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Education between satellite images and reality: the APPEAR project ‘Division’

How do you train people for a world in which digital technologies are changing rapidly and global data is increasingly gaining local significance? Ö1 Campusradio, Fri. 11 April 2025, 8-9 p.m. (in German)

2 min read · 11. April 2025
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APPEAR in practice 20 | Strengthening Organic Agriculture in Armenia

Join us on 24 April 2025 at OeAD for an insightful event as we present the outcomes of the Strengthening Organic Agriculture in Armenia project. We will share the results of the APPEAR partnership, delve into the challenges facing Armenia’s organic sector, reflect on the collaboration between Austrian and Armenian institutions, and discuss to the future of organic farming education, research, and outreach in Armenia.

5 min read · 09. April 2025
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Development Research

APPEAR in practice 20 | Strengthening Organic Agriculture in Armenia

Join us on 24 April 2025 at OeAD for an insightful event as we present the outcomes of the Strengthening Organic Agriculture in Armenia project. We will share the results of the APPEAR partnership, delve into the challenges facing Armenia’s organic sector, reflect on the collaboration between Austrian and Armenian institutions, and discuss to the future of organic farming education, research, and outreach in Armenia.

5 min read · 09. April 2025
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Development Research

Strengthening Biosecurity in Armenia: Highlights from the ArmBioClimate Team's Visit to Vienna

A recent visit by the Armenian project team to Vienna enhanced scientific exchange, highlighted notable contributions at a major conference, and fostered collaborative planning and skill development

3 min read · 11. February 2025
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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Uganda

Francis Okori presents research at the ISWA World Congress.

2 min read · 03. January 2025
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activities of scholarship holders Scholars Development Research

The nexus between urbanisation and housing in Ethiopia

Moges Wubet Shita researches housing, livelihoods, and land use in Ethiopia’s rapidly expanding cities.

3 min read · 03. January 2025
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Dr. Dominique Ouédraogo: Advancing Animal Breeding and Genetics in Burkina Faso’s Agricultura

Dr Dominique Ouédraogo, an inspiring example of an APPEAR scholar, has been promoted at his home university and called upon to lead promising research projects that will advance livestock breeding practices in Burkina Faso and beyond.

2 min read · 03. December 2024
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Hafte Tesfay: Advancing Sustainable Agroforestry Research in Ethiopia

At the Tropentag 2024 he presented one of his research papers entitled ‘’Enhancing landscape connectivity through agroforests: The case of Gedeo’s agroforests in Ethiopia’’.

2 min read · 24. November 2024
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Development Research

New Publication: Knowledge and Development V

The book presentes the best texts from the Young Talent Austrian Development Research Award 2023, as well as contributions of the winners of the main prize.

3 min read · 24. November 2024
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Veranstaltungsdokumentation Higher Education Development Research

Panel discussion on “Global partnership and SDGs implementation - the role of science”

The panel discussion took place on 11 September at BOKU at the “Tropentag”, the annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development.

9 min read · 10. November 2024
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Kooperationen Appear Development Research

GIRT | Report on the 2nd project year

The everyday lives of women in informal settlements in Ethiopia and Mozambique are the focus of the research project "Strengthening Research and Educational Competences of HEIs for Gender sensitive Urban (InfoRmal Settlement) Transformation" (GIRT). Using transdisciplinary methods, a participatory process is to be developed with local stakeholders in four selected cities to improve the living conditions of women. At the same time, the project will address how transformative, knowledge-led cooperation between societies and science is possible in the context of the Global South.

3 min read · 08. October 2024
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Leah Mwaisango Kalemela - Completion of doctoral studies at the University of Vienna

Leah Mwaisango Kalemela has defended her PhD on “Life Experiences of Children Living in Child-headed Households in Tanzania” at the University of Vienna in March 2024.

4 min read · 07. October 2024