News & Media
SNAC Workshop Jan 2026
As part of the Sudan–Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC), the Remote Sensing Group at the University of Hamburg is hosting a joint workshop with colleagues from the University of Bergen (Norway), University of Gadarif (Sudan).
Within the Climate Change and Food Security Cluster, we are discussing key challenges in Sudan — from land degradation and biodiversity loss to peace, conflict, and environmental change — and how remote sensing can help address them.
Great discussions and inspiring international collaboration!
Excited to announce a new Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP):
UAVs: From Mission to Applications in Geosciences for Environmental Monitoring Partners: University of Hamburg (UHH), University of Bergen, and Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS). This international BIP brings together students and lecturers to explore UAV-based environmental monitoring, from mission planning to data processing and real-world geoscience applications.
More information may be found here.
New Project with ESA EO AFRICA
Our joint project proposal for the ESA EO AFRICA call for proposals was selected alongside nine other projects from a total of 143 applications. The project is jointly led by Komi Mensah Agboka (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Kenya) and Olena Dubovyk (Remote Sensing Working Group, University of Hamburg).
The project focuses on a feasibility study to improve the assessment of land degradation neutrality (LDN) in Kenya through Earth observation (EO) of woody grasses.
- Start: 2. September 2025
- Runtime: 15 Months
- Results: Research data and codes will be publicly available on a dedicated page.
The initiative is funded by ESA in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and coordinated by the EO Africa R&D Facility (University of Twente, Netherlands). We look forward to starting this collaboration and contributing to the promotion of EO-based solutions for sustainable land management in Africa.
Further information on the selected projects can be found [here].
ESA Living Planet Symposium
From 23 to 27 June 2025, Prof. Dr. Olena Dubovyk, Binita Khanal, Fatemeh Saba, Swarnalee Mazumder and Nikhil Raghuvanshi were in Vienna, Austria, at the ESA Living Planet Symposium. Together, they made many new contacts and exchanged ideas about current research. We also shared our research with the help of several posters. The projects we presented were funded by the EU's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101086250 - EWALD, among others.
Photo: Binita Khanal
EWALD Colloquium
On 17 June, we held a colloquium at Geomatikum together with guests from the EWALD network. Over snacks and drinks, we presented our work progress to each other within the framework of the goals defined by EWALD.
Photo: Binita Khanal
Media
This section contains links to several media articles reporting on the work of Prof. Dr. Olena Dubovyk and her project partners.
2025
2024
EXZELLENTE KÖPFE – EXZELLENTE FORSCHUNG, Artikel: Klimaszenarien der Zukunft, Zeit für Forschung
UAV Data Utilization Workshop in Ghana, University of Bergen, Department of Geography
2023
Cryospheric Monitoring in the Lyngen Alps, University of Bergen, Department of Geography
2020