Bremen University student enjoying Te Reo studies |
 | | Taking beginner courses in Te Reo Māori has been “a big help” for University of Bremen doctoral student Friederike Gesing as she researches coastal erosion in Bay of Plenty communities. Ms Gesing is spending 12 months in New Zealand investigating, from an anthropological perspective, specific communities which are working to mitigate the effects of coastal erosion to their beaches and property. Further story can be read here. |
Operation Beach Clean: Ethnographic Fieldwork, Hands-on |
 | | In the first week of October, and after one year of ethnographic fieldwork, my research stay in the Bay of Plenty had almost come to its scheduled end. I had arranged a number of farewell meetings and last interview appointments with contacts from BOP Coast Care, BOP Regional Council, the Port of Tauranga, Te Runanga O Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Trust and the Matakana Island Community Nursery. Little did I know that these people would only days later find themselves in the middle of escalating events when the containership MV Rena hit the Astrolabe reef out of Tauranga Harbour early on October 5th 2011. Further story can be read here. |
INTERCOAST Exchange Student from Waikato |
 | | The New Zealand INTERCOAST student Zhi Liu (Cathy) from Waikato arrived in Bremen on October 2nd and will be staying until December 30th. Her project topic and preliminary thesis title is "Numerical Modelling of Sediment Transport around Tairua Estuary". Further story can be read here. |
INTERCOAST Coast Care Event |
 | | On June 25th 2011 Prof Chris Battershill and eight Intercoast students from both Waikato and Bremen Universities came out to the Western Bay of Plenty to join a community planting day in Otāmarākau. Further story can be read here. |
Bremen University student investigates Tauranga harbour proposal |
 | | Intercoast Programme member and University of Bremen doctoral student Lisa Marquardt is spending nine months in New Zealand investigating current proposals to dredge Tauranga Harbour and the processes involved in making a decision. More stories from The University of Waikato press is here. |
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Educational activities for Intercoast PhDs during the Postdocs visit to the University of Waikato |
 | | As a part of keeping the multi-disciplinary scientific discussions among the Intercoast PhD students, the two Postdocs Dr. Ella Meilianda and Dr. Silja Klepp were entitled to do a research stay at the University of Waikato for a month. This was done to organise the educational activities for all the PhD students who are currently staying at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, for their research. Further story can be read here. |
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INTERCOAST Doctoral students marine research fieldwork in Tauranga Harbour |
 | | Doctoral students from the University of Bremen in Germany have been making the most of the Bay of Plenty’s recent spell of fine weather to begin mapping the seabed around the port. The students are part of the Intercoast Research Training Framework set up last year between the universities of Waikato and Bremen to bring international PhD students to New Zealand to focus on marine research in the Bay of Plenty. Similar research will be conducted around the North Sea in Germany, where Waikato doctoral students will travel later in the year. More stories from The University of Waikato press is here. |
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Announcement of the upcoming INTERCOAST Workshop 2011 |
 | | We are happy to announce and welcome the guests and participants of the 2nd INTERCOAST Project Workshop to be held in MARUM - University of Bremen, on the 14th to 20th of February 2011 particularly the New Zealand Ambassador H.E. Peter Rider on Monday. A more detailed schedule can be downloaded here. |
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Etnologist of the University of Bremen awarded:
Dr. Silja Klepp’s research on refugee rights in the Mediterranean area was awarded the advancement award of the Research Academy Leipzig |
Dr. Silja Klepp, one of the postdoc of INTERCOAST has been awarded the advancement award of the Research Academy Leipzig 2010, which is annually awarded for outstanding work from the three graduate centres mathematics/information technology and natural sciences, life sciences as well as humanities and social sciences with more than 550 doctorates. read more ... |
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News: Firoz Badesab presented his research in Geophysik seminar at
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen |
Geophysik seminar is held every tuesday in the Department of Geosciences. On 23rd November 2010 One of the Intercoast PhD students, Firoz Badesab presented his results on his ongoing research work. read more ... |
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Education: INTERCOAST Courses 'Temperate Coastal Ecology' and 'Waves, Tides and Shallow-water Processes' |
Two courses were successfully organized by Dr. Conrad Pilditch and Dr. Karin Bryan from the Waikato University within the framework of INTERCOAST. read more ... |
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News: INTERCOAST field trip at Bremerhaven, October 1st, 2010 |
 | | On 1st October a field trip was arranged for the INTERCOAST project members. The excursion was organized by Sarah J. Farley and leaded by Prof. Dr. Tobias Mörz. Seventeen participants attended a historical and technical introduction to the port area and to the ongoing projects. read more ... |
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