Ethiopia has been implementing an industrialization plan since 2010 and become a global player in the textile and apparel sector. The annual export value of (non-)knitted and (non-)crocheted garments has…
For some, roads are avenues for new business opportunities that provide access to new markets. For others, roads pave the way for deforestation, agricultural expansion, and biodiversity loss. In their…
Blog by Asrat Gella, project coordinator and senior researcher at ZEF. “I think I can smell smoke,” said one member of our research team as we entered in to the…
Blog by Sara Velander and Nady Mahmoud (Junior Researchers in the LANUSYNCON Project at ZEF) share their insights from UNCCD COP 16, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December…
Blog by Clement Roux, Eva Youkhana and Christian Petersheim Bogotá, November, 2024. During our research stay in Colombia’s capital we took the opportunity to visit the Museo de la ciudad…
Blog post by Tina Beuchelt, Constance Akurugu, Theresa Weise, Biihee Na Jaafar Natasung Pelpuo, Bushira Alhassan. Every year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against…
Megacity Cairo hosted the 12th World Urban Forum on November 4-9, 2024. Eva Youkhana from ZEF was there and shares her insights in this blog. It is already dark when…
Engaging in fieldwork is multifaceted, fraught with unique challenges and rewarding insights. I conducted my field research in Nairobi’s informal settlements Korogocho and Pumwani-Majengo because I wanted to understand the…
This blog post takes you to the Konso Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Ethiopia. When we started our trip to visit our partner university in Dilla, southern…
Ethiopia has been implementing an industrialization plan since 2010 and become a global player in the textile and apparel sector. The annual export value of (non-)knitted and (non-)crocheted garments has…
For some, roads are avenues for new business opportunities that provide access to new markets. For others, roads pave the way for deforestation, agricultural expansion, and biodiversity loss. In their…
Blog by Asrat Gella, project coordinator and senior researcher at ZEF. “I think I can smell smoke,” said one member of our research team as we entered in to the…
Blog by Sara Velander and Nady Mahmoud (Junior Researchers in the LANUSYNCON Project at ZEF) share their insights from UNCCD COP 16, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December…
Blog by Clement Roux, Eva Youkhana and Christian Petersheim Bogotá, November, 2024. During our research stay in Colombia’s capital we took the opportunity to visit the Museo de la ciudad…
Blog post by Tina Beuchelt, Constance Akurugu, Theresa Weise, Biihee Na Jaafar Natasung Pelpuo, Bushira Alhassan. Every year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against…
Megacity Cairo hosted the 12th World Urban Forum on November 4-9, 2024. Eva Youkhana from ZEF was there and shares her insights in this blog. It is already dark when…
Engaging in fieldwork is multifaceted, fraught with unique challenges and rewarding insights. I conducted my field research in Nairobi’s informal settlements Korogocho and Pumwani-Majengo because I wanted to understand the…
This blog post takes you to the Konso Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Ethiopia. When we started our trip to visit our partner university in Dilla, southern…