Team BGR

Phone: +49 511 643-2515 Mail: Wibke Crewett (External link)

Wibke Crewett is the team lead of the Sectoral Programme Extractives and Development at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources and an Institutional and Resource Economist. Prior to joining the sectoral programme she was head a of one of BGR’s Technical Cooperation projects in Mongolia. More than 15 years of experience in international cooperation, transdisciplinary sustainability and transformation research and a longstanding interest in theoretical and practical questions about policy implementation are the basis of her work.

Phone: +49 511 643-2502 Mail: Teresa Bornschlegl (External link)

Teresa holds a M.Sc in Human Ecology (Lund Universitet) and a Ph.D. in Geography (Clark University). Her work within the sector programme focuses on environmental risks and environmental due diligence in the mining sector. Since November 2021, she has been responsible for coordinating the ad-hoc policy advising.

Phone: +49 511 643-2408 Mail: Alexandra Bechtum (External link)

Alexandra Bechtum holds a PhD in political science. Her research interests focus on the democratic and developmental impacts of industrial (gold) mining in Latin America. As part of the sector program, she works on topics related to due diligence in commodity supply chains and coordinates the network on responsible sourcing of gold.

Phone: +49 511 643-3446 Mail: Maria Petrova (External link)

Within the sector programme Maria covers the topic of climate impact and climate mitigation in the mining sector. Based on the varying distribution of energy consumption and GHG emissions involved in raw materials extraction she analyzes mitigation potentials in the mining industry. Furthermore, she examines the developmental dimension of climate policy instruments and initiatives. Maria holds a M.Sc. in Geographical Development Studies.

Phone: +49 511 643-2689 Mail: Evelyn Schnauder (External link)

In the sector programme, Evelyn works on development aspects of construction raw materials and due diligence in silicon and solar supply chains with a focus on human rights and gender. Evelyn holds a M.A. in peace and conflict studies. For her dissertation she did research on labour and gender relations in the mining sector with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.