2012 Cooperative research project building up (21-25 May 2012)
At the start of the workshop, participants were invited to build multidisciplinary groups of 3-4 persons and to select one of the topic proposals presented by Martin Seidl within actual research topics at LEESU. Within a short period of time (ca. 3 half-days), each group prepared a proposal for international scientific research, under the guidance of senior experts. The topics of these proposals were defined with the help of academic searchers .
For better understanding of such role game, this collective proposal preparation was introduced by a short course on scientific proposal writing and accompanied by Daniel Thevenot who has experienced European research projects.
Each collaborative research proposal resulted both into :
- a one-page ‘expression of interest’ distributed to participants and
- an oral presentation and discussion with a panel of senior scientists and practitioners on the morning of Friday 25 May.
The aims of this exercise are to learn how to justify all aspects of an international research project and to help participants to possibly obtain a support for future environmental research projects during or after their PhD preparation.
Monday 21 May at Arcueil city hall
Collaborative research project
| Conf. time | Title of activity |
| 13:00 | Buffet lunch and group set-up |
| 14:00 | Presentation of research cooperation project topics by SEIDL Martin |
| 14:30 | Selection of research cooperation project topic by each group |
| 15:00 | Research cooperation project building-up methodology: an introduction by THEVENOT Daniel |
Wednesday 23 May at CAVB
Collaborative research project
| Time | Title of activity |
| 11:00 | Research cooperation project: preparation |
| 13:00 | Buffet lunch |
| 14:00 | Research cooperation project: preparation |
Thursday 24 May at CAVB
Collaborative research project
| Time | Title of activity |
| 11:00 | Research cooperation project preparation |
| 13:00 | Buffet lunch |
| 14:00 | Research cooperation project: summary preparation (EoF) |
| 16:00 | Research cooperation project: presentation preparation (PPT) |
Friday 25 May at CAVB
Collaborative research project
| Time | Title of activity |
| 8:30 | Presentation equipment set-up |
| 9:00 | Research cooperation project presentation & discussion by each group |
| 11:30 | Research cooperation project: classification (ballot) |
| 12:00 | Celebration of the winner group around a glass |
Actual cooperative research proposals
| Research call | Research project title | Project members |
| 1. Urban water RE(USE) | Urban Water Sustainable Actions - Re-UWSA (summary & presentation) | Maya BENAMI, Diana Paola BERNAL SUAREZ, Youssef TLILI |
| 2. Water and urbanization sustainability | GGE…Green and Grey for the Environment - GGE (summary & presentation) | Mukta Singh CHANDEL, Temitope D. Timothy OYEDOTUN, Emna SELLAMI, Piotr WILINSKI |
| 3. Restoration of lakes in urban areas | Use of storm runoff for urban lakes restoration - USULR (summary & presentation) | Monireh BIABANAKI, Ritu SINGH, Viet TRAN KHAC |
| 4. Constructed wetlands for urban water control | Wetland as a runoff cleaning - AWARE (summary & presentation) | Ahmed AL-RUBAEI, Elodie MOULIN, Adelaide ROGUET, Lydie YOUGO |