Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Date of Birth

  • November 10th, 1974 in Bogor (Indonesia)



Studies

  • 1993-1998: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Bogor (B.Sc. in Agricultural and Resource Economics)
  • 2002-2006: Georg-August-University, Göttingen (M.Sc. in Tropical and International Agriculture)

    M. Sc. Thesis:
    “Market Integration and Trade Liberalisation Policy Analysis of Sugar in Indonesia and the World Market”



Work Experience

  • 1999-2001: Project Coordinator World Vision International (NGO), Jakarta (Indonesia)
  • 2001-2002: Project Development Officer PT. Agronetcom Indonesia-Agribusiness Consultant, Jakarta (Indonesia)



Current Position

  • 2006 - 2012
    PhD Student at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-University Göttingen (Prof. Dr. B. Brümmer)

    Title of the Doctoral Thesis:
    "How Do Land Use Change, Market, and Poverty Affect Deforestation in Forest Margin Areas?: Evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia"



Research Interests

  • Patterns and processes of land cover and land use change
  • Poverty and deforestation
  • Spatial market integration analysis
  • Development and natural resources economics



Publication

  • Reetz, S. (2008): Socioeconomic Dynamics and Land Use Change of Rural Communities in the Vicinity of the Lore Lindu National Park. STORMA (Stability of Rainforest Margins) project. Discussion paper series no. 28.



Conference Papers

  • Reetz. S. and Bruemmer, B.
    Determinants of Land Use Change Dynamics in the Margins of Protected Forest Areas. Paper prepared for presentation at the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, August to September 2011
  • Reetz. S., Bruemmer, B. and Schwarze, S.
    Poverty and Tropical Deforestation in Forest Margin Areas: Evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Paper prepared for presentation at the Tropentag Conference, Bonn Germany, October 2011
  • Reetz, S. and Bruemmer, B.
    Determinants of Forest Cover Dynamics in the Margins of Protected Forest Areas. Poster presentation at the Tropentag Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010
  • Reetz, S.
    The Dynamics of Cacao Agro-forestry in the Margins of Protected Forest Areas. Paper presented at the Tropentag Conference, Hamburg Germany, 2009
  • Reetz, S.
    The Dynamics of Cacao Agro-forestry in the Margins of Protected Forest Areas. Paper presented at the 2nd World Agro-forestry Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009



Languages

  • Indonesian (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • German (good)
  • French (lower-intermediate)
  • Spanish (basic)