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A Belated “Welcome” to Dr. Rebecca Sarku, a New Postdoc Member of the MARS Group from Ghana
The MARS Group is delighted to welcome Dr. Rebecca Sarku to the team! Rebecca is a postdoc researcher from Ghana with a background in geography and resource management. She joined the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg via a prestigious scholarship awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation. Her current research is focused on how
ESIDA Kickoff Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania
The ESIDA kickoff meeting finally took place. With a delay of more than one year, nine ESIDA team members from Germany (University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), University of Hamburg (UHH), and the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)) made their way to the Nelson Mandela African Institute of
Interdisciplinary Short Course on Social-Ecological Modelling and Agent-based Simulation in Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth
The MARS Group held yet another interdisciplinary short course on agent-based modelling. This time, the focus was on the use of agent-based modelling to address social-ecological problems and research questions. The five-day course was held in Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth, South Africa, from September 12–16, 2022. Twelve participants from various disciplinary backgrounds within the social and ecological