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New publication by WASCAL PhD student
The open access paper “Reforming African Universities for Climate Action” has been published in Sustainability Science and was co-authored by a NetCDA/WASCAL doctoral student. The study analyzes how African universities are responding to climate change, focusing on...
NetCDA at KNUST: Applied Remote Sensing Training with WASCAL PhD Candidates
The NetCDA team is back at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, contributing to the WASCAL Graduate School on Climate Change and Land Use. Over two intensive weeks, NetCDA colleagues Dr. Michael Thiel and Lilly Schell...
Open Call: Knowledge Transfer Grants to Support Sustainable Food Systems in Africa & Europe
The STREAMING initiative (funded by Horizon Europe) has launched an open call for Knowledge Transfer Grants aimed at supporting digital training solutions that help translate research into practical skills for stakeholders across Africa and Europe. Up to 11 projects...
Successful NETCDA Meeting in Lomé, Togo
From 9–11 December 2025, the NETCDA network convened at the WASCAL Centre in Lomé, Togo for a productive and forward-looking meeting. Representatives from the German partner universities and African partner institutions joined the discussions, alongside a...
Join our session at EGU General Assembly 2026 in Vienna!
We are pleased to announce the session ITS4.33/CLO.19: “Strengthening African-European Partnerships for Global Change Research: From Scientific Capacity to Practical Solutions” at the upcoming EGU General Assembly 2026, taking place in Vienna, Austria from 3–8 May...
Rostock researchers support field work in Côte d’Ivoire
We are happy to share that the NetCDA team from the University of Rostock has recently returned from an inspiring 10-day mission to Côte d'Ivoire. The main objective of this visit was to accompany a doctoral student's final fieldwork on inselbergs around Korhogo,...