Past events

  • 2025-11-26T11:00:00+01:00
  • 2025-11-26T12:00:00+01:00
November

26

Wednesday

Nov 26, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions in Conflictive Settings Peace journalism is both an academic discipline and a movement concerned with the media's role in reporting events in conflict-affected areas. This research examines the practice of peace journalism in Lebanon, a country characterized by a diverse media landscape that remains deeply polarized and politicized. The study adopts a qualitative approach, beginning with an exploration of the political economy that shapes Lebanese media. It then offers a comprehensive content analysis of news coverage of Lebanon’s 2022 Parliamentary Elections, examining 857 news items. In addition, the study includes 18 in-depth interviews with television journalists and editors based in Beirut. Through thematic analysis, the study identifies key challenges, opportunities, and solutions for practicing peace journalism in conflict-prone environments.

  • 2025-11-24T14:00:00+01:00
  • 2025-11-24T15:30:00+01:00
November

24

Monday

Nov 24, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM

Online Launch of the publication “The Social Dimension of Nature-based Solutions. Guidance Report” on behalf of ZEF's LAND Team, led by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) often face operational challenges, with their social dimension frequently overlooked – a critical gap that can undermine inclusive, just and effective implementation. Over the past two and a half years (April 2023 – November 2025), the BioClimSocial project has explored this issue in depth. This Guidance Report distils the lessons learnt from research and practice, providing a theoretical framework, overview of existing guidance materials, and practical examples.

  • 2025-11-13T13:30:00+01:00
  • 2025-11-13T14:30:00+01:00
November

13

Thursday

Nov 13, 2025 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM

The political economy of contract farming in Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector Contract farming (CF) has become a key mode of organizing agricultural production in many rural areas of the global south with direct consequences for work and livelihood conditions. CF is a system that involves a substantial restructuring and reorganization of production and labor relations, outsourcing labor costs, production costs, and risks to contract farmers. This paper builds upon and extends the labor regimes framework. It conceptualizes CF as a distinct labor regime characterized by flexibility, fragmentation, and the blurring of capital-labor boundaries. The paper integrates insights from agrarian political economy and global production network analysis to examine how mechanisms of control—contractual discipline, indebtedness, and managerial control—structure the production process. It also explores how these mechanisms interact with the constrained agency of contract farmers.