IPGL

IPGL - International Post-Graduate Education & Research Hub in Limnology

Leader: Gerold Winkler
Deputy: Nina Haslinger

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Key research areas

Sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems
- Biodiversity, conservation and restoration of streams, rivers & wetlands
- Assessment of the ecological integrity of streams & rivers
- Human impact & multiple pressures on streams & rivers (climate change, land-use, hydropower & irrigation schemes, agriculture, livestock and wildlife)
- Nutrient & carbon cycles in riverine landscapes, including greenhouse gas components in streams, rivers wetlands and floodplains
- Sustainable aquaculture & fisheries
- Ecosystem services and drivers of society-nature interactions
Research for development and SDGs
Capacity development and networking in the global south
Geographic focus: Eastern Africa

IPGL is an international education-, research- and networking hub with the mission to improve the sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems & its services in the global south and to contribute towards the achievement of the SDG’s 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, & 15.

Since 1975, more than 650 water/environmental professionals from the global south have attended IPGL training programmes. Several research & capacity development projects have been initiated/implemented in Eastern Africa and a large network of collaborating institutions and individuals has been established.

Key Persons

Philine Trnka (BOKU University, Vienna)
Emily Perle (BOKU University, Vienna)
Nzula Kitaka (Egerton University, Kenya)

Tadesse Fetahi (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
Getachew Beneberu (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)
Adamneh Dagne (Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research, NFLARC, Ethiopia)

Impact of IPGL

The Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE) coordinated the implementation of an Impact Assessment Study, which covered the IPGL programme activity period from 1975 to 2021. The assessment confirmed key contributions of IPGL at multiple levels in the three partner countries Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, as well as in Austria - such as the establishment of limnology as a recognised scientific field in Eastern Africa, quality improvements in higher education, intensifying N-S & S-S cooperation in research & higher eduction and contributions towards gender equality and the development of policies.