Sida’s global research programmes
Section 5: PROGRAM-WIDE RESULTS
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- 5.1.1 Research groups
- 5.1.2 Scientific networks
- 5.1.3 Sida assignments
- 5.1.4 Strategic activities
- 5.1.5 Other activities
5Section 5: PROGRAM-WIDE RESULTS5.1 ActivitiesThis section briefly describes which research groups and scientific networks were supported in 2014 (Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2, respectively), and which Sida assignments were carried out (Section 5.1.3). Other ISP activities are accounted for in Section 5.1.4, and 5.1.5. In February 2014, Sida signed an agreement with Uppsala University (UU) for the continued operation of ISP 2014-2018. The agreement was worked out after Sida’s thorough assessment in the autumn 2013 of ISP’s proposal for continued support. In Jan. 2014, Afzal Sher, Annette Elmqvist, and Karin Afli, Sida, visited UU and ISP for a final review of the new agreement before signing. The delegation was also received by UU Vice Chancellor Prof. Eva Åkesson, and visited a laboratory in the UU Dept. Physics. A Sida – ISP annual review meeting was held 27 June. New support was started to five research groups and one scientific network. There were no cases where groups or networks were phased out of support. In 2014, totally 40 research groups were supported, eighteen in chemistry, three in mathematics, and nineteen in physics. In addition, totally twenty scientific networks were supported. ISP had coordination assignments in Sida bilateral programs for support to university development, ranging from the full coordination on the Swedish side of the program in Mozambique, to coordination at the sub-program level in the programs with Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda. According to the ISP Strategic Plan 2013-2017, for each year an activity plan will be prepared. In its first meeting 2014, the executive committee of ISP’s board decided on the following activities to be carried out during the year.
Other activities included:
5.1.1 Research groupsSupport to research groups has since 2008 gradually been adapted to the requirement by Sida to restrict such collaboration to the Swedish “focus countries”, as decided by the government in 2007. In 2014, Uppsala University and ISP entered into a new 5-year agreement period with Sida, implying some changes in the conditions for ISP support. With regard to research groups, the most prominent ones are 1) that the selection of groups follows ISP’s application for the agreement period, and 2) that ISP can again support research groups at universities already subject to Sida bilateral support, in cases where basic sciences are not benefitting sufficiently in the bilateral program and when synergies can be obtained. The further development of ISP support is presently guided by the ISP Strategy Plan 2014-2017.3 Nevertheless, the Swedish “focus policy” from 2007 is still valid, and in this report ISP’s support to research groups is provided in relationship to the policy, comprising the following twelve countries: In Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia; in Asia, Bangladesh and Cambodia; and in Latin America, Bolivia. Support to research groups in Swedish focus countries was provided in nine of those (Table 1), presently leaving Bolivia, Mozambique, and Tanzania outside ISP research group support. Research groups supported in countries outside the Swedish focus were in Laos and Zimbabwe only (Table 2). In Laos, primarily Stockholm University funding was used to sustain the activities. In 2014, totally 40 research groups were supported (Tables 1 and 2), eighteen in chemistry, three in mathematics, and nineteen in physics. In nine of the twelwe Swedish focus countries totally 33 research groups were supported (Table 1), including two new chemistry and two new physics groups (Table 3). Seven research groups were supported in two non-focus countries (Table 2), including a new mathematics group in Laos (Table 3). Research groups supported in Swedish focus countries Table 1. Number of research groups supported in Swedish focus countries using Sida funding
In Bangladesh a research group at Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Dhaka (IPICS BAN:04) was supported in the field of environmental and food contamination chemistry, and one at the Daffodil International University, Dhaka, in the field of safety of herbal medicines (IPICS BAN:05). Research collaboration between Bangladesh Univ. Engineering and Technology (BUET) and the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, (AECD) was supported in the field of magnetic materials (IPPS BAN:02). Support in medical physics was provided to a group at the Dept. Biomedical Physics & Technology, University of Dhaka (IPPS BAN:04). Support to a new group in the field of nanophysics at the University of Dhaka was started in 2014 (IPPS BAN:05). In Burkina Faso two research groups at the Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Ouagadougou, were supported, one on natural products research (IPICS BUF:01) and one on clay mineralogy (IPICS BUF:02). Support to the Department of Physics was given in the area of energy effective buildings (IPPS BUF:01). In Cambodia a research group at the Dept. Physics (IPPS CAM:01) at the Royal Univ. Phnom Penh (RUPP) was supported, and a research group at the RUPP Dept. Chemistry, in the field of environmental chemistry (IPICS CAB:01). IPMS provided support to the RUPP Department of Mathematics (IPMS CAB:01). In Ethiopia support was provided to three research groups at Addis Ababa Univ. (AAU), at the Depts. Chemistry and Physics, respectively, and working mainly in the fields of environmental chemistry (IPICS ETH:04) and conducting polymers with photovoltaic applications (IPICS ETH:01 and IPPS ETH:01). Another group at AAU Dept. Physics is supported in the field of seismology (IPPS ETH:02). Support was also continued to the AAU Dept. Mathematics (IPMS ETH:01). At the School of Pharmacy, AAU, a group working in the field of pharmacological chemistry (IPICS ETH:02) was supported. In Kenya five physics research groups were supported. Four of these are at Univ. Nairobi (UoNBI), and one is at the Univ. Eldoret. They work in the fields of X-ray fluorescence (IPPS KEN:01/2), nanostructured solar cells (IPPS KEN:02), photovoltaics (IPPS KEN:03), applied laser physics (IPPS KEN:04), and seismology (IPPS KEN:05). Support was provided also to two research groups at the Dept. Chemistry, UoNBI, in the fields of coordination chemistry (IPICS KEN:01) and natural products chemistry (IPICS KEN:02). In Mali, at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, a research group on clay mineralogy was supported at Dept. Chemistry, (IPICS MAL:01), and a research group in the field of spectral imaging (IPPS MAL:01) at the Dept. Physics. In Rwanda support to a chemistry research group in the field of environmental chemistry (IPICS RWA:01), and a physics research group in the field of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics (IPPS RWA:01), both at University of Rwanda, was started in 2014. In Uganda support was provided to a research group in physics (IPPS UGA:01/1) at Makerere Univ., in the field of materials science, and to a research group in astronomy and space science at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara (IPPS UGA:02). In Zambia, at Univ. Zambia, a research group at the Dept. Physics was supported in the field of materials science (IPPS ZAM:01), and a research group at the Dept. Chemistry in the field of conducting polymers (IPICS ZAM:01). In addition, support was started to a group at the Dept. Chemistry in the field of natural products chemistry (IPICS ZAM:02). It should be noted that support in the field of mathematics, support was provided also to Univ. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and, since 2014, to the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali, but within the scope of the network IPMS BURK:01 (PDE Modeling and Control; see Section 5.1.2). This network also includes mathematics departments at universities in Mauritania and Senegal. Similarly, mathematics departments at Makerere Univ., Uganda, Univ. Rwanda, Rwanda, Univ. Nairobi, Kenya, Univ. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Univ. Zambia, Zambia, were supported through the East African Universities Mathematics Program (EAUMP; see Section 5.1.2).
In Laos one research group in environmental chemistry was supported at the Dept. Chemistry (IPICS LAO:01), National Univ. Laos (NUOL), and one research group in geoscience at the NUOL Dept. Physics (IPPS LAO:01), both using funding provided by Stockholm University (SU). The group IPPS LAO:01 was partly supported also using Sida funding, to allow for a PhD student on sandwich training in Thailand to conclude his work and graduate in 2014. Support to this group with Sida funding will therefore end as of 2015. Support was also provided to the NUOL Dept. Mathematics (IPMS LAO:01), for the first year forming a research group after some minor support in 2014, also on SU funding. In Zimbabwe, Three chemistry research groups were supported. One works in the field of pharmaco kinetics-pharmacodynamics, at the African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (IPICS AiBST), Harare (associated with Univ. Zimbabwe). Another group is working in the field of biomolecular interactions (IPICS ZIM:01), at the Dept. Chemistry, Univ. Zimbabwe, Harare. The third is working in the field of biochemical toxicology (IPICS ZIM:02), at the Dept. Environmental Science and Health, National Univ. Sci. Technol. (NUST) in Bulawayo. In physics, support was provided to a research group at NUST in the field of geophysics and ground water studies (IPPS ZIM:01).
