On May 18, experts will share their views on engaging and addressing hard-to-reach target groups during a keynote address and panel discussion. With a claim to democraticize science and actively involve the general population, science communication and citizen science are increasingly turning their attention to so-called "hard-to-reach target groups". But who or what are hard-to-reach target groups
research also identified existing indigenous knowledge and approaches/practices that can be adopted by social workers in addressing the trauma of poverty. Most importantly the study envisaged that, if social workers played an active role and effectively identified and addressed the trauma of poverty, then they would be enhancing their clients’ capability to attain socio-economic and psychological [...] Ndung’u talks about his experiences and research during his doctoral studies at Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt. I came to Austria in 2012 to conduct my studies on the role of social workers in addressing the trauma of poverty from a Kenyan perspective. My research was part of the APPEAR project Professional Social Work in East Africa - Towards Sustainable Impact | PROSOWO which aimed to promote [...] e of other diverse cultures. I also got a positive outlook at resolving country specific issues with home grown solutions. The scholarship allowed me to create academic networks which help me in addressing current issues in the country and developing indigenous solutions to local problems through an integrative needs-based approach. In addition, I sincerely appreciate my supervisor Prof. Klaus Ottomeyer
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) has launched the 15th edition of the Europe-wide “ESN Survey”. It addresses both students who have taken part in exchange programmes or academic stays abroad and those who have not (yet) taken part in mobility programmes. This survey, which is conducted by students and addresses students, provides information about the implementation of Erasmus+ programmes in practice. It
research also identified existing indigenous knowledge and approaches/practices that can be adopted by social workers in addressing the trauma of poverty. Most importantly, the study envisaged that, if social workers played an active role and effectively identified and addressed the trauma of poverty, they would be enhancing their clients’ capability to attain socio-economic and psychological well-being [...] Ndung’u talks about his experiences and research during his doctoral studies at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt. I came to Austria in 2012 to conduct my studies on the role of social workers in addressing the trauma of poverty from a Kenyan perspective. My research was part of the APPEAR project Professional Social Work in East Africa - Towards Sustainable Impact | PROSOWO , which aimed to promote [...] of other diverse cultures. I also got a positive outlook on resolving country-specific issues with home-grown solutions. The scholarship allowed me to create academic networks, which help me in addressing current issues in the country and developing indigenous solutions to local problems through an integrative needs-based approach. In addition, I sincerely appreciate my supervisor Prof. Klaus Ottomeyer
programme, he conducts transdisciplinary research in the context of sustainable tourism development in Georgia and Armenia. Tigran is convinced, that transdisciplinarity in science is the right way to address local challenges. Transdisciplinarity means the cooperation not only between scientists from different disciplines, but also between science, students and the local population. Nevertheless, this approach [...] subject dichotomy. In this podcast he talks about his experience in transdisciplinary research, his career and his doctoral studies, which he successfully graduated from in spring 2021. But he also addresses the ongoing conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in the Caucasus.
aims to seek synergies between ongoing initiatives on European and African level. To this end, a poster session will be open for participation in the framework of the conference. The conference will address the following themes Higher Education Institutions as job generators – matching skills with labour market requirements Supporting refugees' and IDP’s access to higher education Capacity building and [...] and skills - the case of agri-food transformation Participation Participation : The conference takes place at the European Commission, Rue de la Loi 170 (Charlemagne Building), 1000 Brussels. It is addressed to higher education stakeholders, higher education institutions and policy actors from Europe and Africa. Participation is free of charge, but participants are required to pay their own travel and
measures taken by the OeAD and the university preparation programmes and to enable an exchange to find synergies that can benefit the support of students and researchers from Ukraine. After the welcome address by the organisers, Gerhard Volz, Head of the Department of International Cooperation in Higher Education at the OeAD, provided information on the measures taken at the OeAD. After that, the legal framework [...] overview of all measures and initiatives that is as comprehensive as possible. Following the inputs breakout sessions were held to discuss the higher education institutions’ individual measures and to address open questions. Further information: studyinaustria.at/ukraine Uni Freunde - Fremde werden Freunde scienceforukraine.eu AST - Anlaufstellen https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine
Following the webinar on the Theory of Change the next webinar on 7 April will address the most important principles and technical aspects of APPEAR. All potential applicants are welcome to register for the event. Please register for the webinar here
Our former scholarship holder Belachew Gebrewold will talk about „Partnership for common good: promoting joint interests and addressing global challenges through academic exchange” Date: Thursday 15 October 2020 Starting Time: 17:00 (CEST) Webinarlink: If you register here , the link will be sent to you a few days before the online meeting. Invitation
the key highlights of the ongoing reforms include: 1) A comprehensive review of the laws governing the education sector to address governance and financial issues. 2) Increasing the use of technology in the delivery of education to modernise learning and teaching methods. 3) Address existing funding gaps in higher education institutions to prevent universities from incurring unmanageable debt and to 5) [...] food nexus, clearly addresses climate change and issues relevant to the day-to-day livelihoods of people. Nzula Kitaka also pointed out that communities may be important partners in the research process. Stakeholder participation and the dissemination of project results beyond academia are therefore essential. Finally, it was discussed which target groups should be addressed through funding schemes [...] role of climate change and variability in influencing the distribution of resources within the nexus across Africa was highlighted. A practical illustration of how challenges within the nexus can be addressed through institutional and regional cooperation within Kenya and Uganda was given, based on a project recently funded by APPEAR . The important role of capacity building, not only at university level