Martina Ciganikova, MMMag.a

Martina Ciganikova
MA in African Studies (University of Vienna)
MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology (University of Vienna)
MA in International Development (University of Vienna)

Short Biography
Born 1982 in Kosice, Slovakia; studied Social and Cultural Anthropology MA 2005, African Studies MA 2006, International Development MA 2006; since October 2007 PhD student and research fellow with a focus on democratization processes at the Vienna School of Governance, University of Vienna.

PhD Topic
Inter-active Governance of Oppositional Forces in Democratizing Societies:
Case Studies of Ghana, Slovakia and Uganda (working title) 

Research Interests
Democratization Processes, Democracy, Network Governance, Studies on Opposition, Ethnicity, Human Rights

Current Work
ViGo Research Fellow
Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

Courses Taught
• The Processes of Democratization in Africa, Summer Term 2008, Department of International Development, University of Vienna
• Democracy in Africa: Utopia or Reality?, Winter Term 2007, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna
• Development Cooperation, Summer Term 2007, Winter Term 2007, Department of International Development, University of Vienna

Fieldwork
Uganda, Kampala: July – September 2007, February 2008
Kenya, Nairobi: August – October 2005
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam: 2004

Studies Abroad
Italy, Naples 2006 - Erasmus Exchange Program
Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam 2004

Courses, Schools and Conferences
• Democracy in Transition – Roskilde University, Denmark (December 2007)
• 4. Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, University  of Vienna, Austria (April 2008)
• Doctoral Colloquium "Dead/Lines – Contemporary Issues in Legal and Political Theory", University of Edinburgh (May 2008)

Contact
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