5.1.2 Scientific networksSouth-south regional scientific cooperation generates a critical mass of researchers in selected research fields and provides extensive contacts, allows for complementary activities, gives access to advanced equipment, and contributes the human capital needed for good postgraduate education. Therefore, ISP provides support not only to research groups but also to regional scientific networks.4 In 2014, totally 20 scientific networks were supported (Table 4), one of which received its first year of support (Table 5). Table 4. Number of scientific networks supported by ISP, by region
Table 5. New scientific network support, starting in 2014
Scientific networks in the field of chemistry ALNAP - African Laboratory for Natural Products, with the objective to cooperate in natural products research between laboratories in neighboring countries. ANCAP - African Network for the Chemical Analysis of Pesticides, with the objective to safeguard public health and the environment, and ensure the safety of African agricultural and aquatic products. ANEC - African Network of Electroanalytical Chemists with the objective to foster research activities in the field of electroanalytical chemistry among African scientists, and to promote and encourage the use of electrochemical approaches in African basic science as well as applications in environmental sciences and food security. ANEC had no allocation in 2014. ANFEC - Asian Network of Research on Food and Environment Contaminants.This network builds on the progress facilitated by the ISP support to environmental chemistry in the region, and to further develop the capacity for reliable trace analysis of pollutants. ANRAP - Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants, with the objective to develop cooperation between scientists working in the field of antidiabetic plant research. LANBIO - Latin American Network for Research in Bioactive Natural Compounds, with the objective to promote natural product research in South America. NABSA - Network for Analytical and Bioassay Services in Africa, with the objective to give other African scientists access to the analytical and laboratory facilities and equipment that exist in the Dept. Chem., Univ. Botswana. NAPRECA - Natural Products Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa, with the objective to initiate, develop and promote research in the area of natural products chemistry in Eastern and Central Africa. NITUB - Network of Instrument Technical Personnel and User Scientists of Bangladesh, with the objective to improve the capabilities in handling, maintaining, trouble-shooting and repairing scientific instruments in Bangladesh. RABiotech - West African Biotechnology Network, with the objective to ensure and reinforce research training in biotechnology, and to share research on local challenges. RAFPE - Research Network in Africa on Pollution of the Environment, with the objective to share knowledge and pursue a joint program aiming at reducing the risks with pesticides and other water pollutants in Western Africa. RAFPE had no allocation in 2014, but was using local carry-over from 2013 corresponding to about 222 kSEK. SEANAC - African Network for Analytical Chemists (formerly Southern and Eastern Africa Network for Analytical Chemists), with the goal to promote analytical chemistry in the region. Scientific networks in the field of mathematics BURK:01 - PDE, Modeling and Control, aiming at applications of mathematics, and to strengthen other areas of mathematics. The network consists of researchers in mathematics at Univ. Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), at Gaston Berger Univ. (Senegal), at Univ. Nouakchott (Mauritania), at Univ. Cocody-Abidjan (Ivory Coast), and at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (Mali). EAUMP - Eastern African Universities Mathematics Programme, with the objective to enhance postgraduate, and particularly PhD, training to build capacity in universities in the region, and to train advanced mathematics researchers needed in other sectors. The network consists of the Depts. Mathematics at Makerere Univ. (Uganda), Univ. Rwanda (Rwanda), Univ. Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Univ. Nairobi (Kenya), and Univ. Zambia (Zambia). Scientific Networks in the field of physics AFSIN - African Spectral Imaging Network (AFR:04), with the objective to bring the members to international standard in the field of spectroscopy and spectral imaging, with applications in medicine, environment and agriculture. EAARN - East Africa Astronomy Research Network (AFR:05). Support to this new network started in 2014. It is is coordinated from Mbarara Univ. Sci. Technol. (MUST) in Mbarara, Uganda. Nodes are at Busitema University (Uganda), the University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), and the University of Rwanda (Rwanda). Students from the nodes participate in the MSc program at MUST. The network plans to include other universities in the East African region. ESARSWG - Eastern and Southern African Regional Seismological Working Group (AFR:01), with the objective to monitor seismic activities of the East Africa Rift System through operation of seismic stations in nine countries and collectively analyse data. LAM - African Laser, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences Network (AFR:02), with the objective to promote the physics of lasers, atoms and molecules, and their applications. No allocation 2014 but using local carry over from 2013 corresponding to about 187 kSEK. MSSEESA - Materials Science and Solar Energy Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (AFR:03), with the aim to use costly equipment in a more efficient way and to harmonize and strengthen the quality of physics education in the region. NADMICA - Nature Induced Disaster Mitigation in Central America, with the objective to enhance research in natural disaster mitigation in Central America. 