the journal transfer

Our journal, transfer, provides information about current developments in the labour market and in further education, and addresses the professional development of professionals who are returning from development service or civil peace service.

Returnees’ stories are an important feature of every issue. The journal usually appears three times a year and each issue focusses on a particular theme.

Past editions are a useful source of information on development cooperation. They provide a whole lot of signposts to further education and training opportunities, and interesting insights into professionals’ experience of further career development. And reports of former professionals demonstrate how experience gained during development service can be put to good use in a new working environment.

Some issues of transfer have been published in English. These can be found below. The German editions can be found here. 
To the German editions
Excerpts from some German editions have been translated into English. You can find these articles here.

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If you are a (returned) professional development worker, we invite you to register for a free subscription to transfer.

We will gladly send you the print edition (within Germany), or alternatively a digital edition by email.
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Excerpts from German editions

  • Sandra Lassak is a lecturer at RWTH Aachen University in the “Theology and Global Development” program. She reports on how she can pass on her experiences from her development service.
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  • Returnee Lennart Flavio Meyer Sand uses his expertise as a project manager in the wood research department. He says: “Research is not a sprint, but a long run - anyone who wants to work in this field should have stamina.”
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  • The position as an evaluator at DEval was a perfect fit for Gabriel Odin: the requirements overlapped very closely with his experience as a specialist in the development service.
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  • Dr Martin Bruder has been head of the “Civil Society and Human Rights” department at the Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammen-arbeit (DEval, German Institute for Development Evaluation) since 2015. We spoke with Dr Bruder about DEval’s role and how it operates; the potential of development service; and the results of the latest DEval Opinion Monitor.
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English editions of transfer

  • 02/2020

    Working as a Consultant

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  • 01/2019

    Mental health in development service and after

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  • 03/2018

    Returning to Europe

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  • 02/2018

    Moving and living abroad

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