“My doctoral education at ZEF provided me with an international profile and sharpened my analytical abilities in development issues”. Before she embarked on her PhD research at ZEF, Dennis Avilés Irahola worked for international development organizations. After obtaining her doctoral degree (2005) she worked as a consultant and advisor on local participation and gender inclusion…
“When it comes to promoting internationalization, the ZEF-led West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) has been at the forefront in Ghana’s universities”. Though Emmanuel K. Derbile completed his PhD at ZEF in 2010, he finds that even today his research findings remain relevant. His PhD research looked into how people in Northern Ghana…
“My best memory of ZEF is the day I defended my PhD thesis and graduated in 2012. It was a very special and rewarding moment for me, as I had worked hard and overcome many challenges to complete my research and dissertation”. Asghar did his PhD at ZEF on the ‘Vulnerability to socio-political and climate…