5.1.3 Sida assignmentsThis report generally regards only the operation of the ISP direct support program, funded by the Sida Contribution ID 54100006, by Uppsala Univeristy, and by Stockholm University. The collaboration with Sida in 2014, however, included the following commissioned assignments, most of them in Sida bilateral programs under separate agreements. The results of these programs are accounted for elsewhere, and are not further detailed here. Mozambique. The current Sida bilateral agreement with Universidad Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, was signed in 2011. In October 2011 ISP was assigned to manage the Swedish coordination of the program, comprising 12 subprograms with collaborating partners in Sweden. The original agreement for this coordination, between Sida and ISP, covered the years 2011-2013, and in December 2013 it was extended to the period 2014 – 2015. The number of students to be trained in Sweden is approximately 100. The Swedish institutions involved in 2014 were Chalmers, Gothenburg University, Karolinska Institute, Luleå Technical University, Lund University, Mälardalen University, Örebro University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK), the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (SMI), the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå University, and Uppsala University. On 12-17 June ISP participated in the mid-term evaluation in Maputo, Mozambique. On 3-4 November 2014, UEM and ISP together hosted a workshop in Stockholm. The workshop focused on results achieved so far in the bilateral program, as well as plans beyond the present program phase. It gathered Swedish supervisors, representatives from Sida, UEM-coordinators and leadership, as well as ISP staff. The number of participants was about 90.5 Beside this engagement with UEM, ISP is also coordinating the activites in Sweden of the subprogram in mathematics, under the overall bilateral program. Tanzania. ISP continued to coordinate the Swedish side of the Sida bilateral program with the Faculty of Science at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), with respect to the Department of Geology. Uganda. At Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, ISP continued to coordinate the subprograms with DICTS, Library, and the College of Natural Sciences. Payment of subsistence allowances to Sida bilateral students. ISP continued the Sida assignment to administer the payment of PhD student allowances and insurance costs for PhD students who receive support from Sida in Swedish bilateral agreements on research cooperation with Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Bolivia. 
Review of College of Natural Sciences at the Sida Annual Review Meeting with Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, in October 2014. (Courtesy of ISP) 5.1.4 Strategic activitiesDevelopment of measures to improve the gender balance A Gender Equality Working Group was formed at ISP, and held two meetings in 2014. Results of the first year’s work of the group included:
Development of evaluation of past support collaboration An alumni tracer study and basic evaluation of ISP’s former support collaboration in chemistry and physics in Sri Lanka was carried out, and results were analysed and compiled for future publication. Development of information measures A brochure about ISP was published; web presentations of thirteen ISP partners were published; a short movie about a female physics PhD student in an ISP-supported physics research group was published on the web; six popular summaries of ISP annual reports, 2008-2013, were published on the web; an ISP seminar was arranged at the Swedish policy week in July; and the use of ISP’s Facebook pages as a tool for information dissemination was intensified. Development of a fundraising strategy Two meetings were held with the UU fundraiser at the Div. Communications & External Relations, and the matter was discussed extensively in the executive committee to ISP’s board. In addition, the ISP activity reporting forms were amended to allow for the reporting by research groups and networks of “in kind” cost contributions and co-financing by their respective affiliated institutions. Dialogue to increase monitoring of ISP-relevant EU calls The challenge remains, to better cover information about EU and other calls relevant to ISP and its partners. To partly address this challenge, and as initiated by former ISP partners in Sri Lanka, a section on ISP’s web front page was introduced to disseminate information about known, relevant calls and other opportunities. 
