Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters

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Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters erforscht die Geschichte internationaler Organisationen, humanitärer Hilfe und europäischer Wirtschaftsintegration seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Sie analysiert, wie private und staatliche Akteure – von NGOs bis zu Unternehmen – globale Probleme wie Hunger und Armut angegangen haben und wie sich dabei internationale Beziehungen, Wohlfahrtssysteme und europäische Strukturen verändert haben. Ihre Expertise ist für Organisationen relevant, die verstehen möchten, wie historische Entwicklungen in internationaler Zusammenarbeit, Entwicklungshilfe und sozialen Institutionen funktionieren.

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Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters

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Philosophische Fakultät

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Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften

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Historische Europaforschung (J)

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• Europa als Gewinn. Unternehmen in der Europäischen Wirtschaftsintegration 1957-1990 (Stiftung Bildung und Wissenschaft)

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  Förderer: Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft Zeitraum: 06/2021 - 08/2025 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützenadel, Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters

• Sommersymposium Herrenhausen "Hunger, (Mal-)Nutrition and the Self in the 20th and 21st Century"

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  Förderer: Volkswagen Stiftung Zeitraum: 04/2017 - 12/2017 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Metzler, Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters

• Teaching European History in the 21st Century, Erasmus+ Consortium Agreement

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  Förderer: Erasmus und Erasmus+ Zeitraum: 09/2019 - 12/2025 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Metzler, Prof. Dr. Heike Wieters

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• Reinventing the firm: from post-war relief to international humanitarian agency

  2016

  European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire · 35 Zitationen · DOI

  This article focuses on the humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO) CARE, Inc., and its transformation from a temporary non-profit agency working in post-war relief to Europe, to a permanent humanitarian enterprise delivering food aid and technical assistance to the so-called ‘developing world’. It analyses CARE’s shift from its early days as an American voluntary agency delivering food and consumer products (donated by private individuals in America) to individuals in Europe to a large NGO that co-operated closely with the US government in food-aid distribution to the Global South. Its expansion and professionalization was embedded in the development of new forms of public-private co-operation in humanitarian affairs, as well as in the overall setting of an emerging competitive ‘humanitarian charity market’ in the non-profit sector. In order to expand its organization and mission CARE implemented new and innovative business strategies and fostered the increasing ‘managerialization’ of its humanitarian activities. The article stresses the economic dimension of NGO activity as one perspective (among others) that helps us to better understand the complex dynamics of the ‘rise’ of humanitarian non-state players during the twentieth century.

• The NGO CARE and food aid from America, 1945–80: 'Showered with kindness'?

  2017

  15 Zitationen

• The NGO Care and Food Aid from America 1945-80

  2017

  Manchester University Press eBooks · 3 Zitationen · DOI

  This book provides a historical account of the non-governmental organization CARE, one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide. Beginning in the 1940s, the author analyzes CARE’s history, taking into account both the organization’s specific development and general trends of humanitarian history throughout the second half of the twentieth century. She provides an intriguing perspective on one of the most innovative and fast-growing private humanitarian players in the field of global hunger relief, and analyzes CARE’s intricate relations to international governments, NGOs and corporate players in the United States and beyond. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger prevention are provided with fascinating insights into the economic and business-related aspects of non-governmental politics, fundraising and philanthropic giving in this field. The book also offers an intriguing account of CARE’s drive toward organizational size, economic growth and expansion into new fields of service, from individual CARE packages to Europeans to large-scale school-feeding projects and development aid. The author gives centre stage to the individuals and groups that have shaped CARE’s history since the end of the Second World War. The book is an important contribution to the growing field of humanitarian history. Not only does it contribute to ongoing research about the rise of NGOs in the international realm, it also offers very rich empirical material on the political implications of private and governmental international aid in a world marked by the Cold War order, decolonialization processes and the struggle of so-called third world countries to catch up with Western industrialized countries and modern consumer societies.

• Bergische Universität Wuppertal

  Sommersymposium Herrenhausen "Hunger, (Mal-)Nutrition and the Self in the 20th and 21st Century"

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• Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem

  Teaching European History in the 21st Century, Erasmus+ Consortium Agreement

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• Euroclio-De Europese Vereniging voor Geschiedenisonderwijsgevenden

  Teaching European History in the 21st Century, Erasmus+ Consortium Agreement

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