Center for Development Research

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The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary think tank ( think tank ) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn , founded in 1995 as part of the Bonn-Berlin Compensation with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Founded. The former federal capital Bonn should be strengthened by these and other scientific institutions as an internationally recognized scientific location and as a center of development cooperation. The institute began its research work in 1997. Until 2004, ZEF and the Center for European Integration Research (ZEI) formed the International Science Forum Bonn (IWB). In 2015, it was 86 percent financed by third-party funds. Around 50 scientists work at ZEF and around 150 active doctoral candidates from all over the world are supported here.

Since 2010, the ZEF has achieved a leading role in the top 50 in the "Global Go To Think Tank Index Report of the University of Pennsylvania". In 2014, 2015 and 2016 it was ranked as the third best institution in the "Top Science and Technology Think Tanks" category the Max Planck Institute (Germany) and the Information and Technology Foundation (IITF, USA).

ZEF directors are the German agricultural economist Joachim von Braun , Christian Borgemeister and Solvay Gerke.

Research, advice, training

ZEF is dedicated to interdisciplinary research into political, economic and general development . The institute advises governments, national and international organizations and companies. It trains specialists in development issues.

The research activities take place within the framework of projects that are integrated into three core departments:

Since May 2014 the Secretariat of the Right Livelihood College, which works closely with the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”), has been based at ZEF. Previously the headquarters of the RLC Secretariat was in Penang , Malaysia.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rhein-Sieg-Kreis: Wissenschaftsregion Bonn :: Center for Development Research (ZEF). Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ ZEF About ZEF. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Research expansion in Bonn (new Germany) . ( neue-deutschland.de [accessed on August 16, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Annual Report 2015/2016. Center for Development Research, August 2016, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Center for Development Research - Brief Information 2017. Center for Development Research, January 4, 2017, accessed on August 16, 2017 (English).
  6. ^ ZEF News Single View. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  7. ↑ James G. McGann: 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. University of Pennsylvania, January 3, 2015, accessed August 16, 2017 .
  8. ↑ James G. McGann: 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. University of Pennsylvania, February 9, 2016, accessed August 8, 2017 .
  9. ↑ James G. McGann: 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Repor. University of Pennsylvania, January 26, 2017, accessed August 16, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Think Tank Watch: 2017 Think Tank Rankings - Cheat Sheet. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  11. ^ ZEF Political and Cultural Change. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  12. ^ ZEF Economic and Technological Change. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  13. ^ ZEF Resources Management. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  14. ^ University of Bonn: Right Livelihood College CampusThe Right Livelihood Award. Retrieved August 16, 2017 (American English).
  15. ^ Federal City of Bonn: City of Bonn - Right Livelihood College. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Campuses | The Right Livelihood Award . In: The Right Livelihood Award . September 2, 2016 ( rightlivelihoodaward.org [accessed August 16, 2017]).
  17. ^ ZEF News Single View. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .