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- Political participation during COVID-19: Local elections in the city of Bonn 2020
By Madiha Hussain, junior researchers at ZEF During the COVID-19 pandemic, political priorities have been shifted immensely in Germany. The situation offers a good opportunity to explore how the post-pandemic… - Twelve months – twelve books. My 2020 reading list on cities
Looking back a bit… The “Waterfront Metropolis Abidjan” project [see project website here] ended in November 2019 after 24 months of intensive research. Thinking about the economic capital of the… - Young Entrepreneurs in Science & online engagements during Corona times 🦅 🦅
Do you know how much am I fond of the Wright brothers ?? So much that I could spend the whole night talking about the endless documentaries, books and articles… - Gender inequalities show and deepen in times of pandemic
Blog post by Dennis Avilés-Irahola, Tina Beuchelt, Christine Schmitt, Sarah Nischalke, Eva Youkhana and Franziska Geiger. The authors are members of the Gender Group at ZEF. One would not have… - Giant gecko: Endangered treasure in the uninhabited Islets of Cape Verde
Blog post by Katelene Delgado*) When you think of the uninhabited Islands of Cape Verde, you probably immediately imagine large sandy beaches, blue sea and sun. However, the Raso and… - Beyond Covid-19: The real pandemic in HondurasPhotos by Jorge Alberto Torres Castillo A couple of weeks ago, I finally landed in my home country, Honduras. I had spent 18 months as a doctoral researcher at ZEF,…
- Is the Right to Food respected in sustainably certified coffee production? A case study from Kenya
Kenyan coffee is world-famous for its good quality. The major coffee-growing regions are located around Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range, where the soil and altitude provide the best conditions… - Infrastructure, droughts, floods, and food security: Field research in Malawi
Setting off to southern Malawi The sun scorched us mercilessly as we got out of the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series. The water that we had just bought from the… - The tassel was worth the hassle: on running the final lap of the PhD marathon
ماضٍ فيَّ حُكمُك عَدْلٌ فيَّ قضاؤُك “I was able to push from within, I had an innate desire to succeed.” Joan Benoit A bit before I was born and on…