Over the past roughly 25 years ZEF’s researchers have aimed to find science-based solutions to promote sustainable development and planetary health. ZEF’s research divisions and groups have conducted inter- and trans-disciplinary research in, for and with emerging economies and on global issues with its collaborating research partners around the world. On this page we share research outcome such as publications and further research-related stories.
- First peer-reviewed journal article published by a ZEF researcher
“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… Read more: First peer-reviewed journal article published by a ZEF researcher - First book published by a ZEF-based researcher
“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… Read more: First book published by a ZEF-based researcher - First book chapter published by a ZEF researcher
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.):… Read more: First book chapter published by a ZEF researcher - First Annual Report
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… Read more: First Annual Report - First ZEF Doctoral Thesis
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… Read more: First ZEF Doctoral Thesis - First ZEF News
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… Read more: First ZEF News - First ZEF Working Paper
Knowledge systems, knowledge transfer, and knowledge hubs were among the first research foci of ZEF’s Department of Political and Cultural Change. - First ZEF Policy Brief
Governance and Conflict is among ZEF’s thematic ‘evergreens’. The regional focus has shifted from mostly regions in Central Asia and Asia to countries in South America over… Read more: First ZEF Policy Brief - First ZEF Discussion Paper
The majority of ZEF’s Discussion Papers have been written by researchers from or affiliated with ZEF’s Department of Economic and Technological Change. - First ZEF Blog
Blogs offer ZEF researchers a science and academic-related space where they can tell their own stories behind their actual research. Our alumna Marwa Shumo was the first… Read more: First ZEF Blog