Professor Erdmute Alber
Full Professor, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Profile
Erdmute Alber is a social anthropologist with a focus on the intersection of politics, kinship and childhood. Her research focused on inter-generational relations, child fostering and parenting in West Africa. A special attention is given to Northern Benin. She has lead the research group “kinship and politics” at the ZIF, Bielefeld and is currently working at the University of Bayreuth.