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New video promoting Master's Program in Organic Agriculture in Armenia

The Armenian BOAA project partners at the Armenian National Agricultural University (ANAU) have produced a video that introduces the new Master's Program in Organic Agriculture to potential future students and other interested stakeholders. The master's program started in September 2020.

2 min lesen · 29. Juni 2020
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Online Talk: “Fake Science and Predatory Publishing”

„Publish or Perish“ has been the mantra in academia for several years. Academic careers increasingly depend on publication lists. Without publications in renowned international peer-reviewed journals it is impossible to start a successful University career.

2 min lesen · 23. Juni 2020
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Scholar Paul Omonge publishes research on water management in Kenya

Our APPEAR scholar was already actively involved in an Austrian funded research project before starting his PhD. As an outcome of the project, an article was recently published in the "Water and Environment Journal" in March 2020.

2 min lesen · 08. Juni 2020
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Online Talk: “What are the human rights implications of COVID-19?”

Human rights expert Moritz Birk from Amnesty International discussed with scholars the implications of the current measures taken against the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the situation of human rights.

4 min lesen · 27. Mai 2020
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Scholar Zerihun Yimer Geleta actively engages in awareness-raising on COVID-19 in Ethiopia

According to Zerihun, there has been lack of information and misunderstanding about the pandemic in Ethiopia. Therefore he uses social media to inform communities in their local languages.

2 min lesen · 27. April 2020
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MSc programme in Agroecology successfully launched at Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal

In the final project year two important milestones of the AER project were achieved at the Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) in Fort Portal, Uganda: The Master programme in Agroecology was launched and the agroecological demonstration farm was officially opened.

3 min lesen · 20. April 2020
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Scholar Sonnia Nzilani Musyoka defended her doctoral thesis via video conference

Due to the coronavirus pandemic Sonnia Nzilani Musyoka could not return to Vienna and had to defend her thesis via video conference.

2 min lesen · 06. April 2020
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Management options and their impact on water resources in the upper Mara River Basin of Kenya

A research paper by APPEAR scholar Paul Omonge in cooperation with colleagues from Kenyatta University, Technical University of Kenya and BOKU Vienna was published in the Water and Environment Journal in March 2020.

3 min lesen · 24. März 2020
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New Austrian-African Research Network - Opportunities for former scholarship holders

The first General Assembly of the Austrian-African Research Network took place at the end of January 2020 in Vienna. Several former OeAD scholarship holders represented their institutions in this meeting.

2 min lesen · 23. März 2020
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Scholar James Omondi Outa defended his doctoral thesis via video conference

A ray of hope in difficult times: Despite the corona virus the defence could take place via video conference.

3 min lesen · 23. März 2020
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Alumni Meeting at Austrian Embassy in Kenya, 12 February, 2020

The event provided an opportunity for networking among alumni of Austrian higher education institutions. APPEAR projects, as well as the long-lasting cooperation in the field of limnology between Austria and Kenya were presented.

11 min lesen · 20. März 2020
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Uganda-Austrian University Cooperation. Information and Network Meeting

In partnership with Makerere University, OeAD organized an information and networking meeting in Kampala on February 11, 2020. Former and current scholarship holders and various academics from different universities across Uganda attended the event.

12 min lesen · 19. März 2020

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