Cultural and Political Change (CPC)
The scientific team of the group builds on expertise from various disciplines, such as human geography, social anthropology, sociology, political sciences, history, development studies, as well as on law and planning. While research themes and regions vary because they depend on the current composition of researchers and ongoing projects, our empirical work is characterized by interdisciplinary social science research carried out at various scales. We usually focus on the local scale where we use mainly qualitative studies and complement them with quantitative methods.
Our group hosts the head office of the Right Livelihood College.
Current Fields of Research
Environmental Conflicts
ZEF CPC Research Group works on Environmental Peace and Development, i.e. in Colombia in cooperation with the the Institute of Environmental Studies at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
World Heritage vs. Local Realities
The Konso Cultural Landscape in Ethiopia is a UNESCO World Heritage Seite. ZEF-research not only shows how local people adapt to their environment, but also the challenges they face as being part of a World Heritage site.
Urbanization
Housing has increasingly become a commodity and an object of speculation in the real estate market. ZEF CPC research explores the question of why the housing crisis in Latin America is so pronounced and how this relates to the colonial city and the consequential dynamic urbanization.
CPC Staff
- Prof. Dr. Eva Youkhana (eva.youkhana@uni-bonn.de)
- Dr. Asrat Gella (agella@uni-bonn.de)
- Dr. Wolfram Laube (wlaube@uni-bonn.de)
- Christian Petersheim (cpetersheim@uni-bonn.de)
- Dr. Clément Roux (croux@uni-bonn.de)
- Dr. Till Stellmacher (t.stellmacher@uni-bonn.de)
- Dr. Carolina Tobón Ramírez (catora@uni-bonn.de)
- Sakshi Abrol (s.abrol@uni-bonn.de)
- Hiwot Wolde Adebo (s5hiadeb@uni-bonn.de)
- Vanessa Bassil (bassil.vanessa@gmail.com, vbassil@uni-bonn.de)
- Anni Beukes (s5anbeuk@uni-bonn.de)
- Tornike Bubashvili (tornike.bubashvili@uni-bonn.de)
- Daiana Castillo Lopez (s5dacast@uni-bonn.de)
- Wendy Chávez-Páez (lachavez34@yahoo.com)
- Gina María Chinchilla Salcedo (s5gichin@uni-bonn.de)
- Micely Diaz Espaillat (micely.diaz@uni-bonn.de, micelydiazespaillat@gmail.com)
- Karla Yubranny Díaz Parra (karladiaz@uni-bonn.de)
- Emilia Fernengel (emilia.fernengel@uni-bonn.de)
- Sebastian Forneck (sebastian.forneck@gmail.com)
- Michelle Mineli Guanti Lasso (s5miguan@uni-bonn.de)
- Ramsha Hasan (ramsha.hasan@uni-bonn.de)
- Amit Kumar (s5amkuma@uni-bonn.de)
- Patience Mazanhi (patiencemazanhi@uni-bonn.de)
- Gifawosen Markos Mitta (gifawosen.markos@uni-bonn.de or gifawosenm@yahoo.com)
- Elizabeth Mumbi Ndunda (lndunda@gmail.com)
- Francis Xavier Naab (s5frnaab@uni-bonn.de)
- Valentina Nyame (nyame.valentina@uni-bonn.de)
- Genevieve Odamtten (odamtten@uni-bonn.de)
- Diego Perez Ojeda del Arco (dperezo@uni-bonn.de)
- Sebastian Rodriguez Gonzalez (sebastian.rodriguez@uni-bonn.de)
- Juliana Saice Laice (juliana.saica@uni-bonn.de)
- Juan Torres Celi (jtorresceli@uni-bonn.de)
- Gaoli Xiao (g.xiao@uni-bonn.de)
- Stephanye Zarama Alvarado (stephanye.zarama@uni-bonn.de)
- Liwen Zhang (liwen.zhang.cn@gmail.com)
CPC Projects
GGCDS – Ghanaian-German Center for Development Studies
Iakumama 2050: Imagining 'Environmental Peace' through Transdisciplinary Encounters in the Colombian Amazon
Local Dynamics and Integration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value: Evidence from Cultural Landscapes in Ethiopia and Kenya
RLC – Right Livelihood College
WAC-SRT – West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation