Seminar: South-North research cooperation at University of Southern Denmark (Odense)

Et seminar arrangeret af Danish Development Research Network – www.ddrn.dk

Registration: Send an e-mail with your name to: [email protected]

Programme

16.00-16.05: Welcome by Arne Wangel, DDRN: Rationale and key issues in the DDRN research communication project

16.05-16.20: Morten Birkved, Prof., SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Chemical Eng., Biotechnology and Environmental Tech.: Building capacity for LCA in Tanzania: Lessons learnt from the DANIDA funded program Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries

16.20-16.40: Priscila De Morais Lima, external PhD student, SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Chemical Eng., Biotechnology and Environmental Tech.: Solid waste management in Brazil

16.40-16.55: Zhi Cao, Postdoc, Research Assistant, Ph.D., SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Chemical Eng., Biotechnology and Environmental Tech.: CO2 emissions from cement industry in China: A bottom-up estimation from factory to regional and national levels

16.55-17.05: Break with refreshments

17.05-17.25: Gang Liu, Prof., SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Chemical Eng., Biotechnology and Environmental Tech.: South-North knowledge exchange: The experience of research and education collaboration with China

17.25-17.55: Panel discussion:

• Challenges in South-North research cooperation

• Starting a network of SDU Faculty, South PhD students, and South partner universities

• Do we need a tracer study and what should be the focus?

Brief introduction by each panellist: Morten Birkved; Priscila De Morais Lima; Zhi Cao and Gang Liu, followed by comments and questions from the audience

17.55-18.00: Closing remarks by Morten Birkved