Student Experiences of 22nd WaterNet Symposium – October 2021

Blogs compiled by Hope Mpata BRECcIA was able to sponsor places for University of Zimbabwe students at the October 2021 22nd WaterNet/WARFSA/GWPSA Symposium. Read about some of their experiences of the symposium and road trip to and from Vic Falls and their stay at Livingstone Lodge below. The best way …

BRECcIA participates in the first SADC-WaterNet virtual symposium, was it of value?

By Catherine Kerapetse The impacts of the Covid_19 pandemic has without reasonable doubt affected the long-standing traditional ways of human interactions – who could have ever thought! Physical interactions were no longer permitted, forcing work to move to electronic and digital platforms, thus deeming remote working the new norm. Although …

Call for Abstracts: BRECcIA Special Session @ WaterNet 20th Symposium

Addressing food and water security challenges in sub-Saharan Africa using collaborative and interdisciplinary research WaterNET 20th Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa, 30th October – 1st November 2019 Integrated Water Resources Development and Management: Leaving No One Behind for Water Security in Eastern and Southern Africa. Agriculture, food, and water are key sectors for economic …

The ethics of co-production and the role of consortia research in resilience-building

By Matt Kandel, University of Southampton On 26 September 2018 BRECcIA Researcher and Resilience Theme member, Matt Kandel, attended the workshop, ‘Ethics of co-production: the role of research in resilience-building’ at Kings College London (KCL). The KCL workshop, which was co-chaired by Emma Visman (KCL Senior Researcher/independent consultant) and Mark …

UK-Africa Food Security Symposium 2018

University of Southampton BRECcIA researchers, Genevieve Agaba and Matt Kandel, were sponsored by Biotek Foundation to attend the UK-Africa Food Security Symposium on 11-12th September 2018 at the University of Cambridge. Panel sessions included discussions around how regional and international research partnerships can be designed to help tackle food insecurity …