“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 country: How the Pakistan military imposes hegemony via the infrastructure and welfare sectorsPhD funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)Supervisors: Professor Solvay Gerke and PD Dr. Eva YoukhanaCurrent…
“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 Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, 2017)PhD funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)Supervisor: Professor Janos BogardiCurrent position: Senior Researcher at ZEF Q& A…
“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 doctoral research at ZEF? Different factors played a role in making the decision in favor of ZEF. My interest was sparked by several research areas that ZEF was…
“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 research evolved in your opinion? Since I began as a researcher at the cross-section of agriculture and culinary studies, the field of “Food Studies” has blossomed worldwide. While…
“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 your motivation for conducting your doctoral research at ZEF? I was looking for a PhD program that would not limit me to a lab but would take me…
“Kampf der Kulturen und/oder Weltethos” was the first peer-reviewed journal article (1997). It was written by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Ihne, who has been the managing director of the International Science Forum Bonn from 1996-2004. The Science Forum comprised Bonn University’s two Centers ZEF and ZEI (European Integration Research) and was dissolved in 2004. From 2004-2008,…
“Probleme der Entwicklungspolitik” (1997) was one of the first books published by a ZEF-based researcher. Its author was ZEF Senior Fellow Prof. Dr. Uwe Holtz in: Bouvier (CICERO- Schriftenreihe, 2), Bonn. Prof. Holtz was a Member of Germany’s Federal Parliament from 1972-1994. In this capacity, he was involved in devising the conceptual framework for ZEF…
Published in 2001 by Ortiz-Monasterio, I.J., G.G.B. Manske and M. van Ginkel. 2001. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Use Efficiency. In: Reynolds, M.P., I.J. Ortiz-Monasterio and A. McNab (eds.): Application of Physiology in Wheat Breeding. Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT. 200-207. Link here. ZEF-researchers have published 1,100 book chapters over the past 25 years.
In their first Annual Report (1998/1999), ZEF’s founding Professors and Directors, Joachim von Braun and Paul Vlek, tell the background story of ZEF’s establishment as an integral academic institution of Bonn University. This Annual Report also includes an outline of ZEF’s first Strategy. You can find ZEF’s latest Strategy Paper (2021-2030) on our Website.
Osvaldo Ryohei Kato published one of the first Doctoral Theses at ZEF. His research on “Fire-free Land Preparation as an Alternative to Slash-and-burn Agriculture in the Bragantina Region, Eastern Amazon: Crop Performance and Nitrogen Dynamics” is still available online. Kato started working with Embrapa in Brazil and continued to work with ZEF, e.g. on one…