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SIDA’S  GLOBAL  RESEARCH  PROGRAMMES   ANNUAL  REPORTING     INTERNATIONAL  SCIENCE  PROGRAMME  (ISP)   ANNUAL  REPORT  2015 Prof.  Ermias  Dagne  preparing  a  field  visit  with  teachers  and  students  of  Jijiga  University,  Ethiopia.   (Courtesy  if  IPICS  ALNAP)       Mr.  Heng  Savoeun  explaining  students’  posters  of  research  projects  in  chemistry  to  Dr.  Hang  Chuon   Naron,  Minister  of  Education,  Youth  and  Sports,  Cambodia.  The  Swedish  ambassador,  Anna  Maj  Hultgård,   to  the  right.  (Courtesy  of  IPICS  CAB:01)     Cover  picture:    Peter  Sundin,  Head  of  ISP,  greeting  Prof.  Mohamed  Garib  Bilal,  Vice  President  of  Tanzania,   with  Prof.  Eva  Åkesson,  VC  of  Uppsala  Univ.,  and  Prof  Cuthbert  Kimambo,  Deputy  VC  –  Research,  Univ.  Dar   es  Salaam,  at  the  conference  ”Learning  Together  For  Change.  Advancing  Education  For  All  Through   Higher  Education”,  at  the  Nelson  Mandela  African  Institution  for  Science  and  Technology,  Arusha,   Tanzania,  organized  by  the  Association  of  Swedish  Higher  Education  (SUHF).  (Courtesy  of  ISP) CONTENTS     Section  1:  EXECUTIVE  SUMMARY  .....................................................................................................................  1   Section  2:  ORGANISATION  ..................................................................................................................................  6   Section  3:  OBJECTIVES,  OPERATION  AND  RELEVANCE  .............................................................................  7   3.1   ISP’s  Objectives  .................................................................................................................................................................  7   3.2   ISP’s  Method  of  Operation  ...........................................................................................................................................  8   3.3   Relevance  of  ISP  Support  for  Development  .........................................................................................................  8   3.3.1     Tracing  PhD  graduates  2008-­‐2013  ...............................................................................................................  8   3.3.2     Groups  and  networks  phased  out  of  support  2003-­‐2014  –  present  activities  ...........................  9   Section  4:  STRUCTURE  .......................................................................................................................................  13   4.1   The  ISP  Board  .................................................................................................................................................................  13   4.2   The  ISP  Executive  Committee  .................................................................................................................................  14   4.3   The  ISP  Scientific  Reference  Groups  ....................................................................................................................  14   4.4   The  ISP  Staff  ....................................................................................................................................................................  15   Section  5:  PROGRAM-­‐WIDE  RESULTS  ...........................................................................................................  17   5.1   Activities  ...........................................................................................................................................................................  17   5.1.1   Research  groups  ..................................................................................................................................................  17   5.1.2   Scientific  networks  .............................................................................................................................................  20   5.1.3   Strategic  activities  ...............................................................................................................................................  22   5.2   Achieved  Outputs  and  Outcomes  ...........................................................................................................................  25   5.2.1   Examples  of  research  findings  .......................................................................................................................  26   5.2.2   RBM  logical  framework  follow-­‐up  ...............................................................................................................  29   5.2.3   Expenditures  by  supported  activities  .........................................................................................................  38   5.2.4   Students  in  supported  activities  ...................................................................................................................  45   5.2.5   Dissemination  by  supported  activities  .......................................................................................................  46   5.3     Outputs  and  Outcomes  that  were  not  achieved  .............................................................................................  