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- The Falling Walls Experience
Here I am, for the third time in a year in a city I adore very much… BERLIN 😀 Since 2010,I have visited Berlin at least once a year, and… - 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… - Back in Nairobi 😀
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… - Summary: An Uneducation in the Release of the UnexpectedTalk 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…
- La Brújula 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 Querétaro and later… - 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… - Take life one cup at a time 🙂
After some 9 months spent mostly in Nairobi, Marwa was running out of batteries. It was difficult for her to sit on a chair and focus on her research while… - 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… - Cherry blossoms in Tokyo
The weather was cold in Japan. It was rainy most of the days. However, we were lucky enough to see some cherry trees blossoming. Their magical pinky colour attracts people… - “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… - Interview with professor Miyazawa
Interview with Professor Kae Miyazawa, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo Ms. Miyazawa, could you tell us something about your… - Welcome to TokyoStanding over there waiting for the Skyliner which is similar to the ICE in Germany I would say, the guy who welcomed us at the airport remarks that Tokyo is…
- It is official now: IPADS and ZEF on the move!
The cooperation on paper becomes real. With the recent signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Tokyo and the University of Bonn on the one hand and… - Harmonizing Human Needs and Nature
I did mention previously on this blog that I have a thing for Berlin and that Berlin has some mutual feelings towards me. Well, Berlin’s call came a bit early… - No pain…No gain :’-(
Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. (Author unknown) January 2016 was by far the month of… - L’Accord de Paris
Watching live the concluding moment of the COP 21 in Paris was quite an emotional instant. The president of the COP Laurent Fabius was struggling to hold on to his…