On 29 October 2023, representatives of the the SURE funding priority met with representatives of Phnom Penh City Administration at Phnom Penh City Hall. The German delegation was led by Dr. Verena Hebbecker, Deputy Head of Division 723 „Global Change, Climate Research“ at the German Federal Ministry of Education and…
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On 29 September 2023, the Build4People Work Package “Urban Green Infrastructures” organized a Science Workshop at the campus of the Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh. This event aimed to discuss the impact and significance of urban green spaces, especially in Phnom Penh, and explore their potential as assets…
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On 28 September 2023, Build4People organized a New Khmer Architecture Tour for the BMBF-SURE delegation in Phnom Penh. The focus of the tour was the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) designed by the most famous representative of the New Khmer architecture style, the architect Vann Molyvann, a former student of…
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On 28 September 2023, team members of the Build4People project met with team members of PolyUrbanWaters project at the office of BORDA e.V. in Phnom Penh. This meeting was part of a delegation visit led by Dr. Verena Hebbecker, Deputy Head of Division 723 „Global Change, Climate Research“ at the…
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From 26-27 September 2023, all in all 13 members of the Build4People team joined the SURE Status Seminar in Bangkok. This event was the first opportunity for the Cambodia research partners to get to know all projects of the SURE family and all of its team members. From the side…
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The Build4People team is happy to announce the agenda with manifold activities of the Build4People project visit in September / October 2023. During the upcoming days, we will provide with you more detailed information on our events with multiple stakeholders in Phnom Penh, among others, the Phnom Penh City Hall…
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On 21 September 2023, the B4P WP#3 “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” Leader Mr. Messerschmidt and the WP#3 Research Associate Nuria Roig, presented about the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab (ECTL) Methodology at the 5th SPACE International Conference on City Planning and Urban Design. This conference is widely recognized to be an ideal platform…
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On 11 September 2023, Ravi Jayaweera, research associate of the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” successfully defended his PhD thesis “Urban Sustainability Transitions in the Global South: Navigating (in)stabilities for Transformative Change” at Hamburg University, Germany. His thesis was supervised by Dr. Michael Waibel and Prof. Dr. Martina Neuburger…
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The whole Build4People team is very happy about the publication of the electronic edition of the Build4People Exhibition 2023: Green Buildings and Sustainable Neighbourhoods – Good Practice Examples from Asia, in English language. The curator of this touring exhibition is Build4PeopleWork Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” represented by EMP: Eble Messerschmidt Partner,…
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Based on ongoing empirical research, Ravi Jayaweera, Research Associate of Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation”, Hamburg University, shared findings on the empowerment of change agents and the institutionalisation of transformative partnerships in sustainability transition processes in the Global South in the context of the Transformations Conference 2023 – Transformative…
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