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ZEF-Researchers report about their work and experiences in and off the field
  • When nature is no longer sacred: the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya forests of KenyaJanuary 29, 2025
    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 into the sacred…
  • UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh: Bolstering Land Actions for Climate, People, and NatureJanuary 21, 2025
    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…
  • Boy at Malecon Ciudad Bolivar enjoying the amazining view
    Beyond the Skyline: Collective Memory in Bogotá’s Largest Self-Constructed SettlementJanuary 10, 2025
    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…
  • Combating Gender-Based Violence in rural Northern Ghana: Critical Insights into Pathways for ChangeDecember 13, 2024
    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…
  • Smoggy view of Cairo's pyramids
    Impressions and change of perspective: The 12th World Urban Forum in CairoNovember 15, 2024
    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…
  • Immersive learning: Engaging with the realities of Nairobi’s informal settlement KorogochoAugust 21, 2024
    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…
  • Living landscapes as cultural heritage in East Africa: preserving the past and building sustainable futuresAugust 20, 2024
    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…
  • Exploring Global South-South ConnectionsJuly 29, 2024
    ZEF’s Doctoral Studies Support Program ran a second edition of its Traveling School at the National University of Colombia’s La Paz Campus. ZEF’s German-Colombian Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) and…
  • Tackling South America’s environmental challenges by strengthening international academic cooperationApril 5, 2024
    A delegation of the bilateral ZEF-led project Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) paid a visit to their partners in Argentina from March 18-25, 2024. DSSP is based at ZEF and…
  • Blue Health for all!? One Health Day 2023 at ZEFNovember 22, 2023
    On November 2, 2023 the One Health and Urban Transformation Graduate School at ZEF organized a (hybrid) One Health Research Symposium in commemoration of the annual World  One Health Day…
  • Activists and academics for women’s land rights. Part 2October 25, 2023
    The land she grows: from land access to changing practices for more gender justice. This is the second part about the event Women’s Land Rights and Gender Transformative Practices organized…
  • A would-be match made in heaven: Activists and academics for women’s land rights. Part 1October 13, 2023
    The ZEF-Gender Group and the Feminist Land Platform As scholars, we often become part of activist movements within the realms of high-level education. This can be through, for example, writing…
  • German-Latin-American summer (school) part 3July 31, 2023
    Part 3: Berlin excursion: Museum stop (July 21) Five doctoral researchers from the Doctoral Studies Support Program reflect on their 2023 Summer School in Germany (June-July 2023) organized by ZEF….
  • German-Latin-American summer (school) part 2July 31, 2023
    Part 2: Berlin excursion. Berlin stops 1-4 Five doctoral researchers from the Doctoral Studies Support Program reflect on their 2023 Summer School in Germany (June-July 2023) organized by ZEF. Impressions,…
  • German-Latin-American summer (school) part 1July 31, 2023
    Part 1: Impressions from our stay in Bonn Five doctoral researchers from the Doctoral Studies Support Program reflect on their 2023 Summer School in Germany (June-July 2023) organized by ZEF….
