PhD Program News

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors article on Water Management and Technologies in Ancient Armenia

September 3, 2012

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors an article “Water Technologies in Ancient Armenia”. The article presents an overview of irrigation and water supply structures in Ancient Armenia during the pre-Urartian and the Urartian period, first named in Assyrian inscriptions around 1250 B.C. It presents hydraulic technology in Urartian urban centers and ancient irrigation systems around Van Lake.

Mukesh Gupta, PhD student published a book “Carbon Credits and Local Communities: Promoting Self Sufficiency Through Carbon Credits From Conservation and Management of Forests”

August 27, 2012

Mukesh Gupta, PhD student published a book “Carbon Credits and Local Communities: Promoting Self Sufficiency Through Carbon Credits From Conservation and Management of Forests”. The book description is as below:

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, Published a Book “Genetic Engineering In Agricultural Landscapes”

August 15, 2012

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, recently published a book “Genetic Engineering in Agricultural Landscapes: Controversy, International Policy-Making, Transnational Corporate Interests, and Implications for Armenia”. The book scrutinizes the claimed benefits and potential risks of GMOs, focusing on crops and food products, with consideration of implications for social and environmental sustainability. It investigates international GMO policy-making alongside the role of corporations in shaping global agrifood governance. The book then proceeds with analyses of the situation in Armenia.

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, published a research article in the Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

July 17, 2012

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD candidate, published a research article “State versus private sector provision of water services in Armenia” in the Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering. The article was presented at the 8th International Conference on "Urban Watershed Management: Water Systems in Rapidly Urbanizing Areas" Beijing, China, September 06-08, 2011. The conference was organized by Tsinghua University (China), US Environmental Protection Agency, Environment and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (USA), and H2-O (China).

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors an article to be presented at the European Parliament

July 9, 2012

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authored a research article “Is Armenia ready to confront global gene giants?” to be presented at the "Social and Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development: Alternative Models in Central and Eastern Europe", European Parliament, Brussels, October 15-17, 2012. The paper will be published at the special issues of Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe and EMECON.