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Conference – Bonn September 2024
Our Conference Sustainable Solutions, Shared Futures: Development Research for the 21st Century
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25 Years of ZEF and its International Doctoral Program
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an institute of the University of Bonn, Germany. It started its research activities in 1997. ZEF’s researchers aim to find science-based solutions to promote sustainable development and planetary health.
ZEF’s research divisions and groups conduct inter- and trans-disciplinary research in, for and with emerging economies and on global issues with its collaborating research partners around the world. ZEF is guided by an International Advisory Board.
ZEF educates doctoral students from all over the world in its Doctoral Studies Program. More than 450 students from 79 countries have participated in the BIGS-DR program at ZEF so far.
Alumni Gallery
- Juggling academic disciplines: Rabia Chaudhry“Effective and implementable research needs to be interdisciplinary in nature”. Fact sheet Rabia Chaudhry comes from PakistanPhD at ZEF: 2014 – 2019PhD topic: An army with a… Read more: Juggling academic disciplines: Rabia Chaudhry
- Pioneering water resources research in Afghanistan: Fazlullah Akhtar“I was the first Afghan doctoral graduate at ZEF”. Fact sheet Fazlullah Akhtar comes from AfghanistanPhD at ZEF: 2013-2017PhD topic: Water Availability and Demand Analysis in the… Read more: Pioneering water resources research in Afghanistan: Fazlullah Akhtar
- Very first batch (1999): Shyamal Chowdhury“I am proud of the contributions I have been making to research and concrete policies” Fact sheet Q&A with Shyamal What was your motivation for conducting your… Read more: Very first batch (1999): Shyamal Chowdhury
- On the fast lane: Hart Nadav Feuer“ZEF has truly set me up for an interdisciplinary research career and expanded my networks” Fact sheet Q&A with Hart How has the topic of your doctoral… Read more: On the fast lane: Hart Nadav Feuer
- Entomologist by passion: Marwa Shumo“I hope that more women, especially from the Global South, will be able to follow their passion”. Fact sheet Prizes and Awards Q&A with Marwa What was… Read more: Entomologist by passion: Marwa Shumo
- Lady in REDD: Tanja Osejo CarrilloTanja Osejo Carrillo finished her PhD at ZEF in 2015 in the field of forest economics. After graduation she joined the World Food Programme, where she is… Read more: Lady in REDD: Tanja Osejo Carrillo