Activities and scientific achievements

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Working at the Open Learning Initiative for Refugees – OLIve

Our APPEAR scholar Bruktawit Ejigu Kassa from Ethiopia is working at OLIve which is run by the University of Vienna.

2 min read · 25. June 2019
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Three generations of scholarship holders from Burkina Faso

Current and former scholarship contribute with their PhD research to the APPEAR project for sustainable management of water and fish resources in Burkina Faso.

3 min read · 21. June 2019
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Scholar nominated for the BOKU Sustainability Award

We congratulate our scholarship holder Ayelech Kidie Mengesha, who was nominated with three other students for this award. Her research focused on the impact of rural land certification on household decision to plant trees and women’s rights to trees: The case of Gozamen district, Ethiopia.

2 min read · 17. April 2019
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APPEAR Scholars contribute to the new PROSOWO book

Jacqueline Murekasenge and Charles Rutikanga carried out empirical research on culturally specific and innovative social work practices in Burundi and Rwanda. Their research was part of the PROSOWO project and has now been published in the book "Social Work Practice in Africa. Indigenous and Innovative Approaches."

7 min read · 11. March 2019
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Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture

APPEAR scholar Sara Kaweesa presented a paper at the 2nd Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA), from 9th-12th October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The congress brought together expert knowledge and insights from practitioners from different sectors and interest groups at all levels of agriculture development.

2 min read · 12. February 2019
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“Taking cooperation to the digital age” - High-Level Forum Africa-Europe 2018

APPEAR scholarship holders Anne Birundu and Vincent-Paul Sanon participated at the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe, that took place on 18th of December in Vienna within the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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Developing new models of sustainable community cooperation in mountain regions of Georgia

APPEAR scholar Lela Khartishvili from Georgia conducted the first research on community based tourism in Georgia and Armenia. The study reveals the role of tourism in community mobilization and sustainable development. It also revealed the challenges and constrains hampering community tourism development in both countries. The research is based on document analysis, qualitative interviews with different stakeholders and the project experiences.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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Paper presentation at a conference for sustainable development in dryland environments

APPEAR scholarship holder Sonnia Musyoka as part of her doctoral work, presented a paper at the Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Dryland Environments, that was held at Umma University, in Kenya between 19thand 23rd November 2018. The conference provided an excellent platform for the academia from around the world to engage with the industry, innovators, policy makers, value chain developers, farmers, and service providers among others so that higher education in Africa contributes to solving the problems of natural resources governance in the era of climate change.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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PhD Research on aquaculture systems in Kenya

APPEAR scholarship holder Zipporah Gichana, as part of her doctoral work, presented a paper entitled “Effect of Different Biofilters on Performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a Small-Scale Recirculating Aquaculture System” at the 6th Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association, held from 24th to 28th of September 2018 in Malawi. The conference theme was “African fish and fisheries: diversity, conservation, sustainable management and development”.

3 min read · 02. January 2019
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APPEAR scholar Kevin Obiero was been awarded a certificate for the best talk

Kevin Obiero's talk entitled "Impacts of water level fluctuations on fisheries of Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake" was presented during the 8th Species in Ancient Lakes (SIAL8) Conference held from 29th July to 3rd August 2018 in Entebbe Uganda.

2 min read · 20. December 2018
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PhD research on participatory approaches to curriculum development in higher education in Armenia

This summer APPEAR scholarship holder Hasmik Hovakimyan started her empirical data collection for her PhD research and helped support the APPEAR project BOAA. She started with getting acquainted with the organic sector and its stakeholders. To do so she held a series of participatory focus groups discussing various themes relevant to the project.

4 min read · 20. December 2018
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PhD research on Palestinian resistance in the village of Ni'lin

APPEAR Scholarship holder Imad Sayrafi presented his paper entitled "Contextualizing Resistance; Indigenous Narratives and the Progression of an Ongoing Settler Colonialism; The Case of the Palestinian Village of Ni’lin" in the Vienna Anthropology Days Conference on 21st of September, 2018.

2 min read · 17. December 2018