Knowledge society

The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany. ZEF's research aims at finding solutions to global development issues. A 10 years strategy plan outlines land- and water use, biodiversity, public health and renewable energies as priority transdisciplinary research areas. ZEF's three research departments are: Political and Cultural Change (ZEF a) Economic and Technological Change (ZEF b) Ecology and Natural Resources Management (ZEF c)