Wiebe Nauta

After a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, examining the role of South African NGOs in land reform, Wiebe Nauta joined Maastricht University as an anthropological researcher in 2001.  His disciplinary areas includes the sociology of development, anthropology of development, and development studies.

Some of his main researches include 'Transnational Climate Activism: New African Voices in the Global Climate Movement: falling on deaf ears?', 'South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) with a focus on the role of emerging countries like South Korea and Brazil on the African continent', 'The role of South Korean aid actors –government, civil society and private– in implementing an ‘East Asian’ development model in Rwanda', 'Transnational links between civil society organizations and activist social movements on different continents', 'The relationship between poverty, democratization and the interplay between states, civil society organizations and multilateral actors' and 'The role of civil society in South Africa, particularly in the field of HIV/AIDS; governance issues of the pandemic, especially in the Eastern Cape Province'.