Rolf Hofmeier

Rolf Hofmeier (born October 23, 1939) was director of the Institute for Africa Studies (IAK) from 1976 to 2000 in the network of the German Overseas Institute (DÜI), founded in 1964, in Hamburg. The latter was merged into the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), a member of the Leibniz Association, in 2007. Rolf Hofmeier was appointed associate professor. After his retirement, Hofmeier remained an associate member of the GIGA.Team GIGA, associated members
==Biography==
Rolf Hofmeier gradated as economist (Ph.D.) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Before working at the ‘Institute for African Studies’, Hofmeier worked for six years in Tanzania at the University of Dar es Salaam, in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and as head of a development aid project.Rolf Hofmeier: „Der Vater des afrikanischen Sozialismus“. Hamburger Abendblatt, 19.Oktober, 1999 In his scientific career he researched solutions to the problem of Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on East Africa. Central points of his work were economic analyses of crisis prevention in ethnic-social conflicts, opportunities for democratization, liberalization of economic policy and the effects of development aid.Rolf Hofmeier: „Der Vater des afrikanischen Sozialismus“. Hamburger Abendblatt, 19.Oktober, 1999 In line with the assignment of tasks of the DÜI, Hofmeier pursued an application-oriented approach in close cooperation with Hamburg's economy, the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn. For example, Hofmeier was prominently involved in the critical evaluation of the German political foundations, notably the Hanns Seidel Foundation, in South Africa on behalf of the BMZ.Willi Germund: 'Deutsche Entwicklungshelfer streiten am Kap', Berlin: Die Tageszeitung (taz), 2 June 1995 Hofmeier was also instrumental in a large-scale study for the German Ministry of Economic Affairs
on raw material purchases from Africa and their hedging. '50 Jahre Weltblick'. Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), (Ed.) Hanseatischer Merkur, p. 19, ISBN 978-3-922857-65-5
Hofmeier was involved as a project supervisor or co-project supervisor in numerous research projects on Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, in a project of the Collaborative Research Centres (SFB), financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the University of Hamburg, on 'State consolidation and state failure in East and Central Africa: Local statehood and political change in Tanzania/DR Congo'.DFG, GEPRIS (Geförderte Projekte der DFG), completed projects
==Publications (selection)==
* Die Politische Ökonomie von Verkehrsvorhaben in Afrika: Zur Einschätzung der ökonomischen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Wirkungen von großen Eisenbahn- und Straßenprojekten. Africa Spectrum, vol. 14 (1) (1979), pp. 4–18 
* The political economy of transport projects. Intereconomics, vol. 15, pp. 94–99 (1980)
* Politisches Lexikon Afrika, eds.. Rolf Hofmeier & Mathias Schönborn. Munich: C.H. Beck, Beck'sche schwarze Reihe; Bd. 281, 1984, 524 p.
* Aid from the Federal Republic of Germany to Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 24 (4), (1986), pp. 577–601 
* Politische Konditionierung von Entwicklungshilfe in Afrika: Neue Form der Einmischung oder legitime Unterstützung von Demokratiebestrebungen? Africa Spectrum, vol. 25 (2), (1990), pp. 167–177 
* Kleines Afrika-Lexikon: Poltik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. (eds.), with Andreas Mehler, München: C.H.Beck, 2004, 359 S. 
* Afrika Jahrbuch - Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Afrika südlich der Sahara. Eds.: Institut für Afrika-Studien & Rolf Hofmeier, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 1987ff 
* A Decade of Tanzania: Politics, Economy and Society 2005–2017, with Kurt Hirschler. Leiden: Brill, 2019, 261 S.
Category:1939 births
Category:German people
Category:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Category:Institute of Directors