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New publication by WASCAL PhD student

by NetCDA | February 16, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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

by NetCDA | January 30, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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

by NetCDA | January 24, 2026 | News, Upcoming events | 0 Comments

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

by NetCDA | January 8, 2026 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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!

by NetCDA | October 23, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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

by NetCDA | October 17, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

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,...

Annual NetCDA Meeting 2025 in Würzburg

by NetCDA | October 16, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

14–15 October 2025 This year’s NetCDA Annual Meeting took place in Würzburg, bringing together the German partner universities for two days of exchange, reflection, and planning. The meeting provided an opportunity to look back on the supervision and experiences with...

NetCDA Members in Ghana: Training and Capacity Building on Remote Sensing

by NetCDA | September 30, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

In September 2025, NetCDA members Dr. Michael Thiel and Dr. Insa Otte traveled to Kumasi, Ghana, to deliver the first test-run of the MSc module Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Conservation, developed under the EOcap4Africa project. Hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah...

New study on invasive species in Rwanda by NetCDA Member

by NetCDA | September 23, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

A new publication by NetCDA members Lilly Schell and Dr. Insa Otte (also EOCap4Africa project) was just published in the Journal Frontiers in Plant Science. Their study, “Synergistic use of satellite, legacy, and in situ data to predict spatio-temporal patterns of the...

New study on the conservation of biodiversity in West Africa by NetCDA member

by NetCDA | September 22, 2025 | Activities, News | 0 Comments

A new study, led by Dr. Insa Otte, NetCDA and EOCap4Africa project member at the University of Würzburg, on the conflict between biodiversity conservation in protected areas and agricultural development in West Africa has been published in the journal Natur und...

EORC TALK – Talk at the Earth Observation Research Cluster

Nov 12, 2024 | News, Upcoming events

Climate Change-Related Research and Capacity Development in West Africa Climate change research in West Africa is crucial due to the region's vulnerability to climate-related impacts, such as droughts, floods, and desertification. These environmental changes threaten...

NetCDA at the EO4Africa Symposium

Sep 29, 2024 | Activities, News, Partner presentation

From September 23 until September 26, 2024, the EO4Africa Symposium took place, and NetCDA used this opportunity to present ongoing work to interested symposium attendees. The event was organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) in partnership with the African Union...

World PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Summit “Meeting the challenges of Climate Change 2024”

Sep 24, 2024 | News, Upcoming events

The World PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Summit "Meeting the challenges of Climate Change 2024" on Wednesday 27th November 2024 between 12:30 and 15:10 CET is organised by the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme, the...

Congratulations to Boris Ouattara for a successful PhD defense

Sep 20, 2024 | Graduate guest researchers, News

Blou Adama Boris Ouattara successfully defended his PhD thesis on Landscape fires and its induced emissions in West Africa yesterday (September 19th 2024). Congratulation from the whole Earth Observation Research cluster! Boris Ouattara is an alumni of the former...

New guest researcher at the University of Hohenheim: Moustapha Adéwolé Lawani

Jul 24, 2024 | Graduate guest researchers, News

Moustapha Adéwolé Lawani holds a bachelor's degree in economic science and a master's degree in applied economics from the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) in Benin. Since 2021, he has been enrolled in the Doctoral Research Program in climate change economics at the...

Visiting the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)

Jul 24, 2024 | Activities, News

On July 11, 2024, five WASCAL doctoral students from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences visited the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) in Hamburg as part of the NetCDA project. GERICS is an independent scientific organizational entity of the Helmholtz-Zentrum...

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