Moritz Kasper

Experience

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  AXA Assistance

  Dec 2007 - Sept 2011

  Student Assistant

  International Technical Operations Department at AXA Assistance Germany. Side job (up to 19h/week) during graduate studies in Geography.

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  Kenyatta University

  Aug 2009 - Sept 2009

  Intern

  Intern for a joint project of Kenyatta University, IWMNet, GTZ and the Kenyan Ministry for Water, which aimed for the implementation of the national water sector reform by various stakeholders.

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  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München

  Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  Student Research Assistant

  Support for the teaching and research staff at the Department of Geography (Chair of Social Geography).

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  PlanTreff - Die Informationsstelle zur Stadtentwicklung der Stadt München

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Student Assistant

  Support for the annual Children & Youth Idea Competition for Urban Developments by the Department of Urban Planning, City of Munich.

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  GP Forschungsgruppe

  Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

  Freelance Researcher

  Research and report writing tasks for a report on the ‘social condition’ in the German Federal State of Hesse. Topics included safety and security, health and care, and children and youth.

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  Goethe-Institut e.V.

  May 2012 - Jul 2014

  Project Officer & Online Editor

  Project management and editorial responsibilities at the cultural and information departments of the local Goethe-Institut. Tasks included event conception and management, budget supervision, online editing, communications with artists and service providers, design of communication materials, social media, curatorial tasks, artists support, and staff management. Focus on a bi-continental project around club culture, urban space and the public sphere; additional topics included (music) sub-cultures, libraries and archives, LGBTQ scenes, contemporary African art, and film. First three months as Intern. Show less

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  HafenCity Hamburg GmbH

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

  Back Office Coordinator

  Daily management tasks at the HafenCity information center, informing about the development of an extensive new urban space. Tasks included the management of student staff, coordination and conception of expert tours, visitor services, accounting, event management, and others. Part-time job (50%) during postgraduate studies in Urban Design.

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  Samuel Hall

  Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  Conception, design, and implementation of qualitative and quantitative research projects in Africa for clients such as the British Council, Dubai Cares, IKEA Foundation, and UNICEF. Tasks included research designs, proposal writing, field team management, budget supervision, report layout, client communications, analysis, report writing, stakeholder workshops, and more. Focus on children/youth topics, such as education, adolescents’ agency, youth employment and child protection. Support for qualitative and quantitative research projects in Africa and Central Asia for clients such as Children in Crisis and Lapis Communications. After six months, promotion to Project Officer.

  • Research Project Officer

    Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Research Assistant

    Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
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  Educational Institution

  Jan 2019 - now

  Freelance Consultant/Researcher

  Ongoing research and design/layout consultancies with partners and clients such as Samuel Hall, deinNachbar e.V., Africa Collect Textiles, and Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Offered and applied services include research design, design workshop facilitation, (research) proposal writing, fieldwork and interviews, report layout, analysis of qual. and quant. data, report writing, literature reviews, and more. Focus on the urban experience in the Global South as well as on socio-economic development topics such as education and migration/mobility. Show less

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  TU Dortmund University

  Mar 2020 - now

  Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer

  Part-time position at the department of International Planning Studies (School of Spatial Planning). Responsibilities include teaching (grad. & post-grad.), design of research proposals and fund allocation, and the development of a PhD project. Focus on urban planning/design (incl. governance), urban anthropology, and everyday practices as well as tangible and intangible infrastructures in the so-called Global South.