For an overview of Marleen Dekker's research and publications, visit her profile on the ASCL website.

Marleen Dekker is Professor of Inclusive Development in Africa at Leiden University and Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden. She is trained as a human geographer and holds a PhD in Development Economics. Marleen Dekker’s research is interdisciplinary in nature and analyses inequalities in accessing markets and local socio-economic development. In a new initiative, Prof. Dekker facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration with natural scientists to develop African air quality and environmental justice.

Prof. Dekker has collaborated in several international research projects in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Togo, Kenya, Zambia, and Nigeria on social networks, insurance, CSO advocacy, marriage and intra-household collaboration. From 2014 to 2021, Marleen was the coordinator of the Secretariat of INCLUDE, the Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies in Africa. The platform supports research, shares relevant knowledge with policymakers and practitioners and organises international policy dialogues on inclusive development themes both in The Netherlands and in African countries.

She is the academic lead of the Leiden-Legon-Edinburgh Academic Partnership (LLEAP), and chair of the Leiden Africa Platform. In addition, Prof. Dekker is a member of the INCLUDE knowledge platform, the AIV-CIO (Advisory Council on International Affairs – International Development Committee), the NWO-NWA-SDG initiative group, and the GROW in Research steering committee.

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