Alumni Activities

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Participation at Conference on productive, sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems

Scholarship holder Zipporah Gichana aims at improving the sustainability of aquaponics in Kenya through her PhD research.

1 min read · 11. June 2018
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Life Science Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals

Our APPEAR scholar Vincent-Paul Sanon presented a poster at the GCUA workshop on Sustainable Development Goals and the role of Life Science Universities.

3 min read · 04. June 2018
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Global challenges in Gender, Media and Politics - Lecture by Bruktawit KASSA

Having a lot of experiences on the topic media and gender our scholar Bruktawit KASSA was invited to give a lecture to Master students at the University of Vienna.

2 min read · 28. May 2018
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Vienna UNI RUN 2018 - Run at your pace and meet the target

"I liked most that the run was to finish 5 km in a mood of fun. Everybody run the way he or she could whether you are a good runner or not..."

1 min read · 24. May 2018
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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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Volunteering at the Open Learning Initiative Courses for Refugees – OLIve

The University of Vienna is offering free academic courses for individuals with refugee or asylum seeking status in Austria or another country of the European Economic Area (EEA) who have an interest in pursuing university studies.

1 min read · 12. February 2018
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Lecture on gender and human rights at the Medical University of Vienna by APPEAR scholarship holder

Having a lot of experiences in human rights APPEAR scholarship holder Elshaday Kifle Woldeyesus was invited in the winter semester 2017 to speak in a lecture series on "International Health and Humanitarian Work" at the Medical University of Vienna.

2 min read · 02. February 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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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
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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
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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
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Presentation and publication by scholarship holder Kevin Obiero

Scholarship holder and PhD student Kevin Obiero presented a paper entitled "Knowledge management and investing in human resource capacity development for aquacultural education and training in Africa" at the Annual International World Aquaculture Conference. The conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 28th of June 2017.

2 min read · 10. October 2017