50   5.3.1   ISP  level  ....................................................................................................................................................................  50   5.3.2   Supported  activity  level  ....................................................................................................................................  50   5.4     Publications  ...................................................................................................................................................................  53   5.4.1   Chemistry  ................................................................................................................................................................  54   5.4.2   Mathematics  ..........................................................................................................................................................  65   5.4.3   Physics  ......................................................................................................................................................................  70 5.5     Academic  Theses  .........................................................................................................................................................  78   5.5.1     PhD  theses  .............................................................................................................................................................  78   5.5.2     Other  postgraduate  theses  .............................................................................................................................  81   Section  6:  APPLICATIONS  AND  IMPACT  .......................................................................................................  91   6.1     Use  of  Results  and  Skills  ...........................................................................................................................................  91   6.1.1   Use  of  research  results  ......................................................................................................................................  91   6.1.2   Policy  influence  and  opportunities  ..............................................................................................................  92   6.1.3   Changed  practices  ...............................................................................................................................................  95   6.1.4   Technical  development  and  services  ..........................................................................................................  95   6.2     Outreach  ..........................................................................................................................................................................  97   6.3     Strengths  and  Benefits  to  Researchers  and  Partners  ..................................................................................  99   6.3.1     Awards,  honors  and  promotions  .................................................................................................................  99   6.3.2     Post  doc  and  scientific  visits  ........................................................................................................................  103   6.4     Communication  of  Research  Results  ................................................................................................................  111   6.4.1     Communication  of  research  results  at  scientific  conferences  and  meetings  .........................  111   6.4.2     Other  communications  ...................................................................................................................................  136   6.4.3     Arranged  conferences,  workshops,  training  courses,  and  other  meetings  .............................  139   SECTION  7:  OTHER  PROGRAMS  AND  EVENTS  .........................................................................................  146   7.1   Sida  assignments  ........................................................................................................................................................  147   7.1.1   Ethiopia  ..................................................................................................................................................................  147   7.1.2   Mozambique  ........................................................................................................................................................  147   7.1.3   Tanzania  ................................................................................................................................................................  147   7.1.4   Uganda  ...................................................................................................................................................................  148   7.1.5   Payment  of  subsistence  allowances  to  Sida  bilateral  students  .....................................................  148   7.1.6   Student  activities  ...............................................................................................................................................  148   7.2   Other  activities  ............................................................................................................................................................  148   7.2.1   Collaboration  .......................................................................................................................................................  148   7.2.2   Dissemination  .....................................................................................................................................................  150   7.2.3   Minor  Field  Study  fellowships  .....................................................................................................................  151   7.2.4   Seminars,  meetings,  and  visits  .....................................................................................................................  152   7.3   Obituary  ..........................................................................................................................................................................  155   Section  8:  ABBREVIATIONS  AND  ACRONYMS  ..........................................................................................  157 SECTION  1:  EXECUTIVE  SUMMARY     International  Science  Programme  Annual  Report  2014   The  Annual  Report,  since  2010,  essentially  follows  “Sida’s  Global  Research  Programmes  Annual  Reporting:   Guiding  Principles  and  Reporting  Format”,  provided  in  June  2010.       Objective,  Structure  and  Organisation,  and  Relevance  (Sections  2  –  4)     Objective   The  objective  of  the  International  Science  Programme  (ISP),  Uppsala  University,  is  to  contribute   to  the  development  of  active  and  sustainable  environments  for  higher  education  and  scientific   research  in  developing  countries,  within  chemistry,  mathematics,  and  physics,  in  order  to   increase  the  domestic  production  and  use  of  results  relevant  for  the  fight  against  poverty.       Structure  and  Organisation   The  support  is  collaborative  and  long-­‐term,  with  a  strong  local  ownership.  Support  is  provided   to  institutionally  based  research  groups,  and  to  scientific  networks.  It  includes  cooperation  with   research  groups  at  more  advanced  host  institutions  at  Swedish  universities,  in  other  Nordic  and   European  countries,  and  in  the  regions.  ISP  also  administers  some  bilateral  research  programs,   supported  by  Sida.     ISP  is  at  the  Faculty  of  Science  and  Technology  at  Uppsala  University.  It  has  three  subprograms:   • International  Programme  in  the  Physical  Sciences  (IPPS,  since  1961)   • International  Programme  in  the  Chemical  Sciences  (IPICS,  since  1970)   • International  Programme  in  the  Mathematical  Sciences  (IPMS,  since  2002)     In  2015,  ISP  operated  the  core  program  on  contributions  from  Sida  (33  million  SEK),  Uppsala   University  (3.25  million  SEK)  and  Stockholm  University  (1  million  SEK).     A  Board  and  an  Executive  Committee  to  the  Board  is  governing  ISP.  Each  subprogram  has  a   Scientific  Reference  Group  to  guide  activities.  The  Board  and  the  reference  groups  have   participants  representing  institutions  outside  Uppsala  University  and  Sweden.  The  operation  of   ISP  is  regulated  in  an  ordinance  established  by  the  Swedish  government  in  1988.  In  2015,  ISP   had  six  scientific  and  seven  administrative  staff  members.  Four  additional  staff  member   contributed  with  research,  evaluation  and  monitoring,  and  project  coordination.     Relevance   The  relevance  of  ISP  to  development  lies  mainly  in  the  activities  of  supported  research  groups   and  scientific  networks,  and  the  substainability  of  these  activities  after  ISP  support  has  been   phased  out.  In  2015,  two  studies  were  carried  out;  one  pertaining  the  fate  of  PhD  graduates   2008-­‐2013,  and  one  regarding  the  continued  activities  of  research  groups  and  networks  after   ISP  phased  out  its  financial  support  in  the  period  2003-­‐2014.  More  than  90%  of  the  graduates   tracked  currently  work  in  their  home  countries  or  in  the  adjacent  regions.  Many  of  them  are  still   active  as  researchers  at  universities  and  scientific  institutions.  Nearly  80%  of  formerly   supported  research  groups  and  scientific  networks  are  still  active  in  research,  continuously   securing  grants  from  other  sources  and  producing  scientific  results  and  graduates.  Those  few   reporting  no  present  activities  may  still  have  a  track  of  graduates,  trained  within  the  frame  of   ISP  support,  that  now  contribute  to  development  from  other  platforms.         1 Activities  and  Results  (Sections  5  –  6)     Supported  research  groups  and  scientific  networks   In  2015,  ISP  supported  39  research  groups  and  20  scientific  networks.  There  were  19  research   groups  in  chemistry,  one  in  mathematics,  and  19  in  physics.  In  nine  of  the  twelwe  Swedish  focus   countries  totally  33  research  groups  were  supported,  including  a  new  chemistry  groups  in   Uganda,  in  the  field  of  environmental  chemistry.  Support  to  two  mathematics  groups,  in   Cambodia  and  Laos  was  phased  out.  