News
DROP on Technical Committee of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scholarship Programme
The IPCC Scholarship Programme was established with the funds received from the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The Technical Committee reviews the scholarship applications and makes recommendation to the IPCC Science Board. The funding partners (Prince...
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Namibia / Angola & DROP host 2nd Regional Energy Security Conference / Sub-Sahara Energy Future Forum on 12 August 2015 at Safari Conference Centre in Windhoek, Namibia
See KAS Homepage for further information: http://www.kas.de/namibia/en/events/64937/
DROP hosted Nansen Initiative “Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa Consultation”
The Nansen Initiative is a state-led consultative process with multi-stakeholder involvement. It is funded by the Governments of Norway and Switzerland, with additional support from the European Commission, the Government of Germany and the MacArthur Foundation. The...
DROP Programme Manager receives prestigious award
Prof Oliver Ruppel receives Rector's Award for General Performance in recognition of his outstanding achievement in 2014 from Prof WJS De Villiers, the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University
Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda
The Nansen Initiative Southern Africa Consultation on “Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda,” will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 4-5 June 2015, and will aim to explore issues...
DROP research on “Chinese Foreign Direct Investment into Africa”
Now available: Elkemann, C. & O.C. Ruppel (2015) “Chinese Foreign Direct Investment into Africa in the context of BRICS and Sino-African Bilateral Investment Treaties”, Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business...
New Book: Perspectives on Energy Security and Renewable Energies in Sub-Sahara Africa
DROP proudly presents the new book publication in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: OC Ruppel / B Althusmann (2015) Perspectives on Energy Security and Renewable Energies in Sub-Sahara Africa - Practical Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges....
DROP meets with Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in Cape Town on the occasion of his visit to the Cape
DROP meets with Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in Cape Town on the occasion of his visit to the Cape. Photo (from left to right in the first row): Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schneider (Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Hannover, Germany); Wolfgang Tiefensee (Thuringian...
Exciting weeks for DROP
The last few weeks have been very exciting for DROP. First, Prof. Oliver Ruppel was appointed as a member of the Council of the Centre for International Studies (CIS) of the European Law Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 14 April 2015. He also had the honour of attending...
DROP Programme Manager now on prestigious Editorial Board
DROP is happy announce that the Programme Manager, Prof. Ruppel, is now on the editorial board of the prestigious Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA). The Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA) is a high quality biannual and peer-reviewed journal. The...