NEXtra Kick-off

Preeyaphat and Lwin, we are doctoral researchers from the Insititute of International Forestry and Forest Products. We are also doctoral researchers in the first court of the NEXtra programme. The United Nations University-FLORES, Technische Universität Dresden, and Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) have formed a remarkable partnership known as NExtra, the

Welcoming Preeya – a new Phd candidate from Thailand

Hello! My name is Preeyaphat Chaiklang, or you can call me “Preeya”. I am from Thailand. I joined the Chair of Tropical and International Forestry in April 2023 as a DAAD doctoral candidate under the “Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations (NEXtra) programme.” The programme is a joint one between Technische Universität Dresden and the United

Welcoming Lwin – a new PhD candidate from Myanmar

Hello everyone, I am Lwin Thuzar Nyein. I come from Myanmar. I joined the Chair of Tropical and  International Forestry in April 2023 as a doctoral candidate for the Joint Ph.D. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste, jointly offered by the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and

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 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: