University of Waterloo Water Institute representatives at the University of Bordeaux in 2016.
The Water Institute and the University of Bordeaux have been collaborating since 2014, when the Water Institute convened a workshop in Waterloo with Bordeaux researchers to explore potential areas of collaboration.
- In 2016, 10 Water Institute researchers, led by the Institute’s executive director, visited the LabEx COTE Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bordeaux to participate in a follow-up workshop and explore the possibility of setting up joint interdisciplinary research programs. An important outcome of the workshop was the identification of specific joint Water Institute-LabEx COTE research clusters, each of which anticipated applying for project funding to initiate new activities.
- In 2017, Water Institute graduate students participated in LabEx COTE’s interdisciplinary summer school on weak signals and emerging issues in ecological transition.
- In early 2018, a group of Bordeaux faculty visited Waterloo again to work on a water research proposal, which will be submitted for funding. Furthermore, Water Institute member and associate professor in the Department of Economics, Alain Nimubona, was appointed as a visiting Bordeaux professor.
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Waterloo strengthens water research partnerships with University of Bordeaux
LabEx COTE International Summer School - 2018