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© Andreas Obrecht

Development Research Researcher

"Welt im Ohr": Discoverers, explorers, adventurers - once to the end of the world and back

In this "Summer Reading" the novel "Der König von Ozeanien" ("The King of Oceania") is presented, the historical background of which is mainly set in Papua New Guinea. Ö1 Campus radio on July 19th, 2019 (repeat from August 14th, 2015)

18. July 2019
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Higher Education Development Research

Article on higher education as driving force for the achievement of the SDGs

The current ÖFSE briefing paper summarizes the international discussion on higher education and the SDGs from a development policy perspective.

17. June 2019
© Pamela Burger

Development Research Researcher

Welt im Ohr: Gender and empowerment in academic projects of the Austrian Development Cooperation

Scientists and members of staff of the APPEAR projects SUSFISH-plus und LoCaBreed, both of which are being implemented in Burkina Faso, report on visible and invisible orders of gender in development research. Radio broadcast on ORF Ö1 Campus from May 24th, 2019 from 8 to 9 p.m.

27. May 2019
© Dominique Ouedraogo

Development Research

Presentation at the Natural History Museum: The best bulls for Burkina Faso

Pamela Burger from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna will present the APPEAR project LoCaBreed, a breeding programme for local and endangered cattle breeds in Burkina Faso, in the Natural History Museum Vienna.

13. May 2019
© Elena Smirnova

Development Research Researcher

Implementation of the UN Sustainability Development Goals: Quo Vadis Austria?

Where does Austria stand regarding the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The platform "SDG Watch" organised the first forum in Vienna.

09. May 2019
© Andreas Obrecht

Development Research Researcher

"Welt im Ohr": Medical anthropology: The socio-cultural aspects of health

Three medical anthropologists will talk about their work in Africa and the many facets of medical anthropology. Radio broadcast on ORF Ö1 Campus on April 26th, 2019 from 8 to 9 p.m. (repeat of June 27th, 2017)

25. April 2019
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Development Research Researcher

Social work in East Africa. Book presentation in the framework of the APPEAR project PROSOWO

The latest publication of the APPEAR project Professional Social Work in East Africa | PROSOWO II was presented in Uganda's capital Kampala on the 6th of March 2019.

11. March 2019
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Development Research Researcher

"Welt im Ohr": Social responsibility and future-oriented action – UniNEtZ project

During the first UniNEtZ event scientists and researchers discussed about their contribution to sustainable development within the framework of the SDGs.

14. February 2019
© Elke Stinnig

Development Research Researcher

Welt im Ohr: Social work after the genocide in Rwanda

The next "Welt im Ohr" radio broadcast on February 1st, 2019, 8-9 p.m. on ORF Ö1 Campusradio (WH) - about coming to terms with the genocide in Rwanda.

30. January 2019
© African Books Collective, PROSOWO II project

Development Research

New publication on indigenous and innovative social work practice in Africa

As part of the APPEAR project PROSOWO (Professional Social Work in East Africa), which has been in its second phase since 2016, extensive empirical research has been carried out into culturally specific and innovative social work practices. Recently, a publication has been published presenting some of these approaches from Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya.

22. January 2019
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Development Research Researcher

Go Green: Energy turnaround in Senegal

In this radio programme the APPEAR project SEA4cities - Sustainable Energy Access for Sustainable Cities – a higher education cooperation between Austria and Senegal is presented by means of two sustainable urban projects in Diamniadio in Dakar and Seestadt Aspern in Vienna.

17. January 2019
© Tamara Mitrofanenko

Development Research Higher Education

Transdisciplinarity for sustainable tourism development in Armenia

In Meghradsor community, the first case study course in the framework of the APPEAR project Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region | CaucaSusT took place in June 2018.

1 min read · 10. January 2019

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