🎓 Congrats to Chrispinus Mutsami on defending his PhD! Key findings: Off-farm work = major rural income 💰 Women’s participation boosts diet quality 🍎🥦 Gender-sensitive policies are essential ⚖️ 📚More: www.zef.de/news/off-far... #PhD #RuralDevelopment #Gender #Nutrition #OffFarmEmployment

🌊 ZEF Public Lecture – 26 Feb, 13:30 CET From WICCI-WRC in India to Women of Wadden 🧑‍🔬 Speaker: Dr. Mansee Bal Bhargava 📍 Bonn / 💻 Zoom: lnkd.in/dSDKR8qz ☕ Coffee & cookies served! #WomenInScience #Leadership #WaddenSea #ZEFBonn

🌍 New publication in Land Use Policy! ZEF Senior Rresearcher Friederike Schilling analyzes funding models for smallholder carbon farming in Kenya — and how finance shapes viability & farmer inclusion. Open access: lnkd.in/eGhCjvjF #CarbonFarming #SoilHealth

We’re proud to congratulate Valentine O., Junior Researcher with ZEF’s Cultural and Political Change (ZEF CPC) research group, on successfully defending her doctoral thesis 👏 See more: lnkd.in/e5uMeEz2

🌾 Sind volle Supermarktregale wirklich selbstverständlich? Krisen & Klimawandel machen Ernährungssicherheit zur Schlüsselfrage. Agrarökonom Matin Qaim sieht Chancen in Innovation & vielfältigeren Kulturen. 👉 Heute investieren, um morgen vorbereitet zu sein. 🔗 lnkd.in/e6ew6qgq

🌳 SAVE THE DATE: Feb 5, 13:30 CET Join Dr. Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola at ZEF or online as she explores deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon, its drivers, impacts & resilience strategies. Students & researchers welcome! 🌱 More info: lnkd.in/eU-Mdvtm

🎓 “The choice is not whether to build roads in Sub-Saharan Africa, but where and how.” Congratulations to Philipo Jacob Mtweve on successfully defending his PhD! Read more on the ZEF Website: bit.ly/3YPPgbn

🥗💸 Wenn Essen teurer wird, werden Kinder dicker – paradoxer Effekt von Preisschocks! 🔹 Nährstoffmangel trotz Kalorien 🔹 Langfristiges Wachstum & Übergewicht betroffen 🔹 Krisen wirken Jahre nach 📊 Hier mehr lesen: bit.ly/4r6IZUZ #Ernährung #Kinder #Forschung

📢 We’re hiring! PR & Communications Support @ ZEF Bonn Interested in PR, communications, visual content & social media? Join an international research environment at the University of Bonn. 🕒 Up to 19 hrs/week 📅 Apply by Feb 9, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/PR_Support_vacancy

🌍 ZEF Public Lecture | Jan 29, 2026 | 13:30 CET How can shared heritage foster peace? 🎤 Dr. Summar Iqbal Babar on the Kartarpur Corridor & India–Pakistan diplomacy 📍 Hybrid | ZEF Bonn & Online 🔗 bit.ly/ZEF_PL_Jan29 #ZEF #Peacebuilding #Diplomacy

New open-access research shows that inconsistencies in SOC measurements (NIR scanners + lab analyses) can strongly distort carbon stock change estimates—especially for smallholder carbon farming schemes. 📄 bit.ly/3NtDvVz #CarbonMarkets #SoilCarbon #Smallholders

🌱🍽️ Your food is changing—and not for the better. Rising CO₂ is stripping nutrients from wheat, rice & potatoes, fueling a global “hidden hunger.” Watch top experts discuss the future of food, health & climate. 📺 Panel with: Matin Qaim, Dr. Sumantra Ray & Lewis Ziska 👉https://bit.ly/3Z8lrTu

🔬 New open-access report in Molecular Oncology explores how P4 cancer medicine can drive innovation in prevention, care & equity worldwide. Global perspectives from Ringborg, von Braun et al. 👉 bit.ly/49bfA5V #CancerResearch #Oncology #GlobalHealth

🌍 New research on rural labor in Africa Most rural workers are self-employed, few hold wage jobs, and many earn below the minimum wage. Job quality varies strongly across sectors. 📄 Read the paper to learn why job quality matters: bit.ly/495XYIw

As the year comes to a close, we thank our partners for their continued support. ✨ Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Wishing you a joyful and successful year ahead. 🥂 Please note: ZEF PR Office is closed Dec 19–Jan 4. We’ll respond upon return.

