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“You can’t solve global problems at a purely national level”

In an interview, Isabel Günther, Professor of Development Economics at ETH Zurich, explains why higher education is a catalyst for Africa’s social and economic transfor­mation – and why a global perspective strengthens the impact of research.

ETH Professor Isabel Günther: “For a research partnership to be symmetrical, you need to jointly define the research question from the outset.”
ETH Professor Isabel Günther: “For a research partnership to be symmetrical, you need to jointly define the research question from the outset.”
ETH Professor Isabel Günther: “For a research partnership to be symmetrical, you need to jointly define the research question from the outset.”Image: Image: Daniel Winkler / ETH Zurich
Image: Image: Daniel Winkler / ETH Zurich

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