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CEU Research Fellowship

December 30, 2016
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The Research Excellence Fellowship is offered to academics employed in higher education institutions and/or academic research institutions in the countries of the Global South, who wish to spend one or two terms at the CEU Systems Laboratory (Department of Environmental Sciences) conducting original research that will lead to a groundbreaking publication in an international peer-reviewed journal. These Fellowships are particularly suited to facilitate research collaborations between the CEU units and scholars and their international academic counterparts.

Video Release: "Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction" workshop, July 2016

November 24, 2016
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ISEPEI is proud to announce the release of our new video, produced by CEU, summarizing last year workshop experience. The video was filmed during the ISEPEI’s 2016 ICT training “Innovations in Disaster Risk Management” conducted in cooperation with UNDP. Based on both UNDP and other DRR expert's experience, this workshop highlighted recent innovative advances in ICTs and how they are empowering both decision-makers and citizens in managing disaster risks and providing more effective disaster response. 

ISEPEI at UN workshop in Iran

November 12, 2016
ISEPEI at UN workshop in Iran

Dr Lagutov has presented CEU at the UN Workshop on satellite technologies in Iran by giving a talk on role of Universities in promoting  evidence-based decision-making and the ISEPEI Project launched in cooperation with UN agencies.

UNDP: Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction

October 16, 2016
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The International Day for Disaster Reduction was declared by the United Nations on 13 October 2016. This year IDDR celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. The 2016 edition marks the launch of the new "Sendai Seven" campaign, centered on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework.

Open Lecture by Global Environmental Facility at CEU

October 1, 2016

The CEU Environmental Systems Laboratory and CEU Spatial Mapping and Analysis Research Group (SMARG) has organized on September 29th an open lecture by Anupam Anand, Evaluation Officer from the Global Environment Facility (Washington DC, USA). The lecture entitled "Geospatial science for evaluating environmental projects" was delivered by videoconferencing at new CEU campus and was broadcasted online.