Development Effectiveness, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 519-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2017.1388267
    • Bircan, C., T. Brück and M. Vothknecht (2017). “Violent Conflict and Inequality”. Oxford Development Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 125-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2016.1213227
    • Brück, T., P. Justino, P. Verwimp, A. Avdeenko and A. Tedesco (2016): “Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys: Current Practices and Methodological Challenges”. World Bank Research Observer, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 29-58. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkv011
    • Bozzoli, C., T. Brück and T. Muhumuza (2016). “Activity Choices of Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees: Quantitative Survey Evidence from Post-War Northern Uganda”. Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 329-47. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12056
    • Brück, T., D. Esenaliev, A. Kroeger, A. Kudebayeva, B. Mirkasimov and S. Steiner (2014): “Household Survey Data for Research on Well-Being and Behavior in Central Asia”. Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 819-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2013.02.003
    • Justino, P., T. Brück and P. Verwimp, eds. (2013). A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Visiting Professor at NRI
Professor Toby Bruce
  • NRI Department: Livelihoods and Institutions Department
Phone: +44 (0)1634 88 3199
Visiting Professor at NRI
Professor Tom Randolph
  • NRI Department: Livelihoods and Institutions Department
Phone: +44 (0)1634 88 3199
Visiting Professor of Animal Health and Livestock Economics
Professor Shaohui Fu
  • NRI Department: Livelihoods and Institutions Department
Phone: +44 (0)1634 88 3199
Visiting Professor
Professor Stephen Torr
  • NRI Department: Livelihoods and Institutions Department
Phone: +44 (0)1634 88 3199
Visiting Professor of Veterinary Entomology
Hannah Hyde
  • Qualifications: M.Ed.
NRI Communications Coordinator
Katherine August
  • Qualifications: PhD
  • Biography:

    I started at the university in January 2024 as a post-doctoral research fellow in the RodTickPathMan One Health project. The project investigates the link between grey squirrels, an invasive species in the UK, ticks and Lyme’s disease. I will focus on estimating the abundances of squirrels and other tick carriers using a range of field survey techniques but primarily camera traps.

    Prior to this position, I completed my PhD at the University of Aberdeen (2018-2023) supervised by Prof Xavier Lambin (UoA), Dr Thomas Cornulier (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)), Dr Nicholas Schurch (BioSS), Dr Philip Whitfield (Natural Research Ltd.) and Tom Dearnley (Forestry England). The project assessed the impact of persecution on the population dynamics of goshawks, a forest specialist bird of prey in the UK. I used a range of methods to do this, including field and laboratory work as well as complex statistical methods such as GAMMs and capture-mark-recapture models in a Bayesian framework. Additionally, I delved into the AI world and trained computer vision models to process and label the camera trap images I collected.

    In addition to demonstrating on a range of practical and statistical courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate taught levels, I have also managed and lectured a final year undergraduate course titled Wildlife Conservation and Management. This included setting and marking written reports and presentations. I have also co-supervised honours and master’s level students.

    In addition to traditional teaching, I have been heavily involved in groups which promote peer learning and development. In particular, I helped to run and hosted sessions with the Aberdeen Study Group who aim to promote knowledge exchange in a friendly setting, focussing primarily on statistics and coding.  
  • Research / Scholarly Interests:

    My research interests centre on the impact that humans have on the ecology of UK species. My PhD research focussed on how persecution has impacted the population dynamics of goshawks, a medium-sized, forest specialist bird of prey, in the northern UK. I used a range of methods, including GAMs to identify spatially and temporally lagged effects of covariates on reproduction and used a Bayesian framework to assess factors affecting survival rates. Continuing to make use of new modelling applications to fully understand the impact humans are having on other species is crucial to helping halt the biodiversity crisis we face.

