Conference – Bonn September 2024
Join our Conference on Sustainable Solutions, Shared Futures: Development Research for the 21st Century in Bonn, Germany, on September 30 – October 2, 2024!
Facts & Figures – ZEF and Doctoral Program
ZEF has acquired and run nearly 100 projects in more than 80 countries funded by more than 40 donors over the past 25 years. Currently we run around 40 projects in 49 countries.
Alumni Gallery
More than 450 students from 79 countries have participated in the BIGS-DR program at ZEF so far. We are happy to feature a selection of our alumni.
25 Years of ZEF Research & Stories
Over the past 25 years, ZEF’s researchers have been conducting inter- and trans-disciplinary research in, for and with emerging economies on global issues with its collaborating research partners around the world.
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
- Lady in REDD: Tanja Osejo Carrillo
Tanja 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 - Very first batch: Roukayatou Zimmermann
Roukayatou Zimmermann was a researcher of ZEF’s first batch of doctoral students (starting 1999, graduating 2004). Read about her impressive career after graduation. Currently she is working… Read more: Very first batch: Roukayatou Zimmermann - Research with real-life impact: Faisal Abbas
Faisal Abbas finished his PhD at ZEF in 2010. He returned to Germany with an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, and, later on, an SDG Fellowship. He has… Read more: Research with real-life impact: Faisal Abbas - Focusing on gender issues: Dennis Avilés Irahola
Dennis Avilés Irahola obtained her doctoral degree at ZEF in 2005. Subsequently, Dennis worked as a consultant and advisor on local participation and gender inclusion in several… Read more: Focusing on gender issues: Dennis Avilés Irahola - Strengthening Africa’s academic capacities: Emmanuel K. Derbile
Emmanuel K. Derbile completed his PhD at ZEF in 2010. But even today, his research findings remain relevant. He discovered that people in Northern Ghana use different… Read more: Strengthening Africa’s academic capacities: Emmanuel K. Derbile - Addressing environmental challenges: Asghar Tahmasebi
Asghar did his PhD at ZEF on ‘Vulnerability to socio-political and climate changes’ (2012). He now works as an Assistant Professor at Kharazmi University in Iran. “My… Read more: Addressing environmental challenges: Asghar Tahmasebi