“I was the first Afghan doctoral graduate at ZEF”. Prior to his PhD research on water issues in Afghanistan, Fazlullah worked for international agencies such as UN. After graduation (2017) he continued his international career before returning to ZEF as a post-doctoral researcher. Fact sheet Fazlullah Akhtar comes from AfghanistanPhD at ZEF: 2013-2017PhD topic: Water…
“I am proud of the contributions I have been making to research and concrete policies” Shyamal conducted his PhD on Information and Communication Technologies in rural Bangladesh and Peru. After graduation (2003) he worked with IFPRI and the World Bank before moving on to the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is a Full Professor…
“ZEF has truly set me up for an interdisciplinary research career and expanded my networks” Hart Feuer’s research interest in South East Asia has taken him, after graduation in 2012, to Japan, where he is working as an Associate Professor (Kyoto University) now. Fact sheet Q&A with Hart How has the topic of your doctoral…
“I hope that more women, especially from the Global South, will be able to follow their passion”. Marwa’s passion for the entomology, i.e. her PhD research on the Black Soldier Fly has made her a pioneer in insect-based food security issues. After graduation (2019) she has worked for several international research institutes. Fact sheet Prizes…
“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…
The first Lead Article in the first issue of the ZEF News (May 1999) dealt with “Controversial WTO topics”, and was written by ZEF-researchers Ulrike Grote (now a Professor at the University of Hanover) and Susanna Wolf (now a Senior Programme Officer at UN-OHRLLS). Since then, hundreds of ZEF-researchers have made contributions about their topics…