by Cynthia Gharios In this blog post, PhD candidate Cynthia Gharios explores the development of AgTech farming in the oil-rich nation on the Arabian Peninsula, where the UAE is trying to create the equivalent of Silicon Valley – but with food. In the 2015 movie The Martian, the astrobotanist Mark Watney,...
by Günther Schlee While the first part of this series focused on the theme “corona and religion”, Günther Schlee this time spotlights corona in the context of migration, both internal migration within Ethiopia as well as international migration between Ethiopia and the Gulf countries. It draws on reports sent from...
by Günther Schlee with Biritu Girma, Kansite Gelebo Korra, Kebede Geletu, Loang Chuol, Medhin Dogiso, Solomon Erjabo, Shafi Muze Soon after Günther Schlee took up a professorship at Arba Minch University, Ethiopia the university was closed as a measure to control the spread of the corona virus and the students...