UU staff members Anders Berglund and Peter Sundin discussing the priorities in the next collaborative phase with staff members of Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia. (Courtesy of ISP) 5.1.5 Other activitiesCollaboration Al Baha University: In 2014, ISP continued cooperation under the “Service Contract of Academic Support between Al Baha University (ABU), Saudi Arabia, and Uppsala University, International Science Programme (ISP), Sweden”; Service Contract Specification 2012-2014. In April, Anders Berglund (UU Dept. Inform. Technol.), and Peter Sundin were invited to participate in, and, together with Dr. Saeed Saleh Alghamedi, ABU, present the collaboration at the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the visit, a Service Contract Specification 2014-2017 was drafted. In October, a delegation from ABU came to UU, and the Service Contract Specification 2014-2017 was signed. The visitors were Prof. Dr. Saad M. Al Hareky, Rector, Prof. Dr. Emad A. Koshak, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Abdulaziz Y. AlGhamdi, Dean, Faculty of Science, and Dr. Mohamed A. AlShenify, Coordinator, Faculty of CS and IT. They visited several departments at UU, Vice Chancellor Prof. Eva Åkesson, and Prof. Emad Koshak also paid a visit to Karolinska Institutet. The expenditures 2014 were distributed to ISP coordination (47%), to operation of the programs in computer science (32%), and to an agreed remuneration to the UU Dept Mathematics (4%). Indirect costs (“overhead”) amounted to 16%. Linköping University (LiU) and University of Rwanda (UR): ISP is engaged in the subprogram on Research Management, with LiU, Sweden, and the Directorate for Planning and Development at UR, in the current phase of the Sida bilateral program, started 1 July 2013. In 2014, ISP finalized procurement of a “supervision training package”, and three trainers were sent to UR to carry out the assignment. The expenditures 2014 were distributed to ISP coordination including travel (20%), and to the supervision training (70%). Indirect costs amounted to 10%. National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Abuja, Nigeria: The NMC staff member, Mr. Olufunmi-niyi Abiri, continued PhD training at Luleå Univ. Technology (LTU), Luleå, Sweden. On 15 Dec. he successfully defended his Licentiate thesis “Simplification of Non-Local Damage Models”. The expenditures 2014 were distributed to ISP coordination (7%), to the student’s subsistence allowance (47%), and to an agreed remuneration to Luleå Univ. (42%). Indirect costs amounted to 3%. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA): ISP continued collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Science (SSEESS) and the European Academies of Science Advisory Council (AESAC) to arrange workshops on the theme “Energy at the Village Level”. The first one was held in Arusha, Tanza-nia, in June, and subsequent ones are planned in Southeast Asia (Kuching, Malaysia), West Africa (Ghana), Latin America (Columbia, Mexico), as well as a final round-up meeting in Brussels in 2016. More information is available on the Smart Villages initiative’s website at e4sv.org. Stockholm University (SU): Following an agreement signed in December 2010, the Faculty of Science at SU, Sweden, provides a yearly contribution 2011-2015. The expenditures 2014 were distributed to the continued development of Pan African Centre for Mathematics (PACM; 37%), and to research groups in Laos (45%). Indirect costs (“over-head”) amounted to 17%. A meeting with the steering group was held 19 May 2013. Thailand Research Fund (TRF) and Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA): An agreement between TRF/TICA and ISP/Sida was finalized, but not yet signed. The agreement will imply three yearly fellowships in the fields of chemistry, mathematics, and physics, for students from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam, to carry out three years of PhD training; two years in Thailand (arranged and financed by the Thai partners) and one year in Sweden (arranged and financed by the Swedish partners). Fellow evenings and other activities with participating students In 2014, ISP hosted three fellow evenings, 7 Apr. and 10 Nov. (about 30 and 20 student participants, respectively, both at ISP premises), and 4 June at Restaurant Åkanten in central Uppsala (20 student participants). On 3 Apr., representatives for the International Foundation for Science (IFS) presented their program and its funding opportunities. On 10 Nov., Prof. Sten Hagberg from UU Dept. Cultural Anthropology & Ethnology gave a presentation