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  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/233362" />
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  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/233362</id>
  <updated>2026-04-29T09:19:13Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-29T09:19:13Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration in an international research project: The case of the German-Ghanaian project EnerSHelF (Energy-Self-Sufficiency for Health Facilities in Ghana)</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299365" />
    <author>
      <name>Bauhof, Jonas</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Bender, Katja</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Meilinger, Stefanie</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Rabe, Sarah</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299365</id>
    <updated>2024-07-03T01:08:30Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration in an international research project: The case of the German-Ghanaian project EnerSHelF (Energy-Self-Sufficiency for Health Facilities in Ghana)
Authors: Bauhof, Jonas; Bender, Katja; Meilinger, Stefanie; Rabe, Sarah
Abstract: Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is a widely applied research approach, combing the efforts of multiple academic disciplines to work on complex problems. Within transdisciplinary research (TDR), non-academic stakeholders participate in the project and offer hands-on experience to the research. These integrative approaches are praised for the ability for addressing 'wicked problems' and can lead to new perspectives on relevant contemporary challenges. This working paper is analysing the cooperation and exchange of involved disciplines in the German-Ghanaian interdisciplinary research project Energy-Self-Sufficiency for Health Facilities in Ghana (EnerSHelF). The results are presented in a Collaboration Frequency Network (CFN) as well as qualitatively examined to unravel the level of interaction and perspectives on chances and challenges of IDR and TDR. The analysis shows that disciplinary closeness, data collection and exchange, and individual effort are affecting the level of collaboration among other reasons. Concluding the authors develop recommendations for future IDR and TDR projects.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Good practices in funding transdisciplinary and participatory research for sustainable development in Africa: Learning lessons from German public funding programmes on sustainable land management and agricultural development in Africa</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306533" />
    <author>
      <name>Aarnoudse, Eefje</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Beuchelt, Tina</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Fischer, Berenice</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Jaenicke, Hannah</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Terlau, Wiltrud</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306533</id>
    <updated>2024-11-22T02:06:32Z</updated>
    <published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Good practices in funding transdisciplinary and participatory research for sustainable development in Africa: Learning lessons from German public funding programmes on sustainable land management and agricultural development in Africa
Authors: Aarnoudse, Eefje; Beuchelt, Tina; Fischer, Berenice; Jaenicke, Hannah; Terlau, Wiltrud
Abstract: This working paper explores how funding requirements enable transdisciplinary research (TDR) for sustainable development in Africa, focusing on German public funders and their TDR programmes in sustainable land management and agricultural development. It consolidates experiences from Global North-South collaborations to identify good practices in funding TDR, particularly during the initial phase of defining research problems and objectives. Key findings suggest that funders should combine research and development funding for long-term TDR processes, explicitly define TDR expectations in selection processes, create TDR-friendly budget structures, and support a collaborative problem definition phase by funding joint proposal writing and facilitating joint learning. The paper aims to foster a dialogue on good practices in funding TDR between funders, researchers, and practice organizations in Germany and Africa, facilitated by a series of workshops under the INTERFACES project. Insights are based on key expert interviews and the first workshop with funders and researchers in Germany.</summary>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Afrika - Kontinent der Widersprüche: Chancen für den Weg einer nachhaltigen und prosperierenden Entwicklung?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283375" />
    <author>
      <name>Polte, Winfried</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283375</id>
    <updated>2024-02-24T02:33:09Z</updated>
    <published>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Afrika - Kontinent der Widersprüche: Chancen für den Weg einer nachhaltigen und prosperierenden Entwicklung?
Authors: Polte, Winfried
Abstract: Neueste Funde in Südafrika haben nochmals unterstrichen, dass die ältesten Menschen der Welt offensichtlich aus Afrika abstammen. Somit kommt diesem Kontinent historisch gesehen ganz besondere Bedeutung zu. Allerdings war seine Geschichte in der jüngeren Zeit, insbesondere ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, von der Kolonialisierung durch europäische Staaten stark geprägt. Viele tiefe Wunden aus der damaligen Zeit haben noch heute Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft insgesamt. Allerdings ist der Kontinent derzeit auch mit einer größeren Zahl anders gelagerter Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Zum einen versucht Afrika mittels einer Anzahl von Regionalorganisationen sowie der Afrikanischen Union als global agierender Institution den inneren Zusammenhalt zu stärken, zum anderen ist der Kontinent über die letzten Jahrzehnte bis in die jüngste Gegenwart durch politische und militärische Konflikte zwischen Nachbarstaaten geprägt. Hinzu kommen regelmäßig innere gesellschaftliche Umwälzungen einzelner Länder durch einen gewaltsamen oder manipulierten politischen Wechsel. Dabei könnte der Kontinent sich durchaus auf einem guten Entwicklungspfad befinden, verfügt er doch - auch im Vergleich zu anderen Kontinenten - über eine Vielzahl von wichtigen Rohstoffen. Allerdings profitieren die einzelnen afrikanischen Staaten - und insbesondere ihre Bürgerinnen und Bürger - hiervon oft nicht in einem angemessenen Rahmen. Somit ergibt sich in großen Teilen des Kontinents ein soziales Ungleichgewicht, das zu erheblichen inneren Spannungen führt. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass Afrika weltweit am stärksten vom Klimawandel betroffen ist. Bei näherer Betrachtung der z.T. sehr unterschiedlichen wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Situation des großen Kontinents (Datenerhebung bis Ende Juni 2023) führt die vorliegende Untersuchung zu einer insgesamt überwiegend kritischen Einschätzung hinsichtlich der weiteren Entwicklung Afrikas, die im Schlusskapitel bzgl. der absehbaren Konsequenzen für den Kontinent näher dargelegt wird.</summary>
    <dc:date>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Africa - Continent of contradictions: Opportunities for the path of sustainable and prosperous development?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283376" />
    <author>
      <name>Polte, Winfried</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283376</id>
    <updated>2024-02-24T02:35:26Z</updated>
    <published>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Africa - Continent of contradictions: Opportunities for the path of sustainable and prosperous development?
Authors: Polte, Winfried
Abstract: Recent findings in South Africa have once again underlined the fact that the oldest people in the world obviously came from Africa. Thus, historically, this continent has a very special significance. However, its history in more recent times, especially from the mid-19th century onwards, was strongly influenced by colonisation by European states. Many deep wounds from that time still have an impact on society as a whole today. However, the continent is currently also confronted with a greater number of challenges of a different nature. On the one hand, Africa is trying to strengthen internal cohesion by means of a number of regional organisations and the African Union as a globally active institution; on the other hand, the continent has been marked by political and military conflicts between neighbouring states over the past decades until the recent present. In addition, there are regular internal social upheavals in individual countries due to violent or manipulated political change. Yet the continent could well be on a good development path, since it has a large number of important raw materials - also in comparison to other continents. However, the individual African states - and especially their citizens - often do not benefit from this to an adequate extent. This results in a social imbalance in large parts of the continent (data collection until the end of June 2023), which leads to considerable internal tensions. To make matters worse, Africa is the continent most affected by climate change. A closer look at the partly very different economic, political and social situations of the large continent leads to an overall predominantly critical assessment of Africa's further development, which is explained in more detail in the final chapter with regard to the foreseeable consequences for the continent.</summary>
    <dc:date>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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