Knowledge for Development Research on Knowledge Clusters in Malaysia (Penang, Cyberjaya), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta), Indonesia (Jakarta). Ethnic Diversity. An ethnic diversity index (EDI) for Malaysia was constructed in cooperation with the Centre for Ethnic Reearch (KITA), UKM

Wisdom Project Team at ZEF

Project Leader
Prof. Dr. Solvay Gerke solvay.gerke@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-1970

Work Package Coordinator
Dr. Gabi Waibel gwaibel@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-6707

Senior Researcher: Knowledge Management
Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers hdevers@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-1971

Researcher (Field Research Coordinator)
Benedikter, Simon simon.benedikter@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-4907

Junior Researcher (PhD candidates)
Bauer, Tatjana tatjana.bauer@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-7 3-4911
Ehlert, Judith judith.ehlert@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-4911
Pham Cong, Huu huu.pham@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-4911
Reis, Nadine nadine.reis@uni-bonn.de Tel: 0228-73-4911

Knowledge for Development (K4D)
The Research Group Culture, Knowledge and Development of the Department of Political and Cultural Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF) and a Singapore based research group, the “Knowledge Force” at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU), have been in the forefront of research and debate on the construction of knowledge societies, the governance and management of knowledge for development. Research has been carried out on
• knowledge sharing and the transfer of knowledge
• development experts and consultants
• the globalisation of knowledge: local and global knowledge
• the development of knowledge societies in Southeast Asia
• science parks in Singapore, India and China
• knowledge management in development projects and in multinational corporations
• knowledge hubs and epistemic landscapes
The transfer of scientific knowledge and the development of decision support systems has become a focus in the final stages of the larger interdisciplinary projects at ZEF. Based on the KM experience of ZEF researchers and doctoral students, the research results will be channelled to the stakeholders in the respective research areas. The Singapore Management University (SMU) has run yearly since 2001 executive education courses on knowledge management, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth Fund for
Technical Cooperation (CFTC). In these courses higher government official from Commonwealth countries were introduced to theories and methods of knowledge governance and knowledge management, e-governance and the use of ICT for development. The ZEF based Bonn
International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS –DR) has regularly offered courses on knowledge management and knowledge governance.
The community of practice and research on knowledge for development has been guided by
Professor Solvay Gerke, Director, ZEF, University of Bonn
Professor Pang Eng Fong, Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Thomas Menkhoff, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Hans-Dieter Evers, ZEF, University of Bonn
Associate Professor Chay Yue Wah, Nanyang University

Project: Knowledge and Development See list of project papers.

Research on -Local and Global Knowledge

Project: Integrated Water Resource Management in the Densu River Basin, Ghana Jan to July 2005 - completed

Knowledge Governance in Southeast Asia, 2004-05-06

Knowledge Matters
How do Asian Knowledge Societies Work?

Research Project “Globalisation of Knowledge”
(funded by DFG-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

Research for this project is completed. Various research reports and draft papers have been prepared (see below). Several articles in journals and a book have come out.
The "Harvard Asia Quarterly" has published an interview with Hans-Dieter Evers under the Titel "Knowledge Society and the Modernization of Southeast Asia".

A working paper is available for downloading as PDF file: Epistemic Cultures. Towards a New Sociology of Knowledge.Bielefeld 2000. Try SDRC Publications, Working Paper Nr. 330 Other publications see: Publications Hans-Dieter Evers and papers for downloading

Book published: M. Kaiser (Hg), Weltwissen. Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in der Weltgesellschaft. . Bielefeld, transcript Verlag
Evers, H.-D., M. Kaiser, et al. (2003). "Entwicklung durch Wissen - eine neue globale Wissensarchitektur". In: M. Kaiser (Hg), Weltwissen. Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in der Weltgesellschaft. Bielefeld, transcript Verlag: 43-78.

Kaiser, M. and H.-D. Evers, 2003. "Vom Projektwissen zum vernetzten Steuerungswissen - das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung", in: M. Kaiser (Hg),.Weltwissen. Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in der Weltgesellschaft. Bielefeld, transcript Verlag: 79-104.

Research Project, Local and Global Knowledge
A research paper has been published in SOJOURN, April 2006