ZEF celebrates 10th anniversary with conference on “Global Change and Human Development: Research and Action”

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, a two-day international conference on „Global Change and Human Development: Research and Action” is taking place at ZEF and in the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn on October 4-5. At the opening sessions on October 4 around 150 people attended the event. The rector of Bonn University and the mayor of Bonn as well as representatives of the Land NRW, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) praised in their welcome addresses ZEF’s role in interdisciplinary research, as a capacity building institution and its profile as an international player.

ZEF is especially proud of its alumni. Around 375 students from all over the world have participated in the Bonn International Graduate School on Development which started in 1999. Around 30 former students from 18 countries came to Bonn to meet old and new colleagues, and to support the up-and-coming generation of ZEF students by sharing their experiences and ideas. Moreover, the alumni delegation visited the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on October 4, a major donor of the Graduate School.

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