NCCR Guide 2013 - Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

• Instituto Tecnologico de Costa
Rica, Cartago, CR
• International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA),Wien,AT
• International Centre for
Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
(ICARDA), Aleppo, SY
• International Centre for
Integrated Mountain Development
(ICIMOD), Kathmandu, NP
• Intern. Centre for Research in
Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, KE
• International Water Management
Institute (IWMI), Accra, GH
• Journalists for Democracy and
Human Rights, Islamabad, PK
• Kenya Agricultural Research
Institute, Makindu, KE
• Kenya Forest Working Group,
Nairobi, KE
• Kyrgyz Giprozem, Bishkek, KG
• Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine, Vulnerability and Health
Alliance, GB
• Naryn State University, Bishkek, KG
• National Centre for Soil and
Fertiliser, Hanoi,VN
• National Soil Testing Centre,
Ministry of Agriculture, Addis
Ababa, ET
• Observatoire de l’Ecopolitique
Internationale (OEI), Université
du Québec,Montreal, CA
• Office of Population Research,
Princeton University, US
• School of Bio-Chemical
Engineering and Technology,
Sirindhorn International Institute
of Technology, Thammasat
University, Pathum Thani, TH
• School of Earth and Environment,
University of Leeds, Leeds, GB
• School of Environment, Resources
and Development, Bangkok,TH
• School of Geography and the
Environment, University of Oxford,
Oxford, GB
• School of Public Health,
Makerere University, Kampala, UG
• Soil Physics and Environmental
Resources Conservation,
Institute of Land Use, Rostock, DE
• Soil Science Research Institute
(SSRI), Agrarian Academy
of Science, Dushanbe, TJ
• Sustainable Livelihoods,
Sustainable Development Policy
Institute, Islamabad, PK
• Tajik Academy of Agricultural
Science, Dushanbe, TJ
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai, IN
• United Nations Habitat
Programme, Nairobi, KE
• University of Veterinary
and Animal Sciences, Lahore, PK
• Urban Sociology Department,
Autonomous University of Mexico,
Azcapotzalco, MX
• Water and Forestry Department,
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences
Agronomiques, Antananarivo,MG
Economy/Industry
• Alter Ego, Lausanne, CH
• Humer Foundation, Hoffmann-La
Roche Holding, Basel, CH
• Nestlé, Abidjan, CI
Others
• Bread for All / Brot für Alle,
Berne, CH
• Central Asia Mountain Information
Network, Bishkek, KG
• City Medical Office of Health
and Dar es Salaam City Council,
Dar es Salaam,TZ
• Femina/HIP, Dar es Salaam, TZ
• Conflict Prevention and Conflict
Transformation, Bern, CH
• Cooperation and Training Division,
Urban Research Institute (URI),
Vientiane, LA
North-South: Research
Partnerships for Mitigating
Syndromes of Global Change
NCCR North-South
Achievements of the previous years
In Phase 3, the research activities
of the NCCR North-
South programme are
organised between three
Thematic Nodes grouped
around an Integrative
Node. The Thematic Nodes
combine advanced research
on (1) “Institutions, Livelihoods,
Conflicts”, (2)
“Health, Services, Planning”,
and (3) “Resources,
Economy, Governance”.
Each Thematic Node is supported
by at least two Swiss
Institutional Partners, together
with their partners
abroad, and comprises four
to six Research Projects.
The individual projects are
co-led by post-doctoral researchers
from the South
and the North who jointly
oversee an international
team of post-doctoral and
senior researchers, PhD
and master‘s students. The
teams conduct their research
in at least two out of
nine established Partnership
Regions spread across
four continents.
Scientific Output
Activities in the first ten
years produced over 1500
publications (of which over
517 were refereed), more
than 850 reports and 2886
presentations, all of which
resulted directly from the
research carried out in the
programme. A total of 231
PhD studies have been
launched so far, of which
120 are now completed. In
the past year, 11 new PhD
students with external
funding were associated to
the programme.
Integration and Synthesis
In Phase 3, the main vehicle
for integration and synthesis
of all programme activities
is the Integrative Node.
The Integrative Node forms
a hub of exchange between
the Thematic Nodes and
encompasses a Special Research
Project on global
development issues, the
Transversal Project and a
Partnership Regions Project.
The Special Research
Project on global issues is
designed to guide the programme
on three levels: on
the level of policy and practice,
by generating concrete
recommendations for both
that reflect contextual validity
and reach; on the level
of synthesis and generalisation,
by empirically assessing
interregional variation
of core sustainability issues
and comparing them to
current global debates; and
on the level of knowledge
and research, by refining
key concepts, issues and
methodologies surrounding
sustainable development
and reflecting on sustainability
science. Within the
Transversal Project, individual
and institutional
partners implement a number
of synthesis projects
that aim to capitalise on
the results achieved over
the life span of the NCCR
North-South. Finally, the
Partnership Regions Project
continues to build and
strengthen the network of
exchange between the nine
regions that provide the
actual setting for all of the
programme‘s field-based
research and initiatives.
Institutionalisation
Phase 3 promises to bring
major developments in establishing
permanent institutions
to carry on the work
of the NCCR North-South.
An inter-university doctoral
programme on “Global
Change, Innovation and
Sustainable Development”
was launched in 2008, and
a corresponding “International
Graduate School
North-South” is now incorporating
the experience of
the NCCR North-South and
cultivating its international
network in the long term.
The doctoral programme
and the graduate school
are being jointly implemented
by the Centre for
Development and Environment
(CDE, University
of Bern), Swisspeace and
the Swiss Tropical and
Public Health Institute
(University of Basel) and
the Development Study
Group (University of Zurich).
CDE was established
in 2009 as an interdisciplinary
university centre.
With its extended mandate,
it will lastingly contribute
to a strengthened Swiss
role in partnership-based
sustainability research and
outreach that addresses the
needs of developing and
transition countries.
Further information see
www.north-south.unibe.ch
www.igs-north-south.ch
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