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Founded in 1939, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) is a government-funded research organization under the administrative authority of France's Ministry of Research. CNRS is involved in all scientific fields and its research units are spread throughout France, employing a large body of permanent researchers, engineers, technicians, and administrative staff. CNRS has an active partnership and cooperation policy with other European and International research organizations. The organization develops scientific collaboration projects with 93 countries, participates in 304 international programs and 56 scientific cooperation agreements. In addition, it has partnerships with 102 European and International Associated Laboratories (LEA/LEI) and 20 International Joint Unit.
UMI 3157 iGlobes : interdisciplinary and global environmental studies
This joint center (CNRS/UA), founded January 2008, and located at the College of Sciences (UA), is under the direction of Franck Poupeau. The UMI 3157 develops international, comparative and interdisciplinary research programs and promotes partnerships between U.S. and French scientists. Under joint programs with the UA (i.e., Partners University Fund), it implements exchange programs, hosts visiting French scholars and PhD students, and organizes seminars, summer workshops, symposia and international conferences.
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The National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography is established in 2010 after the unification of 4 structures of the Academy: Geophysical Institute, Central Laboratory for Seismic Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering, Central Laboratory of Geodesy and Institute of Geography. The Institute currently has 185 employees, of which 2/3rds are researchers and the rest are technical and support staff. The main research activities are provided in the following departments: Geophysics, Seismology and Seismic Hazards, Earthquake Engineering, Classical and Satellite Geodesy and Geography.
Department of Geography deals with the spatial differentiation, dynamics and interactions between the processes and phenomena of nature and society in Bulgaria and beyond. This type of spatial interpretation is realized by implementing a comprehensive approach of research. The work of the department is framed in three research groups: Physical Geography, Human Geography and GIS. The main areas of research are global change and environmental protection, European integration, cross-border cooperation and regional sustainable development, education and qualification.
The Institute for Water Education is the largest international postgraduate water education facility in the world. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees and PhDs. Since 1957 the Institute has provided postgraduate education to more than 14,500 water professionals from over 160 countries, the vast majority from the developing world. Over 100 PhD fellows are currently enrolled in water-related research and numerous research and capacity development projects are carried out throughout the world. UNESCO-IHE is at the centre of a vast international network of water related institutions, and functions as an interface between knowledge networks and centres, public and private sector organisations, scientific and professional associations and other members of the international water community.
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The Department of Hydrology and Water Resources was established as a separate program by The University of Arizona (UA) in 1961. The UA is the only university in the USA with a department dedicated solely to hydrology and water resources. The department has been ranked for more than 7 years in a row the best department to study hydrology in the USA. Because of the importance of the Hydrology Department, its research is very well connected with projects in other departments, offering both cutting edge hydrologic science an integrative and holistic research projects, where hydrology is interwoven with many other aspects of water resources such as policy, agriculture, ecology, development, etc. The collaborating departments of Atmospheric Science and the Office of Arid Lands Studies also include internationally recognized faculty.
The Bristol Group for Water Research at UWE, Bristol (BGWR) focuses on making linkages between water sector practitioners and theorists, between the growing water NGO community and academics, between local communities at risk of flood and/or drought and interdisciplinary academic specialists.
The BGWR is currently working the following research initiatives:
UWE offers: foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in water management, countryside conservation and management and civil engineering, and short courses in water sector regulation, water quality management, and local government responsibilities, etc. More than a dozen colleagues from across the university have combined to create the BGWR as a truly interdisciplinary research, teaching and advocacy team. The BGWR is affiliated with UWE Bristol’s Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment which aims to influence and increase integration in relation to policy creation and delivery at national and international levels. Staff in ISHE has received funding from the EPSRC, ESRC, NERC, the Soil Association,government departments in the UK and abroad, the EU, the Environment Agency and BIG Lottery funding.