    A large portion of the project involved deploying camera traps at nest sites to get colour ring recoveries. This led me to the world of AI and computer vision to attempt to identify individual unmarked goshawks. This field is rapidly expanding but it’s use in ecology is often limited due to a lack of expertise and time to learn. I will continue to help bridge the gap with my current research, applying computer vision models to UK mammalian species. I aim to identify ways in which ecologists can more easily access this new technology.
  • External Profiles:

    ORCID

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-5117
  • Selected Publications:

    August K, Davison M, Bortoluzzi C, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. The genome sequence of the northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2022, 7:122 (doi:https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17821.1)
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Kika (Henrike) Neuhaus
  • Qualifications: BA, MA, HEA Fellow, PhD
  • Biography:

    Dr Kika Neuhaus commenced in May 2024 as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology and Art at the NRI. Kika coordinates workshops and networking activities under the AHRC-funded project ‘Water justice & Indigenous youth mental health resilience: co-creating art-based solutions with Awajún Peoples and Alaska Natives’, liaising with Salud Sin Limites (Peru), McGill University (Canada), the Indigenous organisation ORPIAN-P, Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) and Sámi members of Operaatio Arktis. Building on their main area of expertise, Kika co-produces art-based tools with Indigenous youth to reflect on water justice and wellbeing. Bringing members of the project and Indigenous Youths together at one table at a workshop in Helsinki, Kika met the goal of creating space for intergenerational and intercultural dialogues. Throughout the project they supported Indigenous youth in visualising alternative water futures that safeguard the water sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples and improve their mental health and wellbeing with technical assistance.

    Simultaneously, Kika joined the 2 Year British Academy award exploring feminist and decolonial ‘Approaches for engaging with Indigenous knowledge processes and holders for disaster risk resilience: The case of the Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve, Malaysia’ through GIS-mapping and other artistic and digital techniques, collaborating with the University Kebangsaan Malaysia, the University Teknologi Mara, and Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

    Kika completed a PhD in visual anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. They explored practices of care in the realm of Taekwondo in different urban settings of Buenos Aires. Henrike has ample teaching experience from Goldsmiths, the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and UCL in regional ethnography of Latin America and research methods with a focus on audio-visual production and multimodal approaches. Kika is keen to establish lasting meaningful professional relationships and dialogues, as emerged from being part of the organising board of the University of San Martin (UNSAM) Science Fair and Short Film Festival 2018 that pushes the boundaries of academic engagement, youth work and artistic expression. Kika has a passion for grassroot organising and commoning. Throughout their life they were part of the founding and setting up of working groups like the International Network of Sport Anthropology, SoLaWi (CSA) Basta in Berlin, cooperatives like Quaggy Housing coop, Latin America is Moving Collective, and the Anthways Journal. Kika organises events that encourage interdisciplinary encounters in which ethical participatory methods bring researchers and interlocutors closer to formulate jointly impactful outputs for social- and environmental justice.
  • Research / Scholarly Interests:

    Kika Neuhaus’ research evolves around practices of care, play, games and sport with a focus on developing dialogic relationships and non-extractive research methods, linked to multimodal and art-based techniques and intersectional approaches.

    Kika is an active member in the NRI Working Groups ‘Working Group Gender and Social Difference’ and ‘Political Ecology, Culture and Arts’. Their contributions to the working groups manifest in form of active support in proposal writing, and public facing engagements like co-organising events focussing on the learning theme: solidarity economies.

    Furthermore, Kika is a research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London and discusses works in progress in the fortnightly meetings of the International Network of Sport Anthropology (INSA).

    Kika joined in April 2025 the ASA climate action research group taking the lead on organising the an event at the People’s Fest.
  • Research Projects:

    2024–2025
    Approaches for engaging with Indigenous knowledge processes and holders for disaster risk resilience: The case of the Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve, Malaysia
    Funded by British Academy ODA Challenge-Oriented Research Grants 2024
    Partners: Lingnan University (Hong Kong, China), Universiti Kebangsaan (Bangi, Malaysia), Universiti Teknologi MARA (Selangor, Malaysia)

    2024–2025
    Water justice & Indigenous youth mental health resilience: co-creating art-based solutions with Awajún Peoples and Alaska Natives
    Funded by AHRC Indigenous Research Methods Programme
    Partners: Salud Sin Limites (Peru), McGill University (Canada), ORPIAN-P (Peru), Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (USA)

