Activities and scientific achievements

Online Talk: “Fake Science and Predatory Publishing”

23. June 2020

„Publish or Perish“ has been the mantra in academia for several years. Academic careers increasingly depend on publication lists. Without publications in renowned international …

Scholar Paul Omonge publishes research on water management in Kenya

8. June 2020

Our APPEAR scholar was already actively involved in an Austrian funded research project before starting his PhD. As an outcome of the project, an article was recently published in …

Online Talk: “What are the human rights implications of COVID-19?”

27. May 2020

Human rights expert Moritz Birk from Amnesty International discussed with scholars the implications of the current measures taken against the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the …

Scholar Zerihun Yimer Geleta actively engages in awareness-raising on COVID-19 in Ethiopia

27. April 2020

According to Zerihun, there has been lack of information and misunderstanding about the pandemic in Ethiopia. Therefore he uses social media to inform communities in their local …

MSc programme in Agroecology successfully launched at Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal

20. April 2020

In the final project year two important milestones of the AER project were achieved at the Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) in Fort Portal, Uganda: The Master programme in …