²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES hosted the supervisors of the 32 doctoral researchers on the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES NEXtra Doctoral Programme at its offices in the Dresden World Trade Centre. The aim was to update them on latest developments within the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ and the institute, and to thank them for their commitment to the doctoral candidates.
In welcoming the doctoral supervisors, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES Director, Professor Edeltraud Guenther, noted that ¡°2025 will usher in a new ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ strategy in which knowledge is a key tenet. As ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ will be celebrating it is 50th anniversary, I encourage you to ask yourself for your personal vision for 2025¡±.
Prof Daniel Karthe invited them to the Dresden Nexus Conference in April 2025, which will further advance the Resource Nexus approach with the conference theme, ¡°The Future of Resources ¨C Resources for the Future¡±.
According to Professor Coetzee, who leads the Resource Nexus Programme in Education at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES, ¡°Our Doctoral Programme is enriched by the contributions of participating supervisors from diverse backgrounds, whose research expertise brings multiple perspectives to the integrated and sustainable management of resources, facilitating a truly interdisciplinary Resource Nexus approach."
Each doctoral researcher is co-supervised by two supervisors, one from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES and the other one from the Technische Universit?t Dresden (TUD) and/or the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), key partners in the NEXtra Doctoral Programme.
Five points about the NEXtra Doctoral Programme:
- 32 doctoral researchers
- 50% women
- Over 90% from the Global South
- Each research project is closely aligned with the Resource Nexus approach.
- Each project is contributing to achieving the SDGs
