A proposal by the Governing Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education to increase its impact by expanding its education and research programmes by gradually building up a UNESCO-IHE Global Campus and by providing universally valid doctoral degrees has been submitted by the Governing...
Scientists from UNESCO-IHE, Deltares and Leeds University developed a Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI) based on exposure, susceptibility and resilience to coastal flooding. It is applied to nine cities around the world, each with different kinds of exposure.
With the aid of this...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project on pro-poor sanitation innovations called 'Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia' seeks a post-doc fellow. Expected starting date is 1 November 2012, deadline for submission i...
A new model allows researchers at UNESCO-IHE, TU Delft and Deltares to much more accurately predict coastline erosion due to rising sea levels.
It would appear that the effects of coastline erosion as a result of rising sea-level in the vicinity of inlets, such as river estuaries, have until...
The second Phase of the Post-graduate Research Programme on Adaptation to Climate Change (PRoACC) in the Mekong River Basin intends to respond to the regional research agenda on water and climate. Currently the programme seeks post-graduate researchers (post-MSc, post-doctoral) from the Mekong r...
UNESCO-IHE is organizing the photo exhibition Women, Water & Wells. The event will take place on Thursday, 30 August 2012 at the UNESCO-IHE offices in Delft. The photo exhibition will be preceded by a seminar on water issues in West Africa. The exhibition will run until 12 December 2012.
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UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is searching for two excellent candidates for the 4-year PhD positions focusing on
(1) DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION OF DYNAMIC HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS OF PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SENSORS, and
(2) OPTIMAL INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS UNCERTAIN DAT...
On 22 June, the National Hydro-Meteorological Institute in Colombia, IDEAM signed an agreement with UNESCO-IHE and Deltares. This partnership consolidates the relationship between the three institutes, with the objective of exchanging knowledge in topics such as integrated water resources manage...
On 29-31 May 2013, the Symposium on ‘DEVELOPING CAPACITY FROM RIO TO REALITY - WHO'S TAKING THE LEAD?’ will be held at UNESCO-IHE. The symposium is the 5th in the series of Delft Symposia on Water Sector Capacity Development which started in 1991.
On 29 June 2012, Mr. Christian Sekomo Birame successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis and was awarded with a Doctoral degree. Professor Piet Lens and Dr. Diederik Rousseau were his promoters. The PhD research focused on ‘Development of a Low-Cost Alternative for Metal Removal from Text...