“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…
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 still working. “I wanted to contribute to strengthening the legal environmental framework in my home country Nicaragua”. Fact sheet Q&A with Tanja What was your motivation for conducting…
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 with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Germany. “The emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration fostered at ZEF has equipped me with the ability to…
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 a permanent position at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, Pakistan. “I learned at ZEF that doing scientific research should aim at having an…
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 countries. She returned to ZEF as a senior researcher in 2019. “My doctoral education at ZEF provided me with an international profile and sharpened my analytical abilities in…
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 knowledge systems to sustain their lives in tough environmental conditions. “When it comes to promoting internationalization, the ZEF-led West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) has been…