    2020–2021
    Encounters: arts, ethnography and pedagogy
    Erasmus+ strategic partnership
    Partners: University of Agder (Norway), University of the Aegean (Greece), Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest (Greece), Arts Cabinet (UK), Raketa (Sweden), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). Associate partner: Jennie Gubner, University of Arizona.
    Kika Neuhaus was a resident, conducting internal and public-facing workshops at the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival.
  • Research Students:

    Second supervisor to Fred Preston (Development Studies)
  • Teaching Programmes:
    • Guest lecturer in the module “Water Resources Management” (BsC. Environmental Science)
    • Personal thesis tutor, MA Creative and Collaborative Enterprise, UCL
  • Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (GALA) link: https://gala.gre.ac.uk/view/authors/12190.html
  • Awards:

    In the past three years, Kika Neuhaus delivered bespoke audio-visual induction workshops in the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) at the British Museum for researchers from across the globe.

    While completing the PhD research at Goldsmiths University of London, Kika co-founded the academic PGR journal Anthways and is since available as peer reviewer. https://sites.gold.ac.uk/anthways/

    Based on Kika’s regional and thematic focus they co-initiated the Latin America is Moving Collective and the International Network of Sport Anthropology that has just published their first edited volume with Vernon Press: ‘Doing Anthropology in Sporting Worlds. Knowledge Production, Collaboration and Representation in the Digital Age.’ https://vernonpress.com/book/2290
  • External Profiles:

    ORCID

    https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1245-5881

    Research Gate

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henrike_Neuhaus

    Academia

    https://gre.academia.edu/HenrikeNeuhaus
  • Selected Publications:

    Neuhaus, H. (2025). ‘Temporary cyborgs: training for a-level Taekwondo competitions using digital scoring systems’. in Carter, T., Heath, S., Hildred, B., and Neuhaus, H. (eds) Doing Anthropology in a Sporting World: Knowledge, Representation, and Collaboration in the Digital Age. Vernon Press, pp. 67-89.

    Neuhaus, H. and Schwamberger, C. (2025). ‘Taekwondo at the Intersection of Inequalities, Disability, and Production of Futures: Red Belt, Black Tag’. in Rodríguez-Sánchez, A. R., Piedra, J., and Jennings, G. (eds) Martial Arts in Latin Societies. 1st ed. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series), pp. 230-242/chapter 18.

    Neuhaus, H. (2024) Reflexiones iniciales sobre métodos fotovoz., Gral. San Martín, Argentina, [Spanish, online] Available at: https://www.aacademica.org/3.congreso.eh.unsam/442.

    Neuhaus, H. and Håkonsen, V. (2023). Taekwondo Scapes of Buenos Aires. taekwondoscapes. Available at: https://taekwondoscapes.care. (English/Spanish)

    Neuhaus, H. (2022). ‘Invading comfort. Reflections on filming moving bodies.’ Arts Cabinet, Editorial Encounters. Available at: https://www.artscabinet.org/encounters/invading-comfort-reflections-on-filming-moving-bodies.

    Corral, D., Kirkali, D., Marks, A., & Neuhaus, H. (2021). ‚A Conversation with Tim Ingold.’ Arts Cabinet, Editorial Encounters. Available at: https://www.artscabinet.org/encounters/the-caring-cabinet.

    Schapira, R. and Neuhaus, H. (2021). ‘Of medals and recognition: Producing urban society through martial arts in Brazil and Argentina’. in Garcia Ferrari, S., Offerdal, H. E., and Kania, M. A. (eds) Why Latin America matters: a collection of essays. Edinburgh: Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies, pp. 80–99.

    Herr Schmid (2014) Available at: https://vimeo.com/95738777 (German)

    Still Working. (2013). Available at: https://vimeo.com/100663779. (Spanish, Eng UT)

    Ausencias Presentes (Absences Present). (2013). Available at: https://vimeo.com/henrikekika/ausencias-presentes (Spanish, Eng UT)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology and Art
Dr Sai Srinivasa Sudharshan Kondapalli Research Fellow in Food Safety of Foods and Vegetables
Yuyang Zhang Post Graduate Administrative Officer

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