Ongoing projects
Since its establishment, the Frobenius-Institute was initially specialized in studies on the history and present of various African societies. Other research regions, however, have been added continuously, and the Institute's research profile currently also includes Oceania, Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia. This corresponds with the Institute's standard of being a globally oriented research institution.
Project Management: Prof. Dr. Martin Bartelheim (Institute for Prehistory and Early History, University of Tübingen), Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg (Frobenius Institute at Goethe University)
Project staff: Manuel Respondek, Elene Revert Frances
Duration: July 2021 - June 2025
Funding: DFG within the framework of the CRC 1070 „RessourcenKulturen“
Project partners: Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Huelva, Parco Minero Riotinto, German Archaeological Institute Madrid
Funding volume: approx. 470,000 euros
Project management: Alexander Chenchenko
Project Supervision: Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg, Dr. Sophia Thubauville
Region: Kafa Zone, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Regional State, Ethiopia
Duration: November 2022 - October 2025
Project management: Jonah Neuenhaus
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg, PD Dr. Susanne Fehlings
Region: urban Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, Osh and Tokmok)
Duration: November 2020 – April 2025
Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (September 2021- September 2022)
Project Management: Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg (Frobenius Institute at Goethe University)
Project staff: Togzhan Utetileuova, Indhubala Kesavan, Suneet Kumar
Duration: July 2021 - June 2025
Funding: German Research Foundation within the framework of SFB 1070
Cooperation partners: University of Groningen, Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Peter Berger, Ethnology; Prof. Dr. René Cappers, Archaeobotany), Nazarbaev University, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan (PD Dr. Jeanine Dagyeli), Utkal University (Prof. Dr. Sabita Acharya, Vice-Chancellor), Sharanya Nayak (MA Sociology), WASSAN team group (Dinesh Balam)
Funding volume: approx. 606.000 Euro (four years)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Peter Berger (ethnologist), Prof. Dr. René Cappers (archaeobotanist), both University of Groningen
Project staff: Dr. Sofia (Sonja) Filatova, A. Kumar, N. S. Trivedi
Duration: January 2022 to December 2025
Funding: Dutch Research Foundation (NWO)
Project partners: Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg (Frobenius Institute at Goethe University), ActionAid, Sharanya Nayak (MA Sociology), Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), Prof. V. Tonapi (Director), Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (IITD), Dr. R. Kumar (Sociology & Political Science), Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Odisha Millet Mission Project, Bhubaneswar, Prof. S. Mishra (Director).
Funding volume: approx. 746,000 Euro (four years)
Photo: Carlos MagnavitaProject funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), within the Priority Programme “Entangled Africa"
Funding period: January 2019 – December 2025
Directed by: Dr. Carlos Magnavita, Prof. Dr. Dangbet Zakinet (Université de N’Djamena)
Photo: Nikolas GestrichFunding: German Research Foundation (DFG), Priority Programme "Entangled Africa"
Project duration: April 2019 - March 2025
Directed by: Dr. Nikolas Gestrich, Prof. Dr. Henning Schreiber (Hamburg)
