Upcoming events
- 13 Feb 2025
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19
Feb
2025
External event on Enduring Exclusion: Barriers to Pension Rights for Older Haitian Sugarcane Workers in the Dominican Republic
Talk by ZEF Junior researcher Micely Díaz Espaillat
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20
Feb
2025
External event: Hybrid WhatsUB Network Event
Empowering Equality: A Workshop for Women Scientists to address Discrimination in Academia
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20
Feb
2025
ZEF Public Lecture on Fighting for a New International Order – The BRICS
Speaker: Prof. John P. Neelsen, Department of Sociology, Tübingen University
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ZEF background and mission
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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.