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The CRC regularly conducts workshops on a variety of topics relevant for our research. Workshops provide a collaborative and interactive environment for...

This project investigates people’s strategies to imagine and realize better futures for themselves and their communities in the Kenyan Rift Valley through two

We want to explore different manifestations of conservation and how conservation landscapes were designed and planned, as well as to understand what visions

Establish management structures and provide a conducive environment fostering inter-disciplinary collaboration and cross-project and cross-site comparison.

The management and sustainable provision of research data have been recognized as central tasks in interdisciplinary research efforts. During Phase 1, the

We regularly invite leading scholars working on challenges related to our research.

CRC TRR 228 Future Rural Africa hosts a variety of different events like Workshops, Lectures, Summer Schools, Exhibitions, Retreats,... Here your find an...

Understand the role of public-health policy planning under changing concepts of social welfare and political legitimation as it relates to “future-making”.

Overall, the project will broaden the so-far still scarce academic knowledge on infrastructures and governance for renewable, especially geothermal, ­energy

Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB-TRR 161 : Quantitative Methods for Visual Computing

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Here you can find reports on how our researchers relate their work to the concepts used within the framework of the CRC.

The CRC regularly organizes summer schools aimed at equipping our early career researchers with the necessary tools and facilitating academic exchange.

Improved understanding of job futures under diverse conditions in rural Africa with a particular focus on linkages between agricultural transformation,

Reliable and lively partnerships are essential for our programme and cooperative research activities. The CRC will strengthen and expand the existing networks...

To meet the growing food demand, several African countries opt for intensification by focusing crop production on high-potential areas and by increasing the

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The stewardship of rangelands in Africa is increasingly undermined by overstocking and land degradation, raising the risk of collapse of existing

The LMU is one of the most prestigious and traditional universities in Europe. It combines outstanding research with a challenging range of courses.

Large-scale land-use change, particularly in relation to programs striving for agricultural intensification, often comes along with substantial changes in the

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The CRC is structured in three project groups, each organized arond a bridging concept that addresses specific aspects of social-ecological transformation and

The IRTG build on existing PhD programmes at both , but wishes to complement them with a training programme that addresses the particular design and contents

This interdisciplinary project continues to view the future-making in rural Africa through a carbon lens, focusing on two conflicting visions: wildlife

Past Futures investigates the history of ‘future-making’ in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Area (KAZA), considering the history of rural development and

To recognize the role that scientific and non-scientific knowledge systems play in the imagination and pursuit of rural futures in Africa, by considering the

Gender equality and diversity are crucial aspects for our research centre as they foster a culture of inclusivity and bring diverse perspectives, experiences,...

Apply the concept of frontiers to analyze the relations between future-making and dynamics of violence in East Africa.

Future Rural Africa CRC TRR 228 hosts a variety of different events: Workshops, Lectures, Summer Schools, Exhibitions, Retreats, ....

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The Kenyan Rift Valley (KRV) has been a major destination for migrants from Western Kenya in search for labour in different social-ecological settings for

Exhibitions are an important tool for us to convey the findings of our research to a wider public, thus fulfilling our third mission commitments.

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The CRC regularly organizes research retreats to facilitate academic exchange and team building.Research retreats provide an opportunity for our researchers to...

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Explain socio-ecological transformation in cross-border growth corridors, and assess long-term developments and adaptive capacities connected to emerging

The project scrutinizes the ambiguity of large irrigation infrastructures as promising solutions to anticipated future problems and at the same time as

The Z03 project supports all other projects in the centralized management and implementation of longitudinal quantitative surveys in all the study regions.

Scientific toolbox of the Tandem Project  ‘Mtu ni Watu - Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork’.

We are proud to have a talented and dedicated team of researchers and coordinating staff who are working together to achieve our mission. Our team of

The Collaborative Research Centre TRR 228 (CRC) is a research conglomerate funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It aims at understanding African...

Understand how concepts of age and generation shape temporal frames of reference in future-making and compare temporal frames of reference used by different