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© Ayelech Kidie Mengesha

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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha publishes research on impact of land registration program in rural Ethiopia

Land degradation and deforestation are major problems generally in developing countries and specifically in Ethiopia. In two recently published papers APPEAR scholar Ayelech Kidie Mengesha investigates the impact of land registration program on sustainable land use practices and gender equality.

5 min read · 18. February 2022
© Pauline Macharia

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Pauline Macharia defends PhD thesis on the water-energy nexus in water services provision

APPEAR scholar Pauline Macharia writes about the results of her research and her experiences while studying in Austria.

5 min read · 01. February 2022
© Imad Sayrafi

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Scholar Imad Sayrafi finishes PhD on grassroots movements in rural Palestine

Imad Sayrafi completed his PhD at University of Vienna on social transformations linked to everyday resistance and grassroots movements in rural Palestine in September 2021. In this article, he provides some insights into his research and his experience as a PhD student in Austria.

3 min read · 29. December 2021
© Varduhi Kolyan

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Hasmik Hovakimyan publishes paper on Participation in Curricula Development in Armenia

Hasmik Hovakimyan is an APPEAR scholarship holder since 2018. The paper urges the change in outdated curricula development processes, as they usually do not meet students’ needs and do not fit the labour market’s demand.

2 min read · 09. November 2021
© Birtukan Asmare

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Scholar Birtukan Asmare presents paper on health risks of pesticides for female farmers in Ethiopia

Her PhD research project aims to explore pesticide use practices among rural female headed households in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. On the Tropentag conference “Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future” from 15-17 September 2021 organized by the University of Hohenheim, Germany, she presented a paper online.

2 min read · 15. October 2021
© Risper Ajwang’ Ondiek

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APPEAR scholar Risper Ondiek presents research on land use change and greenhouse gas emissions

Ms. Risper Ajwang’ Ondiek presented the results of her PhD studies on ‘Influence of land use/cover change and season on soil greenhouse gas emissions from a tropical wetland in Kenya’ at the 9th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (WETPOL), which was held virtually from 13-17 September 2021.

2 min read · 06. October 2021
© Elke Stinnig

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Scholar Bruktawit Kassa presents paper on hate speech against female journalists in Austria

She presented the paper at the Virtual 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, 27-31 May 2021.

2 min read · 19. July 2021
© Girum Gebremariam

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Scholar Girum Gebremariam finishes PhD on Federalism and Relations in Multiethnic Ethiopia

APPEAR scholar Girum Gebremariam was awarded a scholarship in 2017 within the framework of the project Advanced Academic Partnership for Legal and Human Rights Education |AAPLHRE to pursue his PhD studies in Law and Politics at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. In this article he reports about the results of his research and the opportunities of studying in Austria.

4 min read · 19. May 2021
© Geda Kebede Oncho

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Ethiopian scholar Geda Kebede Oncho completed his PhD on water quality monitoring

Geda Kebede Oncho completed his PhD, focusing on sustainable use of Ethiopian highland freshwaters, at the Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna in April 2021. In this article, he provides some insights into his research and his experience as a PhD student in Austria.

4 min read · 17. May 2021
© Phillipp Dietrich

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AER project presents video on new master’s program in agroecology and other achievements

Following the finalization of the AER Project a new video introduces the recently launched master's programme in Agroecology at Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), Uganda

4 min read · 11. May 2021
© Tigran Keryan

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Scholar Tigran Keryan finishes doctoral studies on transdisciplinarity in Georgia and Armenia

APPEAR scholar Tigran Keryan recently completed his doctoral program at BOKU University, Vienna. In this article he reports about his research which was part of the project: Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region (CaucaSusT)

4 min read · 14. April 2021
© Elke Stinnig

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Scholar Roba Abumiddain completes MA degree in Peace Studies

Her research addressed the contribution of social workers in strategic peacebuilding in the Gaza Strip, under the supervision of Prof. Paula Ditzel Facci.

2 min read · 06. April 2021