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  • Sara Kaweesa holding up her smart phone and looking into the camera sideways
    © Guibien Cléophas Zerbo
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    Popularizing scientific results

    “It is important to popularize scientific results so that people make informed connections to what is stake in the hope that this can eventually be reflected in the choices they make at all levels.” says APPEAR scholarship holder Sara Kaweesa. Short videos go a long way in doing that. Sara is the narrator of three short videos about conservation agriculture, a topic she is currently working on for her doctoral thesis. Sara stresses that her role as narrator gave her the opportunity to learn more about this topic as well as do something that fits her natural inclination, which is speaking.
    2 min read · 05. March 2018
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    Participation in Winter School 2018 "Science meets Practice"

    In January 2018 Tigran Keryan from Armenia participated in the Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab) Winter School 2018 "Science meets Practice" organized by ETH Zurich which took place in Wislikofen, Switzerland. The goal of the TdLab Winter School "Science meets Practice" is to offer scientists the knowledge and experience to generate and cultivate a fruitful dialogue with people outside of academia.
    1 min read · 01. February 2018
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    © Christine Cavallotti
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    PhD candidate Sony Baral from Nepal participated at IUFRO 125th Anniversary Conference

    In September 2017 Sony Baral had participated in the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Conference in Freiburg, Germany. She got full sponsorship by the IUFRO to present a paper related to her first research objective “Effect of Harvesting in Forest Stand Condition: A case from Nepal.” Furthermore, the presented paper has been further improved and in the process of submission. IUFRO is an international network which promotes global cooperation in forest-related research.
    1 min read · 13. December 2017
  • Elshaday Kifle Woldeyesus standing in front of a book shelf
    © Zerihun Yimer
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    Elshaday Kifle Woldeyesus - Involvement in human rights events

    Elshaday Kifle Woldeyesus started her doctoral studies at the University of Graz in October 2017. She works at the Center for Human Rights at the Addis Ababa University and holds a master’s degree from the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. Having a lot of experiences in human rights Elshaday was invited as speaker for two events in this regard.
    2 min read · 12. December 2017
  • A man wearing sunglasses is standing on a street and posing for the picture, smiling into the camera. You see fields, trees, a small building and what looks like parts of a mountain or hill in the background.
    © Girum Kinfemichael
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    Participation at European Forum Alpbach

    The European Forum Alpbach organises annually an interdisciplinary conference in the Austrian Alps, which provides a platform for scientists, politicians and students of different disciplines coming from all over the world to discuss and exchange ideas. Scholarship holder Girum Kinfemichael Gebremariam got a scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation to participate in this year’s forum which took place between the 16th of August and 1st of September 2017. Read the reflection of Girum Kinfemichael Gebremariam on this year’s topic Conflict and Cooperation.
    4 min read · 25. October 2017
  • A man is sitting somewhere, looking into the camera.
    © Elke Stinnig
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    Participation at European Forum Alpbach

    The European Forum Alpbach organises annually an interdisciplinary conference in the Austrian Alps, which provides a platform for scientists, politicians and students of different disciplines coming from all over the world to discuss and exchange ideas. Scholarship holder Abebaw Andarge Gedefaw got a scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation to participate in this year’s forum which took place between the 16th of August and 1st of September 2017 and was dedicated to the topic “Conflict and Cooperation”.
    2 min read · 11. September 2017
  • A woman is sitting at a desk, she is having her hands on some sheets of paper and there is a glass of water standing in front of her.
    © Elke Stinnig
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    Panellist at APPEAR in practice_6 event

    Scholarship holder Ayelech Kidie Mengesha from Ethiopia was a panellist at APPEAR in practice_6 that took place on the 15th of March 2017 and was dedicated to land rights and land administration in Africa with a special focus on gender differences and marginalized groups.
    1 min read · 13. April 2017
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