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Delegation visit of Vice-Chancellor from Mzumbe University, Tanzania¹

From May 12 to 16, the Department of Geography hosted Prof. William Mwgehowa, Vice-Chancellor of Mzumbe University in Tanzania, which has long been an active member of our successful ERASMUS+ cooperation program. Mzumbe University and GIUB have been working closely together for many years, most prominently in the support of PhD students and the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 'Future Rural Africa'.

Researcher from Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania) visited Department of Geography²

From April 22-27, Dr. Offoro Kimambo visited our department within the framework of the ERASMUS worldwide project. Dr. Kimambo is a researcher at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Sokoine University in Morogoro. His main research interests are climatology and hydrology.

Measuring twice - why students repeat field measurements at the same location and timing³

Students and members of the research group "Geomorphology and Environmental Systems" of Prof. Lothar Schrott continue the permafrost monitoring at the Glatzbach catchment, Austria.

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Uni Bonn Santander Grant beneficiary for research stay at GIUB⁴

An advanced PhD student and beneficiary of the Uni Bonn Santander International Exchange Grant for 2023, Christian Kwesi Owusu from Ghana, is in Bonn for a three-month research stay at the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn.

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Connecting the program "Master of Disaster Management and Risk Governance" on a European level⁵

A consortium of seven European universities and higher education institutes received funding to promote a European network of postgraduate programs in the field of disaster prevention and management. The postgraduate program "Master of Disaster Management and Risk Governance" at the University of Bonn is part of this new network, the EUMA-Project.

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Intensification of cooperation with Mzumbe and Sokoine University, Tanzania⁶

The ERASMUS cooperation with two universities in Tanzania was intensified as Dr. Simone Giertz, international coordinator at the Depratment of Geography, University of Bonn, visited both universities in May. In June, Prof. Felister Mombo from Sokoine University (SUA) and Dr. Lucy Massoi from Mzumbe University visited Bonn.

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Erasmus+ Staff Mobility between University of Bonn and Mzumbe University, Tanzania⁷

The recently concluded Erasmus+ staff mobility between University of Bonn and Mzumbe University was a unique one. The two universities commemorate a decade of cooperation through joint research and capacity building. Two ongoing areas of academic cooperation between the two universities are worth mentioning: the Erasmus+ student exchange programme and the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre ‘Future Rural Africa’.

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Prof. Dorothea Kleine is visiting the Department of Geography as an International Fellow⁸

Prof. Kleine, University of Sheffield, is a guest at the Department of Geography, University of Bonn, from June 6 to July 5, 2023. She is an outstanding scientist in the area of global sustainable development and was invited as an International Fellow to be closely involved in the department and to foster future cooperations and joint projects.

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