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Research Stories
Here you can find blog posts and first hand accounts from our researchers.
Early Career Researcher Autumn Workshop and Retreat in Hellenthal
By Theo Aalders (Project C03 Green Futures) and Jonathan M. Jackson (Project A02 Past Futures). Two days in mid-October saw Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from the CRC and affiliated projects come together at Haus Abrahm ...
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Practical Research Experience, Cross-Cultural Understanding and Lasting Professional Connections: Future Rural Africa Joint Seminar for Students from Kenya and Germany
“Normally, as researchers, when we go into the field, we go with assumptions. But this experience broke that stereotype for me, because we had to restructure our research questions after the first day of fieldwork. ...
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Interview: Future Rural Africa Researcher Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete on Completing University of Cologne & University of Namibia Cotutelle PhD
Future Rural Africa researcher Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete (Project C01 Future in Chains) successfully defended her PhD thesis recently. Her degree was jointly supervised and collaboratively structured by the University of Cologne and University of Namibia ...
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 6: Contested Roles and Expectations
The arrival at Mt. Paka and life among the pastoral community is something that will be explored below. Of course, in retrospect, many experiences appear in a new light when you know the story has ...
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Short Film: The Southern Buffalo Fence
By Wisse van Engelen (Project A04 Future Conservation). Disease transmission is an often overlooked form of human-wildlife conflict, yet animal diseases and veterinary interventions often mediate human-wildlife relations. As part of my PhD project, I ...
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