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School of Earth and Environment FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT. Inter-university Learning in Higher education on Advanced land Management – Egyptian Country ILHAM/EC Professor Lindsay Stringer. School of Earth and Environment FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT.
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School of Earth and Environment FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT Inter-university Learning in Higher education on Advanced land Management – Egyptian Country ILHAM/ECProfessor Lindsay Stringer
School of Earth and Environment FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT • The University of Leeds is based in northern England • The School of Earth and Environment comprises five research institutes • The Sustainability Research Institute is involved in ILHAM-EC • 35 academic staff; 25 postdocs; 60 PhD students • Expertise in participatory interdisciplinary research; sustainable land management; ecological economics; sustainable agriculture
School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT Key Staff • Staff bring expertise in dryland development; environmental sustainability, institutional economics, ecological economics, sustainable agriculture etc • Leeds will sit on the Steering Committee and the Scientific Group • Contribute to all WPs to varying degrees Prof Lindsay Stringer Prof Andy Dougill Dr Claire Quinn & other staff and PhD students to be confirmed… Dr Stephen Whitfield
School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT • Leeds will develop 2 modules (WP3) • Participatory methods, sustainable agriculture and livelihoods (to be confirmed) linked to ongoing research in Africa • Economics of land degradation building on work conducted in collaboration with the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative
School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT • Main contact point: Professor Lindsay Stringer • Email: l.stringer@leeds.ac.uk Image: http://cloud-collaboration.kahootz.com/public-sector-collaboration-everything-you-needed-to-know