  • Japan-BLOG. What we take with us and will remain from Mashike (Day 5-6)June 26, 2023
    BLOG 5-6. June 23-24, 2023. Returning to and wrapping up in Tokyo. The faculty and students of ZEF (University of Bonn), IPADS and GSSP-GLI (both institutes are part of the…
  • Japan-BLOG. Experiencing the values of Omotenachi (hospitality) and Kyoryoku (cooperation) (Day 4)June 22, 2023
    BLOG 4. June 22, 2023. Visiting some of Hokkaido’s cultural heritage sites. Our stay in Mashike on the Isle of Hokkaido comes to an end after two days of intensive…
  • Japan-BLOG: Can water be too clean? (Day 3)June 21, 2023
    BLOG 3. June 21, 2023. Exploring seaweed-bed restauration sites in Mashike city, isle of Hokkaido. On the third day of our excursion, together with a group of IPADS students, we…
  • Japan-BLOG: From Big Fish to Small Fish (Day 2)June 20, 2023
    BLOG 2: June 20, 2023. Traveling by plane from Tokyo to Sapporo on the isle of Hokkaido (1,140 km). Continuing by bus, with a stop in Ishikari (visit to windpark)…
  • Japan-BLOG: Exploring Seaweed Bed Depletion and Sustainable Common Pool Resource Management (Day 1)June 19, 2023
    BLOG 1: June 19, 2023. Tokyo. The Power of Community and Collaboration ZEF researchers blog about their research excursion to Japan (June 17-25, 2023). Find general info and excursion’s program…
  • Bridging the Gap: Gender and the environment – World Environment DayJune 19, 2023
    This week, June 5, was World Environment Day. It was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 and it has grown to be the largest global platform…
  • Illegal arson and civil resistance in Rosario, ArgentinaJune 19, 2023
    By Eva Youkhana and Francisco Preiti* Rosario, February 2023. We return from Cordoba, the second largest city in the center of Argentina where we paid a visit to one of…
  • World Environment Day: Bridging the Gap between Gender and the EnvironmentJune 9, 2023
    This week, June 5, was World Environment Day. It was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 and has grown to be the largest global platform for…
  • Biodiversity and Gender: how their bonds were strengthened in the UN Convention on BiodiversityJanuary 30, 2023
    This blog post was written by ZEF senior research Isimemen Osemwegie*, who attended the Global Biodiversity Summit in Montreal in December 2022. Osemwegie is an expert on climate change and…
  • A One Health momentum in the midst of Accra’s rapid urbanizationOctober 6, 2022
    This blog post was written by Abraham Kidane, Public Health Veterinarian and Jaqueline Hildebrandt, Public Health Scientist. Both researchers belong to the One Health & Urban Transformation Graduate School at…
  • Doctoral researchers look into conservation of coastal ecosystems in Germany’s northSeptember 6, 2022
    PART 2 As part of the partnership-program between ZEF and the International Program in Agricultural Development Studies (IPADS) of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo,…
  • Doctoral researchers look into conservation of coastal ecosystems in Germany’s northSeptember 6, 2022
    PART 1 As part of the partnership-program between ZEF and the International Program in Agricultural Development Studies (IPADS) of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University…
  • The Role of Land in Sustainable Development: Observing Science Policy at the UN Land ConferenceJuly 2, 2022
    Sara Velander is a junior researcher with the LANUSYNCON project at ZEF. In this blog post she shares her experiences and insights from her research trip to the 15th Conference…
  • The Importance of Knowledge Platforms for Sustainable CitiesJune 22, 2022
    Reflections and impressions from the ICLEI World Conference in Malmö, Sweden, in May 2022. By Niklas Wagner, junior researcher at the One Health and Urban Transformation Graduate School of ZEF/…
  • Could the Ukrainian war spark another revolution in Egypt?March 21, 2022
    Blog post by Ahmed Abdalla, a doctoral researcher at ZEF and the Right Livelihood Campus Bonn. Egypt is the third most populated country in Africa, with a current population of…
  • Man or machine? How the rental market for farm machines can boost agricultural production in BangladeshMarch 9, 2022
    By Fuad Hassan* Trends of agricultural mechanization have taken on a new significance in developing countries in recent years. These trends have been triggered by the shrinking availability of hired…
  • Warum ländliche Entwicklung nicht möglich ist, solange geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt überall auf der Welt existiertMarch 8, 2022
    Blog von Tina Beuchelt, Dennis Aviles und Emily Brown* Trotz jahrzehntelanger Kampagnen und Maßnahmen gegen geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt, die von feministischen Gruppen und Bewegungen auf der ganzen Welt geführt werden, ist…
  • Why rural development cannot happen whilst Gender-based violence remains endemic across the worldMarch 7, 2022
    Written by Tina Beuchelt, Dennis Aviles, and Emily Brown* Despite decades of campaigns and action against Gender-based violence by feminist groups and movements worldwide, women and girls’ experiences of domestic,…
  • CSDAC students in Niger receive funding for training 17 Nigerien women in advocacy and digital campaigning for the 17 SDGsFebruary 22, 2022
    In December 2021, the students of the Climate and Sustainable Development Actions Club (CSDAC) were awarded another grant by Plan International West and Central Africa. The new project plans to build human…

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