Entomology without borders a.k.a The Insects Olympics
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Entomology without borders a.k.a The Insects Olympics

Away from her flies and waste samples, Marwa paid the spa a visit and to be honest while she was there nothing played in her head more than Shania Twain’s song: Man
I feel like a woman 🙂 Marwa’s visit to the spa was in line with her preparations to an exciting journey that she waiting…

Back in Nairobi :-D
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Back in Nairobi :-D

Here is a quick recap on the soon coming to an end summer 🙂 My summer that started in Germany was quite busy and active. A very interesting event that I visited was the University 10th annual Science Nights that aims to showcase various and different scientific disciplines studied and researched by the university different…

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Summary: An Uneducation in the Release of the Unexpected

Talk by ZEF-Senior Researcher Epifania Amoo-Adare about an explanatory guide that discusses post-disciplinary perspectives for (un)thinking current modes of research. Epifania Amoo-Adare has been following a figuration of processes related to knowledge generation and unlearning, since she joined the research project Crossroads Asia in 2013. Amoo-Adare’s journey has been, in her words, both systematic and…

La BrĂșjula Que Late/ The beating compass
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La BrĂșjula Que Late/ The beating compass

Ladies and gents, let’s talk tonight a little bit about Dr Adi Lazos, a Mexican dear friend of mine. Adi earned a BSc. in Crop Science from ITESM Campus QuerĂ©taro and later on pursued an Erasmus Mundus International Master in Rural Development where she studied in CĂłrdoba University (Spain), Pisa University (Italy) and Humboldt University (Germany). Adi who…

Arts as a common language – a workshop with Saleh al Shukairi
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Arts as a common language – a workshop with Saleh al Shukairi

ZEF was our venue, an international intercultural hub in Bonn. The German Omani Association, Arabia Felix GmbH and the Embassy of Oman were our main donors, IHV Bonn were our partners, Saleh al Shukairi was our guest and the language we had in common was ARTS. My friend Hind and I thought of turning our…

Will bugs save our life: A conference on the importance of edible insects in East Africa
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Will bugs save our life: A conference on the importance of edible insects in East Africa

Sunday, late at night, Marwa finally returned to her Kenyan home after a wonderful experience in Berlin. Monday morning and just few hours later, she got up and exchanged the winter clothes in her suitcase with summer ones. She was exhausted, yet excited, sleepy but rather spent the night sleepless. As she walked out of…

“Science and policy advice are closely interlinked.” About fishery, the impact of Fukushima and changing consumption and lifestyle patterns in Japan
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“Science and policy advice are closely interlinked.” About fishery, the impact of Fukushima and changing consumption and lifestyle patterns in Japan

Interview with Professor Nobuyuki Yagi, who is Associate Professor of Resource Economics and Marine Policy at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Before joining the University of Tokyo in 2008, he had worked for the Fisheries Agency of the Government of Japan. From 1999 to 2002 he was First Secretary at…