Research Departments
ZEF A: Department of Political and Cultural Change
Research Projects:
- After the Flood is Before the Flood: Vulnerabilities and Coping Capacities in Flood Affected Communities of Punjab
- Conversion of Knowledge in Post-soviet Agriculture: The Impact of Local Governance on the Knowledge Management of Agricultural Actors in Tajikistan
- Crossroads Asia: Conflict, Migration, Development
- Epistemic Cultures and Innovation Diffusion in post-soviet Southern Caucasus and Central Asia - Pilot Study: Agricultural Knowledge Systems in Georgia and Tajikistan
- Governance and Sustainability in the Straits of Malacca
- Health impact of water access in urban Tibet
- Knowledge Governance
- Local Governance and Fragile Statehood in the Amu Darya Borderlands
- Re-thinking water storage for climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa
- WASCAL - West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
- Water Resources Institutions and Human Health in a Peri-Urban Region in Surat City, India
- WISDOM - Water Related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong
Capacity Development Partnerships:
- Doctoral Programme for Environmental Planning and Biodiversity Conservation at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- International Center for Comparative Water and Development Studies (ICCWaDS)
- Ghanaian-German Center for Development Studies and Health Research - Division of Development Studies (GGDDS)
ZEF B: Department of Economic and Technological Change
Research Projects:
- IFLEA - The Role of Institutions for Forest Resource and Livelihood Management in East African Forest Landscapes
- MARGIP - Marginality Reduction for enhanced Investments for and with the poorest
- WASCAL - West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
ZEF C: Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management
Research Groups and Projects:
- Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land- and Water Use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan)
- Opportunities for climate change mitigation and adaptation through afforestation of degraded lands in Central Asia
- WASCAL - West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
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