Read the latest issue with a focus on "ZEF in the City: Urban Development".

Marwa was invited to talk at SILBERSALZ Conference at the Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences in Halle (Saale) on 17 October 2020.

ZEF alumnus Felix Asante obtained a PhD in Agriculture Economics from the University of Bonn in July 2002. His PhD study was funded by the German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD).

ZEF researcher Lisa Biber-Freudenberger appointed Junior Professor with project on LANd Use SYNergies and CONflicts within the framework of the 2030 Agenda

Palm trees are iconic tropical forest plants. There are over 2,500 palm species and many are used by humans for food, shelter, medicine, and crafts. The proportion of palm trees is also an important factor to calculate the potential carbon storage of forests and their sensitivity to climate change. The Center for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn contributed to a major new study that surveyed the actual numbers of palms in tropical rainforests around the globe.

Research by ZEF senior researcher Dr. Girma Kelboro Mensuro in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Detlef Müller-Mahn/Department of Geography of the University of Bonn.

Research proposal on "Covid-19 epidemic trends and health system needs projections for developing countries" will be funded by TRA6.

ZEF congratulates Professor Rattan Lal on being awarded the 2020 World Food Prize.

Latest publication in Nature Sustainability by ZEF guest researcher Sebastian Sterl et al. shows the potential of renewable energy in West Africa.

Interview with ZEF Alumnus Sonam Tashi.

Read our latest peer-reviewed journal in Wiley Online Library.

Rabia Chaudhry writes about Pakistan's military and its role in the country's development.

Interview with Mekdim Dereje Regassa, a junior researcher from Ethiopia who writes his doctoral thesis at ZEF on “Rural-Urban Linkage and Household’s Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa”.

Jan Janosch Förster writes about the potentials and challenges of commercial the bioplastic production.

Luna Bharati writes about the maintainance of river health through the idea of environmental flows in water management practices.

Sarah Verleysdonk, Navneet Kumar, and Bernhard Tischbein write about ZEF' RARSUS project to strengthen the resilience of urban water supply systems.

Isaac Bonuedi writes about the effects of nutrition knowledge on families of cocoa and coffee farmers.

ZEF Senior Researcher Sarah Nischalke about the ProciNut project's efforts to train farmers in the production of insects.

Interview with the medical geographer Dr. Timo Falkenberg. He is the coordinator of the One Health projet at ZEF.