About Markus
I am a…
Global soul
Bio
born in Germany, raised in metropolitan region of São Paulo/Brazil, undergraduate in agriculture, junior assistant to poverty related projects in rural areas all over the country, consultant on participatory planning and project management, MSc in public policies, short term consultancies to local government projects in South Africa after apartheid and Colombia after retreat of paramilitary groups, country manager for CARE International, project manager of social carbon projects to fight climate change and emergency response to flood relief, PhD political sociology on participatory politics in Southern Brazil, manager for reforestation programme of degraded pasture in western Amazon, since 2016 professor at the graduate programme Regional Development at UNISC university
I'm passionate about
documentaries
An idea worth spreading
climate change gives us a positive agenda
Areas of expertise
climate change adaptation, microfinance and small firm services, participatory planning, rural development, youth and adult engagement through regional newspaper