Mekuria Argaw is a ZEF-alumnus (graduation 2005) and Executive Director of the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Importance of Institutions like ZEF in the Global South Institutions like ZEF are crucial for the Global South, focusing on both research and education. Their approach involves partnering with and…
Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst is Head of the Division for International Nature Conservation at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) in Bonn. Common ground: Biodiversity The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), ZEF and their Ethiopian partners have worked closely together to facilitate the establishment of UNESCO biosphere reserves for the conservation…
Adamou Rabani is Rector of the Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, Niger and Coordinator of the WASCAL Studies Programs ‘Climate change and Energy’ and ‘Photovoltaic and System Analysis for Green Hydrogen Technologies’ ZEF’s cooperation with Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey in Niger Partnerships with internationally and interdisciplinary oriented institute such as ZEF are very important…
Tomás León Sicard is a Professor at the National University of Colombia (UNAL) and project leader of DSSP for the Colombian partners ZEF and the National University of Colombia (UNAL): A high-performing cooperation We have benefited from this arrangement in many ways. First of all, we have improved our capacity in many areas. Not only…
Constance Awinpoka Akurugu is Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Policy and Governance, SDD University of Business and Integrated Development Studies in Wa, Ghana The importance of Global South-North cooperation Collaborations between research institutions and higher education in the Global South and North offer invaluable…
Thuita Thenya is ZEF-alumnus and Director of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya Overcoming challenges for young researchers in the Global South ZEF’s focus on the Global South and its interdisciplinary education and training approach represents a valuable and important contribution to the field. It plays a pivotal…
Swati Banerjee is a Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Coordinator of the Right Livelihood College (RLC) Campus Mumbai ZEF and Right Livelihood: A global network This kind of cooperation is indeed important for the convergence of plural knowledge in the Global South and the Global North, as well as for…
Abiyot Legesse Kura is Dilla University’s Principle Investigator of the ZEF-collaboration project Local Dynamics and Integration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value: Evidence from Cultural Landscapes in Ethiopia and Kenya Why ZEF’s Global South focus is important Institutions such as ZEF, which focus on research, education and training with, for and in…