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On 18 May 2022, representatives of Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) met with representatives from the Build4People project to discuss potential cooperation in the field of joint curriculum development. Focus of this meeting was a new master courses at RUPP dealing with the subject of Geography. After welcome addresses…

Build4People research was presented at the 7th NEST Conference in Lyon, France, on May 5-6, 2022. The conference was organised by the Network of Early Career Scholars (NEST) and held under the theme of global sustainability transitions. It was the first NEST conference to focus explicitly on sustainability transitions beyond…

From 04-05 May 2022, the SURE Status Seminar took place in Berlin. This was the first time, scientists from the research programme SURE (Sustainable Development of Urban Regions), funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), had the chance to physically gather and pursue networking activites. The Build4People…

On 21 April 2022, the CKS-Build4People webinar “Urban Climate in the Planning Process” took place with inspiring presentations. In this context, the Build4People project is very happy that Dr. Chao Ren, Associate Professor in the Division of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, one of the leading scholars…

Installation of automatic weather stations in Phnom Penh by the team of Build4People Work Package #5 “Urban Climate” The team of Build4People Work Package #5 “Urban Climate” is currently working on producing an urban climate map of Phnom Penh capital with the purpose of deriving evidence-based recommendations for more sustainable…

Hereby, we would like to announce about the publication of three new Build4People video clips covering activities during the joint stay of the Build4People team in March 2022. Our sincere thanks go to the editing team from Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh, who did a great job. Their efforts…

On 23 March 2022, Dr Michael Waibel, leader of the Build4People collaborative project, met the Dean of the Faculty of Development Studies at Royal University of Phnom Penh, Dr Rath Sethik, and Dr Try Thuon, in charge of the development of a new RUPP BA course with the title “Sustainable…

On 21 March 2022, the first Build4People Sustainable Building Arena took place at Impact Hub, Phnom Penh. All in all, about 30 frontrunners in the field sustainable building took part in this inspiring participatory workshop organised by Ravi Jayaweera, Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” and by Christina Karagiannni, Build4People…

On 18 March 2022, the Build4People team paid a visit to one of the most prominent developer companies in Cambodia, Peng Huoth. Its head office is located within the Euro Park of Borey Peng Huoth in the district of Chbar Ambov, the case study site of the Build4People Ecocity Transition…

On 18 March 2022, the results of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2022 were presented in the presence of HE, the vice-governor of Phnom Penh Capital Administration Nuon Pharat and the German ambassador Christian Berger. The presentation conference was the concluding event after an intensive week when a variety of…