Upcoming events
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27
Mar
2025
External event: Digital development dialogue
Topic: From Promise to Practice: Global Carbon Markets
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02
Apr
2025
PLURIVERSUM
Multi-Media Event with International Guest Speaker Marilyn Machado Mosquera, Colombian Activist, Coming to Bonn!
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10
Sep
2025
Tropentag 2025 in Bonn, September 10-12, 2025
Reconciling land system changes with planetary health Call for Papers / Deadline for submitting abstracts: May 3, 2025
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27
Mar
2025
ZEF Public Lecture on A Measure and Method for Assessing the Systemic Health of Cities and Human Settlements
Speaker: Dr Franz Gatzweiler (ZEF Senior Fellow)
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03
Apr
2025
Spark and Ignite the African Innovation Revolution (AIR) with Digital Technology in the 4th Industrial Revolution to Unite Africa with Sustainable, Transformative and Inclusive Development
ZEF public lecture with Professor Mammo Muchie, University of Gondar, Ethiopia & Adjunct Senior Research Professor at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa & Founding Chief Editor of African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID)
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ZEF background and mission
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an institute of the University of Bonn, Germany. It started its research activities in 1997. ZEF researchers aim to find science-based solutions to promote sustainable development and planetary health. ZEF’s research divisions and groups conduct inter- and trans-disciplinary research in, for and with emerging economies and on global issues with its collaborating research partners around the world. ZEF educates and trains international doctoral students in its Doctoral Studies Program. ZEF is guided by an International Advisory Board.
