Welcoming Dominic – PhD candidate in Global-SDG-campus network

Hi everyone, I am Dominic, I come from Hamburg, Germany. I joined the Chair of Tropical Forestry in October 2022 as a Ph.D. candidate under the DAAD-funded project “forestry curricula study tracks through a Global-SDG-campus network”. The project aims to develop higher education networks in teaching and research regarding forest-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in

First regional alumni capacity building and networking seminar held in Vientiane, Lao PDR

From 26 to 30 September 2022, the TU Dresden (Institute of International Forestry and Wood Products, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology), United Nations University-FLORES and the National University of Laos (NUOL) jointly organized a regional alumni seminar in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The seminar addressed former students from Southeast Asia who studied at TU Dresden and

Call for DAAD Scholarship Applications for Admission 2023

You  are invited to attend the 2023 MSc Course in TROPICAL FORESTRY. The course is taught in English at Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence. Over many decades, the international orientation and social focus have made this 2-year MSc course unique in Europe. You will benefit from the international

Meet Aruna Kainyande – An alumnus & new institute staff member

My name is Aruna Kainyande, and I am from Sierra Leone, West Africa. I live in Dresden, a city that has become my home away from home for the past two years. I have recently joined the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products in April 2022 as a Research Assistant in the WoodCluster Project.

Call for Applications: Southeast Asia Regional Alumni Capacity Building and Networking Seminar

We welcome applications for the seminar “Tools for actor-based management of conflicting interests in the land-water-forest nexus in Southeast Asia” on 25 September – 1 October 2022 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. For further information, please see:

PhD Scholarship in Forest Governance

The Chair of Tropical and International Forestry is granting a Forest governance Scholarship for PhD dedicated to research on “Analysing and governing trade-offs and conflicting interests among SDGs in forest landscapes“. The deadline for application is 01.05.2022. Please see details of the position in the following PDF: