University Degree:
Master of Science in Agricultural Economics (Focus on development economics)

Current position:
Junior researcher, Phd candidate

Studies:
April 2009- October 2011: Master studies in Agricultural economics at the Georg-August University Göttingen
Field work in Kenya related to the master`s thesis: Determinants of collective marketing performance: Evidence from Kenya`s coffee cooperatives in cooperation with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Kenya and the Advisory Service on agricultural Research for Development (BEAF) of the GIZ
October 2005- April 2009: Bachelor studies in Agricultural economics at the Georg-August University Göttingen and Universidad de Talca, Chile

Work experience:
Internship at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Kenya, Department of smallholder production and marketing (2010/11)
Project work as a Student/Research Assistant at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Chair of International Agricultural economics, Chair of Agricultural market analysis, Chair of Sociology in Agriculture, InDiGU project (Integration and Diversity at Göttingen University) funded by the DAAD (2009-2011)
Internship at the Centro agronómico tropical de investigación y enseñanza (Catie) in Costa Rica, Chair of Participation of smallholders (2006)
Work experience on farms in Germany (2005)

Publications:
Vorlaufer, M.; Mithöfer, D.; Wollni, M.; Pinard, F. (2011): Determinants of collective marketing performance: Evidence from Kenya’s coffee cooperatives, poster presentation at Tropentag, October 5 – 7, 2011, Bonn, Germany

Topic of dissertation:
Incentive mechanisms for sustainable land use options, Jambi province, Indonesia

Funding institute:
German Research Society (DFG), Georg-August-University Göttingen

Time horizon:
February 2012- February 2015