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GIRT | Report on the 2nd project year

The everyday lives of women in informal settlements in Ethiopia and Mozambique are the focus of the research project "Strengthening Research and Educational Competences of HEIs for Gender sensitive Urban (InfoRmal Settlement) Transformation" (GIRT). Using transdisciplinary methods, a participatory process is to be developed with local stakeholders in four selected cities to improve the living conditions of women. At the same time, the project will address how transformative, knowledge-led cooperation between societies and science is possible in the context of the Global South.

3 min lesen · 08. Oktober 2024
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Edu4GEO2 | Report on the 1st project year

Major achievements in the first year included the development and approval of a new MSc Geomatics curriculum for DMU, the initiation of PhD projects for Ethiopian students funded by APPEAR scholarships, and the awarding of an honorary doctorate to Reinfried Mansberger for his contributions to academic cooperation in Ethiopia.

3 min lesen · 10. Juli 2024
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Clean and prosperous Uganda | CPUg | Report on the 2nd project year

Another busy project year on the books for APPEAR project, “Clean and Prosperous Uganda – Fecal Sludge and Solid Waste Management for Improved Livelihoods”. Where to start?

3 min lesen · 05. Juni 2024
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Higher Education for resilient resources in refugee–host areas | AMUTI | Report on 1st project year

The AMUTI project stands as a beacon of hope and progress, dedicated to enhancing multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary capacities for sustainable natural resource management in Ugandan refugee-host communities.

3 min lesen · 05. Juni 2024
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APPEAR in practice 18: Strengthening Higher Engineering Education for Sustainable Buildings

From concrete challenges to wooden solutions. Explore the dynamic exchange shaping sustainable engineering in Bhutan.

7 min lesen · 15. Februar 2024
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Alumni Talk with Deous Mary Ekyaligonza

On 31 May 2023, Deous Mary Ekyaligonza shared her experiences as a former scholarship holder and researcher. The talk was followed by socializing over Ugandan food and drinks.

3 min lesen · 30. Oktober 2023
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GIRT | Report on the 1st project year

The APPEAR project GIRT specifically looks at women’s daily lived experiences in informal settlements in Ethiopia and Mozambique. The project will build capacity in essential transdisciplinary methodologies in the partner universities, which will empower them to function as catalysts of change. In close partnership with local stakeholders, GIRT project partners will co-produce and share new, locally specific knowledge on real world problems and learn how to apply it to improve female informal residents’ living conditions on the ground.

3 min lesen · 31. August 2023
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Clean and prosperous Uganda | CPUg | Report on the 1st project year

CPUg team members have been hard at work trying to make Uganda “cleaner and more prosperous”, as its project title explicitly states. The project is aimed at improving fecal sludge and solid waste management capabilities across the country, with a particular focus on the Imvepi refugee settlement in the northwest part of the country; urban and suburban settings within Wakiso District; and 2-3 selected CDM composting plants throughout the country. The consortium has been working autonomously on its diverse work packages, while collaboration and communication have been pivotal to galvanize efforts in areas where the respective work packages intersect.

2 min lesen · 13. Juni 2023
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APPEAR in practice 16: "Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities", 12 November

On the occasion of the Entwicklungstagung 2022, APPEAR conducted a hybrid workshop on “Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities”.

2 min lesen · 28. Oktober 2022
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APPEAR in practice_15: Transdisciplinary approaches for university-community cooperation

Project partners from BOKU Vienna, Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU), Tbilisi State University (TSU), and IMC FH Krems presented their project, its results and outcomes and the network they established in the Caucasus region. Furthermore, recent PhD graduate and APPEAR alumni Lela Khartishvili from Georgia and current APPEAR scholarship holder Tigran Keryan from Armenia introduced the recently published manual for university lecturers.

5 min lesen · 08. Februar 2021
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APPEAR in practice_4

The art of creating spaces for rural and urban communities - Examples from Nicaragua and Palestine: The two appear projects RURAL_DEV in Palestine and URBAN_MANAGUA in Nicaragua both aim at enhancing the local communities' quality of life through spatial planning measures for rural and urban environments, respectively. Similarities and differences in the projects’ approaches shall be identified and the limits and possibilities for social and political changes be discussed.

3 min lesen · 01. April 2014
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Ugandan Experiences. The Art of Pursuing Gender Equity.

2 min lesen · 28. November 2013

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