about the contemporary situation in Burkina Faso and its background. On 30 Aug., a student excursion to the Swedish historical site Birka, at Björkö in Lake Mälaren, was arranged (15 student participants). On 11 Dec., 13 students together with six ISP staff members participated in the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Seven students were from Mozambique, the others were one each from Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Honduras, Kenya, Panama, and Rwanda. On 13 Dec. students were invited to ISP premises for traditional Swedish Lucia Celebration, about 20 attended. Meetings, conference participation, presentations, and other such activities of ISP staff 12 February: Peter Sundin gave an invited talk “Supporting Basic Sciences in Low-Income Countries - a Sida-financed program at Uppsala University ”, at Uppsala University Diplomatic Forum, “Swedish International Development Cooperation and Sida – Current Changes and Future Challenges”, Sida, Stockholm, Sweden. 27 February: Ernst van Groningen gave a seminar on “Exoplanets” at the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at Univ. Nairobi, Kenya. 6-8 March: Carla Puglia attended the Intl. Conf. Physics for Energy and Environment in Dhaka, organized by Bangladesh Physics Society, and gave an invited talk presenting ISP. 23 April: The ISP Gender Equality Working Group held its first meeting, at Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala. 2-5 June: Carla Puglia and Ernst van Groningen participated in the workshop on “Energy at the Village Level” in Arusha in June (see above, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). 4 Juni: Peter Sundin, selected to represent UU in the organisation committee, participated in the “Workshop and conference on Swedish-African HEI collaboration – possible focus and themes”. The organising committee had a number of meetings in the autumn to prepare for a conference in Africa in 2015, within the frame of an Association of Swedish Higher Education project within the frame of the Higher Education for Education for All initiative. 27 June: The Sida – ISP Annual Review Meeting was held at Sida, Stockholm. 29 June - 3 July: Ernst van Groningen partipated in the Fourth East African Astronomical Society conference in Kigali, Rwanda, where he gave an invited talk presenting ISP. 1 July: ISP arranged a seminar "What can Sweden gain from research cooperation with low-income countries?" during the Swedish Political Week in Almedalen, Gotland. Kerstin Sahlin, Professor of Public Management in the UU Dept. Business Studies, and since 2013 Secretary General of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Research Council, Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan, co-chair of IAP, chairman of the Council of the United Nations University (UNU), and ISP board member, and Sten Rylander, elected chair of the Swedish NGO Forum Syd, author, and former Swedish ambassador of several countries in Africa, participated in the panel. 10 September: Peter Sundin gave an invited talk “Curbing Chemicals – Is there a Non-Toxic Future?” at the Open University, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11-12 September: Former IPICS Program Director Dr. Malin Åkerblom and Peter Sundin participated in the international conference “Shaping the Landscape of Molecular Life Sciences in Sri Lanka”, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at University of Colombo. The Institute was funded by Sida (former Sida/SAREC and Sida/INEC) and facilitated by IPICS, and opened 28 Apr. 2004. 13 September: Rebecca Andersson and Peter Sundin held a workshop with leaders of formerly supported research groups in chemistry and physics, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as part of a study of the former ISP collaboration in the country. The workshop was preceded by an online alumni tracer study during the spring, and by follow-up interviews in Colombo and Peradeniya. 27-28 November: Ernst van Groningen participated in the “1st Ethio-Swedish Workshop on Organic Photovoltaics & Biopolymer-Based Batteries and Super Capacitors for Solar Electricity Storage: 25 years of collaboration”, held at AAU, Ethiopia, and was a speaker at the opening ceremony. 3-5 December: Ernst van Groningen gave an invited talk presenting ISP at the International Conference “Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development” coordinated by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, in Manaus, Brazil. 