ZEF Director Prof. Joachim von Braun received on December 12th 2019 the BMZ“One World Medal in Gold” for his research and policy advise in support of ending hunger.
Inclusive and sustainable development is a difficult task in oil dependent countries. Oil dependency is usually accompanied by problems like volatile oil prices, rent seeking and non- or de-industrialization. Recent…
Interview with ZEF doctoral researcher Till Ludwig about his research in India, which focuses on dietary consumption choices as effects of food production, markets and preferences.
Women's power in the Middle East: Syrian women engaging in civil society organizations
ZEF junior researcher Dima Al-Munajed writes about her experiences during her field research in Beirut, Lebanon, on the changing engagement of Syrian refugee women in civil society organizations in host countries such as Lebanon.
ZEF doctoral student Amit Kumar has been conducting field research in the slums of Mumbai for his research on "Marginality at the interface of contemporary development processes in urban India”. His research was funded by DAAD.
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