News

568 news found

© Elke Stinnig

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 read · 08. February 2021
© Livestock Science published by Elsevier

Earthworms as alternative protein source for broiler chickens?

Makerere University and TU Wien published an open access article as a result of collaborative research within the APPEAR project CapNex.

3 min read · 26. January 2021
© Tamara Mitrofanenko

Online event: Transdisciplinary approaches for university-community cooperation in the Caucasus

Presentation of and discussion on the APPEAR project CaucasusT on 27th of January 2021, 18:00-20:00 CET in the framework of the event series APPEAR in practice.

4 min read · 18. January 2021
© SUSFISH

Development Research

APPEAR project publishes book on sustainable fisheries in Burkina Faso

The SUSFISHBook, "Sustainable Fisheries and Water Management - Transformation Pathways for Burkina Faso", outlines the key lessons learnt from a cooperation lasting over a decade.

2 min read · 14. January 2021
© Josef Baernthaler

APPEAR celebrates its 10th anniversary

The cooperation program has been in existence for 10 years to improve the living conditions in partner countries through capacity building in higher education.

1 min read · 14. January 2021
© Haramaya University

Developing peace studies in times of crisis

Haramaya University and University of Innsbruck continued their APPEAR collaboration on institutional capacity development for peace in times of conflicts and the global pandemic.

11. January 2021
© Tamara Mitrofanenko

Developing and implementing a transdisciplinary field case study course

A manual for university lecturers published by CaucasusT, a cooperation between BOKU, Tbilisi State University Georgia, IMC FH Krems, and Armenian State Pedagogical University.

07. January 2021
© APPEAR

APPEAR III - new programme phase starts in December 2020

OeAD is pleased to announce that the successful APPEAR programme will continue. The Austrian Development Agency has commissioned the OeAD to implement the third phase, starting on the 1st of December 2020. The programme will run for another 7 years, until November 2027. The revision of the programme design and preparations for the next call have already started.

3 min read · 31. December 2020
© Zalina Gorgiladze

activities of scholarship holders

Video online: OeAD Scholars Talk with Lela Khartishvili

In this OeAD Scholars Talk Lela Khartishvili from Georgia presented her PhD research on community-based tourism development in the mountain regions of Georgia and Armenia.

1 min read · 18. December 2020
© A. Melcher

Former and current scholars contribute to SUSFISHBook on Sustainable Fisheries in Burkina Faso

After 10 years of SUSFISH, the project team has put together a book summarizing key findings, insights and results, rounding off a successful partnership.

2 min read · 16. December 2020
© Belachew Gebrewold

activities of scholarship holders

Podcast of Alumni Talks with Prof. Dr. Belachew Gebrewold

The talk focused on scholarships to promote academic partnerships, economic cooperation as well as mutual political and cultural understanding which benefit both the countries of origin and Austria.

1 min read · 15. December 2020
© Ayelech Kidie´Mengesha

activities of scholarship holders

APPEAR scholarship holder won Inge Dirmhirn Prize 2019

Ayelech Kidie Mengesha was recently awarded the “Inge Dirmhirn Prize 2019’’ for her master's thesis: "Impact of rural land certification on household's decision to plant trees and women's rights to trees: in the case of Gozamen District in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia”.

2 min read · 10. December 2020