Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim
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Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people worldwide suffer from…

Being part of the Global Solutions Summit 2019
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Being part of the Global Solutions Summit 2019

ByFernanda Martinelli

By Fernanda Martinelli, doctoral student at ZEF in the  STRIVE – Sustainable Trade & Innovation Transfer in the Bioeconomy (strive-bioecon.de) On March 18-19, Germany’s capital Berlin set the stage for one of the main encounters of global thought leaders in the realms of international policy and business: the Global Solutions Summit 2019. Research organizations and…

A quest for insects along the trail of the ‘Game of Thrones’
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A quest for insects along the trail of the ‘Game of Thrones’

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Despite its dragons, dire wolves and white walkers, the Game of Thrones world isn’t quite as make-believe as it may seem. In fact, its capital, King’s Landing, is almost entirely filmed in the very real—and very beautiful—city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Well, I happen to have visited Dubrovnik recently and while many people flock every summer to this…

Back in Berlin: International Green Week 2018
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Back in Berlin: International Green Week 2018

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

I woke up on the morning to the 14th of November 2017 to a very beautiful and delighting email from the wonderful Anne Borisch, a junior consultant working for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)  (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation ) which is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides…

IPIFF International Meeting in Brussels
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IPIFF International Meeting in Brussels

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Here is an update on my trip to the capital of the European Union Brussels. An attempt to catch the early morning train despite the renovations that are currently taking place in Bonn central train station and a brief stop in Cologne central train station and as you can see, the beginning of the advent…

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Protected: Reflecting on the past, explaining the present and thinking about the future: Snippets from the Migration With (out) Boundaries Conference (6-7 October 2017)

ByMercy Mashingaidze

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.