Oxford’s Smart Handpumps’ research has been selected as the overall winner in the University’s inaugural Vice Chancellor’s Innovation Awards, and also won the category for impact in building capacity.
Month: July 2018
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: Understanding water-logging issues in coastal Bangladesh
Md Saif Uddin, PhD Fellow at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, discusses how his research as part of the REACH programme aims to understand and address water-logging and river sedimentation issues in coastal Bangladesh.
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: How women bear the brunt of water-related risks in coastal Bangladesh
Sabrina Zaman, an MPhil student at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, shares insights from her REACH research looking at the impacts of water insecurity on women in coastal Bangladesh.
Towards establishing a ‘risk threshold’ in the Awash river basin, Ethiopia: Part II
The lower part of Ethiopia’s Awash Basin is characterised by low rainfall and chronic water variability. In this blog entry Dr Catherine Grasham discusses how water related risks vary within communities of the lower Awash, and how they compare to the risks experienced in the upper part of the basin.