Job title: PhD Candidate
Phone: 64 9 373 7599 ext 82924
Office: Rm 431A, HSB, Auckland
Postal: School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland
Email: r.baars@auckland.ac.nz

Degrees:

2007 MSc (eqv) in Geography with First Class Honours (University of Hamburg, Germany)

2004 BSc (eqv) in Geography (University of Hamburg, Germany)

1998 LLB (eqv) in Law (University of Hamburg, Germany)

Provisional Thesis Title:

The Social Construction of Common Identities in the ASEAN Region

Supervisors:

Dr Karen Fisher, School of Environment, The University of Auckland
Dr David Hayward, School of Environment, The University of Auckland

 

Publications:

Baars, R. (2010). Fostering Cooperation in the ASEAN Region. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC), 12th-16th July, Conference Proceedings. Jakarta, Indonesia.

Baars, R. (2007). Poverty Alleviation through Preferential Trade? A Case Study of the Dominican Sugar Industry (Original Title: Süße Hoffnung oder bittere Enttäuschung? Präferentieller Handel als Instrument der Armutsbekämpfung am Beispiel haitianischer Gastarbeiter in der dominikanischen Zuckerwirtschaft) MSc Thesis, Department of Geoscience, University of Hamburg, Germany & GeoMedia Division, University of Kiel, Germany. (in German)

Baars, R. (2002). Transnational Chilenian Identities: Christmas Celebrations in Chile and Germany (Original Title: Transnationale Chilenische Identitäten: Weihnachten in Chile und bei in Deutschland lebenden Chilenen), In W. Köpke & B. Schmelz (Eds.), Fiesta Latina: Lateinamerikanische Feste und Festbrä̈uche, (pp.291-310). Bonn: Pahl-Rugenstein. (in German)

 

Teaching/GTA:

GEOG 205 Environmental Processes and Management (2009; 2012)

GEOG 315 Research Design and Methods in Human Geography (2009; 2010; 2011)

GEOG 302 Regions, Industries and Enterprises (2009)

 

Academic Activities:

Chair of Postgraduate Research Committee, University of Auckland (2010-2012)

Adjunct Member APRU-DSN Executive Committee (2010-2012)

Asia Savvy Conference Committee Member, Business School, University of Auckland (2011)

Special Exam Supervisor, University of Auckland (2010-2012)

Organiser for Research Seminar and Guest Lecture, University of Auckland (2010)

Board Member of Postgraduate Students’ Association, University of Auckland (2009)

 

Grants / Awards:

International Conference Travel Award, University of Auckland (2010)

The University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship (2009-2012)

 

Professional Memberships:

Regional Studies Association (RSA), UK

New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI), Auckland, NZ

Southeast Asian Studies Centre, Auckland, NZ

German Association for Asian Studies (DGA), Germany

German Geographical Society (DGfG), Germany