10 December: The ISP Gender Equality Working Group held its second meeting, at Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala. 18 December: Peter Sundin gave a presentation of ISP to the Advisory Committee for Research at the UU Faculty of Science and Technology. Minor Field Studies program In 2014, ISP awarded thirteen stipends to Swedish students in the Sida-financed Minor Field Studies (MFS) program, to carry out thesis work at institutions in eligible countries (Table 6). Publications Anonymous (2014). International Science Programme, ISP. Building research capacity in basic sciences. Brochure. Anonymous (2014). Smart villages. New thinking for off-grid communities world-wide. Report from the 1st regional smart villages workshop, 2-5 June, Arusha, Tanzania. (http://www.isp.uu.se/isp-publications/) Ernst van Groningen was guest editor for a special issue of the Wiley journal: “Geografiska Annaler A, Physical Geology”. Three articles by the PhD students of the IPPS NADMICA network were accepted for publication in this issue. It is published in print early 2015, but the articles appeared online as open access already in 2014. Tabell 6. Minor field studies: students receiving support through ISP in 2014. (62% female, F; 38% male, M). G – gender; Lev – level of study. Entries are given countrywise, sorted by student
Conference contributions E. van Groningen, The International Science Programme at Uppsala University. The International Conference “Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development: a Call for Action”, coordinated by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and organized by the IAP Science for Poverty Eradication Committee, 3-5 Dec. Manaus, Brazil. A. Berglund & P. Sundin, Academic development with a master level focus. An example of Saudi – Swedish science collaboration. The International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education, 15-18 April, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Visiting Persons and Delegations ISP received or participated in the reception of the following guests and delegations.7 15 May: Dr. John Mango from Makerere University, Uganda, visited ISP for discussions both on the bilateral program at Makerere and ISP core activities in mathematics. 20-21 August: Professor Vincent Titanji, TWAS Professor in Biotechnology, Honorary Dean and Former Vice Chancellor of University of Buea, Cameroon, visited ISP and collaborators at UU. Professor Titanji was group leader of the former ISP-supported research group in chemistry at University of Yaounde and, later, University of Buea, between 1987 and 2008. 14-20 September: A delegation from the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board visited ISP to discuss aspects of nuclear safety, with ISP, research groups at UU, and Swedish agencies and companies. 22 September: Dr. Jose Jackson-Malete, Director of Research and Partnerships at the Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) and Dr. Linley Chiwona Karltun, Researcher from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), visited ISP to initiate discussions on a collaborative project between universities and organisations aiming to strengthen the research and leadership capacity of female scientists. 20 October: A delegation from Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia, visited UU and ISP. (See above, Collaborations, Al Baha University). 28 October: Professor Carlos Lucas, Coordinator of the UEM-Sida Program at Universidad Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique visited ISP to discuss possibilities for students from Univ. Eduardo Mondlane to do “job shadowing” at Uppsala University during the spring 2015. Ms. Marilyn Klarin from the UU International Office also took part in the discussions, as well as Mr. Allan Mwangi, Kenyatta Univ., Kenya, who was doing job shadowing at the International Office. 6 November: Dr. Nagantié Kone from the Mali Radiation Protection Agency (Agence Malienne de Radioprotection) and Prof. Jan Blomgren, CEO of the Institute for Nuclear Business Excellence, visited ISP to discuss the possibilities of manpower development in the field of nuclear physics in Mali. 7 November: Dr. Akim Adekpedjou from Dept. Mathematics & Statistics at Univ. Missouri, USA, visited ISP to learn more about the program and the mathematics research groups and networks supported in Africa. 1 December: Mr. Raymond Ndikumana, Univ. Rwanda (UR), and Theresa Lagali Hensen and Bengt-Ove Turesson, Linköping Univ., visited ISP to plan activities within Sida's bilateral program with UR. Yüklə 7,6 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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