Wichtige Stationen in Ausbildung und Lebenslauf

09/2019 – 03/2020 Praktikantin, Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn: The International Tax Compact, Good Financial Governance Sector Program

02/2019 – 09/2019 Research Assistant at the Institute for Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair for Political Sciences and Public Administration and the Managing Director of the Rhine Ruhr Institute for Social Research and Policy Consulting association (RISP)

10/2018 – 09/2019 Research Assistant German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn: ‘The United Nations Development System and New Challenges’ Research Project

09/2018- 09/2019 Master of Arts „Development and Governance“, Universität Duisburg-Essen

12/2017 – 08/2018 Research assistant at the briq Institute on Behavior & Inequality, Bonn

01/2016 – 12/2016 Economic and labour market data analyst, State Government Department of Training and Workforce Development, Western Australia

02/2011 – 11/2015 Bachelor of Economics & International Relations, Curtin University, Australien

01/2013 – 10/2013 Research assistant at the Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University, Western Australia

Seit 10/2018 The Women in Economics Initiative, Founding member, Chief Editor

Sprachen
Englisch, Deutsch

Arbeits- oder Forschungsschwerpunkte
Community development and participatory governance
Labour and behavioural economics

Veröffentlichungen
Research assistance: Burgess, J., J. Connell & M. Dockery (2013). Quality of Work Research Project Report. Commissioned by the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency. Curtin Business School, Perth
https://vetnet.gov.au/Public%20Documents/MS4%20Report%20Final%20311013.pdf

Master Thesis: Topping, J. (2019). A Comparative Analysis of Subnational Politics and Populism in Germany and the United Kingdom. Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Honours Thesis: Topping, J. (2015). "The Role of Societal Trust for Cooperative Distribution and Success: A Cross Country Analysis". School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University, Western Australia.

Dissertation

A community-based mapping of Duisburg’s diverse socio-economic assets, activities and identities

Economic restructuring due to globalisation, digitalisation or the withdrawal of key employers can create a collective identity of a downtrodden and devastated local economy. Dominant narratives of powerlessness and futility inhibit economically isolated people from identifying, creating and benefiting from new opportunities.

Existing assumptions of local identities need to be investigated, since one dominant identity construction may be crowding out opportunities to develop alternative local knowledge of socio-economic diversity. Such narratives can be challenged by identifying and building upon the full range of skills, resources and strengths that a community already possesses, and by mapping the non-traditional economic activities that are already taking place.

Community-based participatory research values local knowledge by including community members in research and policy design processes that will materially impact their lives. This approach emphasises the ability of communities to identify, understand and develop culturally appropriate and sustainable solutions to local issues. It does not suggest that a community can solve all of their problems independently, rather that the appreciation and inclusion of local expertise is a necessary (but not sufficient) prerequisite for sustainable local development.

The goal is to create an equitable research-community partnership that will provide an appropriate evidence base for new projects or the adjustment, expansion or renewal of existing community-based initiatives.