Research project
NEWAL Network for Water and Life
NEWAL is a network of education and research partners in West Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, etc.) and ten university partners in Switzerland.
The overarching goal of NEWAL is to promote and strengthen networking and scientific exchange between the institutions involved at the interface of water and life. NEWAL offers new opportunities for cooperation for research and university institutions in Switzerland and West Africa through transdisciplinary and transcultural exchange, for example in the form of webinars, student exchange programs or project work.
Through this programme, faculty staff get together and jointly develop jointly design and develop training content and material
Students get an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary exposure in the field of water and life
While they work in groups during the seasonal schools, they also connect their students’ projects, bachelor or master with the topics from the school and also have the possibility to jointly apply to a project award to implement their ideas. Thereby they get a chance to actively make a contribution to SDG6 with their projects.
Duration: 13.05.2021 - 31.12.2024
Funding:
Swissuniversities Development and Cooperation Network (SUDAC)
Partner:
- Bern University of Applied Science (BFH)
- Bowier Trust Foundation Switzerland (BTFS)
- Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), Abidjan
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
- Kumasi Stella Maris Polytechnic University (SMPU), Monrovia
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) - Zürich Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
- CLOC Co-Head United Methodist University
- Monrovia University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
- University of Basel, Swiss Peace Foundation (swisspeace)
Team:
Dr. Dorothee Spuhler
UMTEC Institut für Umwelt- und VerfahrenstechnikProjektleiterin, Dozierende globale Zusammenarbeit, Wasser & Abwasser
+41 58 257 17 11dorothee.spuhler@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Michael Burkhardt
UMTEC Institut für Umwelt- und VerfahrenstechnikProfessor, Institutsleiter UMTEC
+41 58 257 48 70michael.burkhardt@ost.ch
Participating Institutes:
UMTEC Institut für Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik
SPF Institute for Solar Technology
IBU Institut für Bau und Umwelt