Bernd Reiß holds a MA degree in Development Studies and a BA degree in Sinology. At the moment he is studying German as a Foreign Language at the University of Vienna. In addition to a geographic focus on China his fields of interest include development aid and related policies, social and economic dynamics in poor countries and interculturality. Bernd supports Oikodrom within the EU-project NOPOOR and is concerned with the dissemination of results in Austria. An important task in this regard is the attempt to map actors in the Austrian context by means of a stakeholder analysis. e-mail: bernd.reiss@oikodrom.org