Mr Tobias Klaus is a Senior Researcher and academic staff member at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany, affiliated with its European Campus Rottal-Inn. He also maintains academic affiliations with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the ECOLOG Institute for Social-Ecological Research and Education in Lüneburg, Germany. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) and the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD e.V.). His institutional affiliations connect him with interdisciplinary academic networks spanning technology, social-ecological research and international development.