🌍🌱 Global pest management transformation could deliver major environment & health benefits, with mixed economic effects and higher gains in low-income regions. A key lever for sustainable food systems. 👉 bit.ly/48EJVJQ

🤗 Don't miss out on today's Public Lecture at ZEF, Bonn or via Zoom! Link: bit.ly/ZEF_PL_Dec11 More Details: bit.ly/PL_More_Info

At ZEF – Univ. of Bonn, the Right Livelihood College Workshop 2025 (2-3 Dec) united young researchers & global experts on #Sustainability, #Biodiversity, #ClimateResilience & #EnvironmentalJustice. 🌱🌳⚖️💧 For more info 👉 bit.ly/4iFGvd0

🌱 ZEF Public Lecture – Dec 11, 13:30 CET Join Dr. Angelo Neira as he explores how rethinking our relationship with soil can lead to more just & sustainable futures. 📍 ZEF Bonn (Hybrid) ☕ Coffee & cookies after! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4atDcn2

🌱 ZEF Public Lecture – Dec 11, 13:30 CET Join Dr. Angelo Neira as he explores how rethinking our relationship with soil can lead to more just & sustainable futures. 📍 ZEF Bonn (Hybrid) ☕ Coffee & cookies after! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4atDcn2

🏙️ PUBLIC LECTURE1 Housing Crisis in Latin America Nov 27 | 13:30 CET | at ZEF Bonn, Conference Room + Hybrid Insights from Prof. Eva Youkhana’s research in Buenos Aires. ☕ Coffee & cookies after! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/PL_Nov27

Behind every industrial farm lies a world of unequal relations: animals bred for yield, workers under pressure, ecosystems pushed to collapse. Alexander Rothenberg’s chapter in Ecological Interdependencies reveals these asymmetrical ties. 🌱🔍 Read here: bit.ly/Asymmetrical_Dependencies

Africa’s cities are reshaping how people access and choose food. Urbanization improves access to diverse diets — but also drives demand for cheap, ultra-processed foods. New paper explores challenges & policy options 👉https://bit.ly/47Y0DDm #FoodSystems #Nutrition

📢 ZEF Public Lecture | Nov 6, 13:30 CET Join us at ZEF Bonn for an in-person talk by Prof. Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on how to make evidence truly matter in policymaking. ☕ Coffee, tea & lively discussion to follow! #ZEFBonn #PublicLecture #EvidenceBasedPolicy #OxfordUniversity

🌿 ZEF Public Lecture | Oct 30, 13:30 CET “Lessons from Grassroots Civil Society Action in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Indian Sundarbans” by Prof. Dr. Farhat Naz (IIT Jodhpur / TH Köln) 📍 ZEF, Bonn Join us for insights on climate resilience, local action & social inclusivity.

+ New Research + Medicinal plants show how closely human health and biodiversity are intertwined🌿 A Social Ecology perspective shows community gardening, sustainable collection & shared knowledge as pathways to well-being and conservation. Read more 👉 bit.ly/47a3Lfb

++ New Study++ 🌾👶 1 in 4 children in rural #BurkinaFaso have malaria — nearly 9 in 10 are anaemic. 🥑 Diets rich in fat & vitamin A may help reduce malaria risk. Healthy nutrition = stronger immunity. Read here: bit.ly/4npu8CF

Can faith move water? Join us for the ZEF Public Lecture 🗓️ Oct 16, 2025 | 13:30–14:30 📍 ZEF Conference Room | Hybrid 👤 Prof. Anthony Amoah (UESD, Ghana) Learn how faith-based collaboration boosts bill payment & water conservation in Ghana 🇬🇭 Join here: bit.ly/Zoom_PL_16Oct

📢 Deportaciones masivas y estado de excepción 🇩🇴 People of Haitian descent face arbitrary detentions, raids, and violence under Abinader’s presidency (2021–2025). Cover photo by Micely Díaz Espaillat 📸 Read the full report: bit.ly/3KDVs2g ✊💡

Reflecting on yesterday’s lecture by Dr. Namukolo Covic @ ZEF: Africa’s nutrition goals are still far from reach. Food environments, markets, and consumer behavior need transformation—and it starts with end-to-end approaches and bold, transformative leadership 🌍

🚨 Afghanistan’s natural water storage is vanishing. Snowpacks, glaciers & groundwater are shrinking fast. 📉 Snow cover dropped from 16.1% → 10.6% in 6 years 🌊 Groundwater is nearing unsustainable levels 🍽️ 9.5M face food insecurity 🔗 bit.ly/ZEF_News51_Afghanistan

🚨 New issue of ZEF News No. 51 is out! 🚨 "Entangled Lives: Climate, Gender & Place" dives into how climate change deepens social inequalities. 📘 Read more: bit.ly/ZEFnews_No_51_ #ClimateJustice #GenderEquality #FoodSystems #UrbanResilience #GlobalSouth

🌍 Ernährungssicherheit in Gefahr: Kriege, Spekulation & Verschwendung treiben Preise hoch – viele im Globalen Süden hungern. Wie stoppen wir das? 🎙️Neue Podcast-Folge mit Welthungerhilfe, Matin Qaim & mehr. 🎧 bit.ly/47GKYcb - jetzt hören!

