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Germany at the Poles: exploring legitimacy

Jacqueline Wingens, Svenja Holste & Charlotte Gehrke (2025)
External Publications

Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP) – Final Presentations

Bonn, 26. May 2025

Our Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP) enhances the competence of master’s graduates aspiring a career in international cooperation for development and sustainability. Participants work in three different teams on an empirically based, policy-oriented research project. In the final presentations, the participants…

Indigenous knowledge for sustainable food security in Turiani Division, Tanzania

Chomboko, Denis / Theobald Theodory / Michael Brüntrup / Venance Shillingi / Saymore Ngonidza Kativu / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2025)
External Publications

Can index insurance alter pastoralists' labor allocation decisions? Evidence from East Africa

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Lukas Kornher (2025)
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Underutilised crops in Europe: an interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices

McClatchie, Meriel / Matterne, Véronique / Rovira Buendia, Núria / ... / Banerjee, Aparajita et al. (2025)
External Publications

Why we need to fight right-wing populism to save our glaciers!

Rodríguez de Francisco, Jean Carlo (2025)
The Current Column, 19. March 2025

Sustainable water management must be central to climate strategies, not just as an environmental necessity but as a safeguard for communities, jobs, and economic stability—issues that resonate across political divides.

Making supply chains sustainable

Special “Making Supply Chains sustainable”: Our Research on supply chains helps to identify opportunities for companies in developing countries.

Local feminist perspectives as transformative levers: women’s health and climate action in India

Sengupta, Sreerupa / Divya Singhal / Ananya Chakraborty (2025)
Discussion Paper 8/2025

Local feminist perspectives from India offer a transformative lens for addressing systemic inequalities in health and climate action, centering on the need for intersectional, community-led and collaborative approaches.

2025

2025 Jump to: Juni 2025 Mai 2025 April 2025 März 2025 Februar 2025 Januar 2025 Juni 2025 No “Nice-to-Have”: European Support to Critical Civil Society and Free Media Jasmin Lorch argues that European support to human rights NGOs, critical civil society and free media is not merely a “nice-to-have“. Instead, it directly serves European interests due to the important information function that these civil society actors perform. Global Policy Journal 25 June 2025 Trumps…

Another setback for multilateral environmental and resource protection

Brüntrup, Michael (2025)
External Publications

Progress in combating desertification has been dealt a blow, with UNCCD negotiating parties failing to reach an agreement last December. The author stresses the importance of addressing the issue of desertification and points to the challenges it is posing particularly for countries in the Global South.

Conceptualizing sustainability and resilience in value chains in times of multiple crises: notes on agri-food chains

Follmann, Alexander / [...] / Michael Brüntrup / [...] / Anna-Katharina Hornidge et al. (2024)
External Publications

60th Course

60th Course Jump to: Previous Research Teams Research teams of the 60th Postgraduate Course Roots and Routes: Knowledge and Career Trajectories of Kenyan and Tanzanian Agriculture Graduates Project Lead: Dr. Michael Brüntrup and Dr. George Mudimu Team: Stefan Andreas Adamson: Urban Governance and Development Anna Holeck: Development Economics Theresa Meyer: Social Sciences: Migration and Integration & European Studies Lena Sgorsaly: Languages, Cultures and…

Real consumer food prices and child mortality: evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Usman, Muhammed A. / Daniel A. Mekonnen / Lukas Kornher / Joachim von Braun (2024)
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Research Colloquium on Triangular Cooperation

Online, 03. December 2024

Triangular cooperation brings together partners across the North-South divide to address development-related concerns and strengthen partnerships. Triangular schemes often consist of multilateral bodies and traditional donors supporting (bilateral) South-South cooperation endeavours and have been said to centre on three sets of roles:…

Risk transformation and societal resilience under extreme events

Bonn, 28. November 2024

The world is witnessing multiple extreme events. Understanding the complex interactions among these events is important in a multi-risk society. Any program or investment that builds a socially cohesive, resilient society should identify possible scenarios and options through a comprehensive multi-risk assessment. The DFG 'Risk…

The hidden costs of coffee production in the Eastern African value chains

Adong, Annet / Lukas Kornher / Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu / Aslihan Arslan (2024)
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Impact du crédit agricole direct de la Banque Nationale de Développement Agricole du Mali: rapport d’étude

Sagbo, N. Sheila / Lacina Traoré / Youssouf Fofana / Michael Brüntrup (2024)
Discussion Paper 15/2024

This study is an impact evaluation of the agricultural credits of BNDA, the largest provider of such services in Mali. It reveals modest positive impacts on many dimensions of farmers' wellbeing, some specifically for women.

Is privatization of resettlement land viable in Zimbabwe? Land tenure policy considerations

Mazwi, Freedom / George Mudimu (2024)
External Publications

EU food price inflation amid global market turbulences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war

Kornher, Lukas / Tomas Belezentis / Fabio Gaetano Santeramo (2024)
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IDOS@HSC

Hamburg, 07. October 2024

The HSC is a new conference format aimed at fostering the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the HSC, leading minds from politics, business, science and civil society plan the implementation of joint processes to achieve the SDGs. In times of increasing geopolitical crises, the HSC promotes multilateral…