Sustainability in marginal areas

Name of Contact Person: Hussam Hag Husein

Role of Contact Person: research participation

Email Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: +4917634468051

Name of organisation: FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg University

Type of organisation: Secondary or Higher Education Establishment

Description of your organisation:

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg is a public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
FAU is the second-largest state university in the state of Bavaria. It has 5 faculties, 24 departments/schools, 25 clinical departments, 21 autonomous departments, 579 professors, 3,457 members of research staff, and roughly 14,300 employees.
With around 39,000 students (including 5,000 foreign) enrolled in the university in 265 fields of study, FAU is in the list of the top 10 largest universities in Germany.[9] In 2018, 7,390 students graduated from the university, and 840 doctorates and 55 post-doctoral theses were registered.
Measured by the number of top managers in the German economy, FAU ranked 25th in 2019. In 2017, ARWU ranked FAU 4th in Germany in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences, 6th in Germany in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, and 7th in Germany in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
QS World University Rankings 2018 ranked FAU as the academic institution that has produced the most widely cited publications in Germany (global 21st). In 2017, Reuters ranked FAU as the 50th most innovative university globally (2nd in Germany, 6th in Europe). In the Reuters ranking report published in 2019, FAU has been rated as the most innovative university in Germany and 2nd in Europe.
In the Academic Ranking of World Universities for the year 2014, FAU ranked second among German universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences group for all four ranking parameters TOP, FUN, HiCi, and PUB.

WATER MANAGEMENT : Topic 1.1.1-2023 (IA) Integrated adaptive wastewater management plans in the Mediterranean region. | Topic 2.1.1-2023 (RIA) New governance models to define best practices for sustainable water management and conflict mitigation.

FARMING SYSTEMS: Topic 1.2.1-2023 (IA) Actions to restore and return degraded lands in the Mediterranean region into productive agroecosystems.

AGRO-FOOD VALUE CHAIN: Topic 1.3.1-2023 (RIA) Increasing agri-food supply chain (cereal) resilience in the MENA region.

WEFE Nexus: Topic 1.4.1-2023 (IA) Accelerate adaptation and mitigation to climate change in the Mediterranean region by deploying WEFE nexus solutions.

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Sustainability in marginal areas

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