Wrapped up Summer School on Digital Innovation in Nutritional Epidemiology at @UniBonn! 🌍 25 PhD students, 5 days of insights, collaboration & digital solutions for global nutrition. Thanks to TRA, BIGS-DR & Dr. Rainer Wild Foundation! 🔗 More info: bit.ly/3I08p5y

💡 Insights from today’s ZEF Public Lecture by Dr. Gabriel Kallah-Dagadu on optimizing sustainable diets for Ghanaian populations using RODAM study data. Plant-forward, culturally tailored and climate-smart. 🔗 bit.ly/45OUkQk #ZEF #SustainableDiets #RODAMStudy

📢 Save the Date! Public Lecture @ ZEF 🌍 🗓️ Aug 27, 2025 | 09:00 CEST 👤 Dr. Gabriel Kallah-Dagadu (Univ. of Ghana) 🗣️ Sustainable diets through optimization modelling Focus: Ghanaian diets, health & climate. 🔗 bit.ly/478QDra

🌍 New Article: "Negotiating Green Urbanism" How do global greening agendas play out in Nairobi's informal settlements? 🔹 State-led greening deepens inequality 🔹 Grassroots actors reclaim space through care & resistance 🔹 Urban sustainability is local, political & contested 📖Read: bit.ly/4fMBopV

New Research 📊🌍 Afghanistan faces worsening droughts (1974–2023). Our study using SPI & SPEI reveals: 🔹 More severe, frequent, prolonged droughts 🔹 Regional hotspots 🔹 Climate drivers: temp, evapotranspiration Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Jn8zEn #ClimateChange #Drought

🧠 „Wissenschaft nimmt ihren Ausgangspunkt im sich-Wundern“ – J. von Braun Was trennt Wissenschaft von Pseudowissenschaft? Wie passt Glaube dazu? Ein lesenswertes Interview mit dem Präsidenten der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 🔗 bit.ly/46XjLBw

New Article: "Governing the Ungovernable" Sarkar & Sarkar (2025) analyze groundwater governance in India since the 1970s. Keywords: – Fragmented regulation – Weak implementation – Demand-side reform needed 🔗 bit.ly/4oGCc3J #WaterPolicy #Groundwater #India

📢 New article: "Deep learning-based extraction of Kenya’s historical road network from topographic maps" A deep learning approach applied to 500+ maps (1950s–1980s) yields 56,000+ km of digitized roads. Avg. F1 score: 0.84. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/46WJf1S

++ New study ++ How does electrification reshape labor in rural Ethiopia? 🔌 Findings: ✔️ More off-farm work for women ✔️ Less unpaid/farm work for adults ✔️ Girls fetch less water, boys do more farm work 📄 bit.ly/4mcBZnl

🌿 New Blog Post by Nicolas Lara-Rodriguez (ZEF)! Can rural communities lead conservation & sustainability? In Colombia’s Peasant Reserve Zones, they already are. Peasants in Venecia are protecting forests & transitioning to agroecology. 📖 Read more: blog.zef.de?p=9305

🌿 Kenya’s sacred Kaya forests face threats despite UNESCO status. Community-led conservation and sustainable livelihoods are key. 📖 Read more: blog.zef.de/?p=9284 #Conservation #Kenya #CulturalHeritage

🎙️ New Interview! We spoke with Dr. Muthio Nzau about her research on sacred landscapes in Coastal Kenya and her stay in Bonn. Her work is part of a project on UNESCO World Heritage sites as living cultural landscapes in Kenya & Ethiopia. 👉 bit.ly/Interview_MuthioNzau

🎙️ New Interview! Dr. Eric M. Kioko (Kenyatta University) shares insights on cultural heritage as a living, evolving practice. 🌍 Joint project with Dilla University, hosted at ZEF & funded by Volkswagen Foundation. 📺 Watch: bit.ly/Interview_EricMKioko 🔗 Info: bit.ly/UNESCO_Heritage_Project

🌍 Ernteausfälle, steigende Risiken: Obstbauer Roland Schmitz-Hübsch und Agrarökonom Matin Qaim im Handelsblatt Podcast über Ernährung und Klimawandel. 🎧 Jetzt hören: bit.ly/41fqliY #Klimawandel #Ernährung #Landwirtschaft

🚨 New Research Alert Can low-carb diets improve blood sugar control in high-risk groups? 🧪 A study of ~5,900 Ghanaian adults (RODAM) explored links between low-carb diets, HbA1c & diabetes complications. 📉 Surprising results! 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3UF6F4m

🌱 Negotiating green urbanism by Valentine Opanga What does sustainability look like in Nairobi’s informal settlements? From urban farming to resistance, Korogocho & Pumwani-Majengo offer a powerful rethinking💪🏾🌍 🔗 Read: bit.ly/4l9O2At #GreenUrbanism #UrbanJustice

🌿 Agroecology in Africa: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal & Uganda Study shows strong NGO-led efforts with clear environmental gains—but barriers like weak policy support, funding gaps & limited local ownership remain. 👉 bit.ly/ZEFWP_247