United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Research team

Lead researcher: Prof. Janos Bogardi

Janos is the Director of UNU-EHS. Janos' main research interests are water resources and agricultural water resources development; disaster risk management and its components, the effect of environment problems on migration.

He has extensive experience in Europe, Africa and Asia.

MICROCON projects:

Project 26: Water management and violent conflicts

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Researcher: Dr. Libor Jansky

Libor has 27 years of experience in forestry, soil and water conservation and international development, working in international organizations, academia, and engineering firms. His main research interests are water resources management and policy, forest policy, and soil physics.

He has worked in over 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America for research and project work.

MICROCON projects:

Project 26: Water management and violent conflicts

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Researcher: Lars Wirkus

Lars is a geographer, and his main research interests are global environmental change and its effects on the availability and scarcity of natural resources and how they increase risks of violent conflicts.

His main geographical area of expertise is Sub-Saharan Africa.

MICROCON projects:

Project 26: Water management and violent conflicts

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Researcher: Sophia Bildhaeuser (née Schmidl)

Sophia is a cultural and social anthropologist, with special interest in conflict resolution processes and anthropology of law.

Her main geographical areas of expertise are Lesotho and Austria.

MICROCON projects:

Project 26: Water management and violent conflicts

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