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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. At ZEF, the five researchers, all based in South America, namely María Camila Montalvo Senior, Diego Quijano, Maria Marcela Lozano, Pablo González and Michael Weidemann, …
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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 University of Tokyo, more info below*) participating in this excursion together represented 17 nationalities. As our excursion in Japan draws to a close, we gathered …
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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 fieldwork. So we want to highlight two aspects that we think have stood out in our short time in Mashike, namely: hospitality (in Japanese: Omotenachi) …
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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 visited two of the three seaweed-bed restauration sites which are run by Prof. Mitsuo Yamamoto and his team from UTokyo in Mashike (Hokkaido). A vital …
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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) and arriving at Mashike. The big fish: Megacity Tokyo As the sun rose, the city of Tokyo was already in motion at 6.15am, with thousands …
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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 on our website here. Visiting Tokyo and ZEF’s research partner, the University of Tokyo After a 13-hour flight from Germany to Japan on Saturday, June …
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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 for environmental outreach. World Environment Day 2022 was dedicated to the theme “Only One Earth”, whereas World Environment Day 2023 focuses on solutions to plastic …
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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 the nine global Right Livelihood Campuses. We also met with Raul Montenegro, an RLC – laureate who won the “Alternative Nobel Prize” (Right Livelihood Award) …
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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 environmental outreach. World Environment Day 2022 was dedicated to the theme “Only One Earth”, whereas World Environment Day 2023 focuses on solutions to plastic pollution …
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The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an interdisciplinary research institute with a focus on research in, with and for the Global South . ZEF runs research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In their blogs our researchers report about their work including projects, conferences, scientific publications, field research, talks and other milestones. Authors …