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- Farewell to a dancing ’17. Hello to a grand ’18
Here, we reach that time of the year, when we somehow slow down from within. Winter didn’t arrive that early this year and we were still experiencing autumn like weather… - IPIFF International Meeting in Brussels
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… - Getting it done! Getting over the PhD blues
There has been a lot of discussions in academia recently about research studies that focused on the mental hygiene of PhD students and the amount of pressure they undergo… - Postcard from Paris/ Rive Gauche: Urban renewal and controversies about the Right to the City in the South
The quarter Rive Gauche (literally: left bank) between the Seine River and the Avenue de France has undergone urban renewal since 1995. One of the objective was to create better… - 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)
This content is password protected. - Contribution to COP 23: Different stakes in environmental activism against coal. Perspectives from Germany and Bangladesh
[aesop_parallax img=”https://blog.zef.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/comp_P1030585.jpg” parallaxbg=”fixed” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”] About 20,000 people demonstrated in Bonn for the so-called Kohleausstieg (stepping away from using coal for energy generation) on 4th November… - Postcard from Yazd in Iran: Knowledge hub on qanats, water reservoirs, wind catchers and cloud seeding
The Iranian oasis town Yazd is known as the capital of wind catchers. Its surrounding province has around 500,000 inhabitants. The ancient city was built in around 3000 BC and… - When Tropentag comes to Bonn
[aesop_quote type=”pull” background=”#282828″ text=”#FFFFFF” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] The Tropentag is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference…. - Berlin Calling (again and again and again)
[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#008040″ text=”#ffffff” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”~Mahatma Gandhi” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] I would like to… - A summer full of new ventures
[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#282828″ text=”#ffffff” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for… - Waterfronts and green spaces in central Cairo – what´s the way forward?
The city of Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of now eight million inhabitants in its inner core, which has witnessed an Europeanising of its urban fabric some 160 years ago… - Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen
Towards the upper most region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, we decided to travel all the way from Bonn to approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Minden and precisely to the… - Swahili doodles workshop
I am somewhere between Bonn & Frankfurt, so many little villages and a beautiful river passing in between..Although,I have been really busy & didn’t have a lot of sleep the… - Beautiful Endings…New Beginings
Two years ago, the idea of spending two years on a field research in Kenya seemed overwhelming. Yes, it seemed like forever and it seemed a bit risky. The 6 months… - My #Sciencehero is Evelyn Cheesman | Falling Walls Fragments
http://www.fallingwallsfragments.com/2016/11/24/my-sciencehero-is-evelyn-cheesman/ - The importance of education in breaking the walls of gender inequality | Falling Walls Fragments
http://www.fallingwallsfragments.com/2017/02/28/the-importance-of-education-in-breaking-the-walls-of-gender-inequality/ - From Cologne to Kenya: Interview with alumna Marwa Shumo
http://www.portal.uni-koeln.de/index.php?id=12395%3F&L=1 - Out and about in Nairobi- An insider’s tour
Here comes my little brother Dr Moath on a short visit from Oman and it’s time to get busy out and about in Nairobi. Although I have been mostly residing… - Farewell to a SWEET 16
Every life but a minute in time, But each of equal importance. Cindy Cheney Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else’s life. Do not be…