A project on Experiential Learning was successfully completed at Syslab within the Environmental Practicum course. The project, called “Experiential Learning through Internships and (guided) Reflection”, was supported by the CEU Teaching Development Grant. Its goal was to introduce a more structured reflection scheme and refinement of the Practicum course as a whole.

This week Syslab organized a day long trip for participants of “Disaster Management” (DM) and “Introduction to Geospatial Analysis” courses to United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) at UN Headquarters in Vienna. UNOOSA is responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. This UN office is also managing the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER).

Souran Chatterjee presented his research on measuring productivity impact of energy efficiency measures at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Cities and Climate Change Conference, 2018, Canada. IPCC organised this conference to inspire the next frontier of research focused on the science of cities and climate change. Souran's research findings raised substantial interest among other researchers and panelist present at the conference . 

Dr Viktor Lagutov represented the Department at the UN / Pakistan / PSIPW International Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water Management and contributed to the event;s organization as a member of the International Programme Committee. The Conference was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 26 February to 2 March 2018.