They  received  continued  support,  however,  through  a  new   mathematics  network,  South  East  Asian  Mathematics  Network  (SEAMaN),  also  including   mathematicians  in  Myanmar.  Six  research  groups  were  supported  in  two  non-­‐focus  countries,   Laos  and  Zimbabwe,  four  in  chemistry  and  two  in  physics.  In  addition,  20  scientific  networks   were  supported,  one  of  which  (SEAMaN)  received  its  first  year  of  support.  Support  was  phased   out  to  the  chemistry  network  ALNAP  (African  Laboratory  for  Natural  Products),  coordinated   from  Ethiopia,  having  its  final  year  of  ISP-­‐supported  activities  in  2015,  and  to  RAFPE  (Research   Network  in  Africa  on  Pollution  of  the  Environment),  coordinated  from  Burkina  Faso,  having  no   ISP-­‐supported  activities  since  2014.     Strategic  activities   Following  the  Strategic  Plan  2013-­‐2017,  each  year  a  strategy  action  plan  is  established.  In  2015,   strategic  activities  addressed  five  areas;  1)  Gender  equality  promotion,  were  two  gender  grants   were  awarded  among  applicants  from  supported  groups  and  networks;  2)  Evaluation  of   previous  collaboration,  where  a  study  of  former  collaboration  in  Sri  Lanka  and  Thailand  was   concluded  and  a  report  drafted,  and  two  studies  were  carried  out  of  former  PhD  graduates  and   of  groups  and  networks  phased  out  of  support;  3)  Information  and  communication,  where  brief,   popular  versions  of  the  annual  reports  2008-­‐2012  and  2014  were  issued;  4)  Fund  raising  and   other  supplementary  funding,  where  another  five  years  of  Stockholm  university  contributions  to   ISP  were  secured,  a  fund  raising  stratergy  was  drafted,  and  new  data  on  institutional  co-­‐funding   of  supported  research  groups  and  scientific  networks  showed  that  45%  of  the  total  resources   had  such  origin;  and  5)  a  certificated  of  collaboration  was  drafted,  to  be  offered  groups  and   networks  phased  out  of  support.     Major  outputs  and  outcomes     Groups  and  networks  reported  347  active  PhD  students  (20%  female),  and  636  students   training  for  MSc,  MPhil  or  Licentiate  degrees  (29%  female),  benefiting  directly  or  indirectly  from   ISP  support.  About  33%  of  the  PhD  students,  and  4%  of  the  Master  students  were  trained  in   sandwich  programs.  In  total,  53  PhD  and  143  MSc  (etc.)  students  graduated.  Most  of  the  PhD   graduates  (28)  were  trained  in  local  programs,  21%  of  them  female,  whereas  25  were  trained  in   “sandwich”  programs,  8%  of  them  female.  All  graduated  MSc  (etc.)  students  were  trained  in   local  programs,  and  25%  of  these  graduates  were  female.  In  2015,  fellow  evenings  with   participation  students  and  associates  in  the  Stockholm/Uppsala  region  were  held  twice.     The  research  groups  and  networks  disseminated  more  than  600  scientific  papers  as   publications  or  at  conferences.  There  were  257  publications  in  scientific  journals  and  13  book   chapters  or  other  single  scientific  or  polular  publications.  The  publications  in  journals  were  to   43%  in  journals  listed  with  impact  factors  in  Web  of  Science.  ISP  was  acknowledged  in  36%  of   the  chemistry  journal  publications,  in  10%  of  the  mathematics,  and  in  42%  of  the  physics  ones,   respectively.  There  were  349  contributions  to  scientific  conferences.  Most  contributions  were  to   international  conferences  (125,  78%  oral),  and  there  were  104  contributions  to  regional  and   120  to  national/local  conferences,  80%  and  91%  of  them  oral,  respectively.  Groups  and   networks  arranged  94  scientific  meetings  attended  by  more  than  8,500  participants.           2 Research  findings   Research  findings  were  reported  for  example  in  the  fields  of  chemical  catalysis,  conducting   polymers,  coordination  chemistry,  electrochemistry,  environmental  chemistry,  food  chemistry,   medical  technology,  meteorology,  and  natural  products  chemistry.     Results  based  management  logical  framework  performance  indicators   ISP’s  results  based  management  (RBM)  logical  framework  was  established  in  2012  and  refined   in  2013,  along  with  24  outcome  performance  indicators  linked  to  three  specific  objectives.  In   2014  and  2015  efforts  were  made  to  calculate  the  indicators  for  the  previous  Sida  agreement   period,  2008-­‐2013,  and  this  report  for  the  first  time  shows  the  results,  including  2014  and  2015.   Sida  has  selected  ten  of  the  indicators  for  their  monitoring  of  the  performance  of  the  program.   Only  those  are  included  in  this  summary.     It  may  be  noted,  that  while  individual  groups  and  networks  develop  to  scientifically  productive   units  over  the  years,  the  aggregated  body  of  research  groups  and  networks  may  not  necessarily   be  expected  to  show  and  increasing  trend  all  performance  indicator  values  on  the  ISP  level.  The   most  successful  and  productive  groups  and  networks  are  gradually  phased  out  of  support,  and   new  support  may  be  initiated  at  institution  still  very  far  from  producing  results.  Furthermore,  in   the  evaluation  of  ISP  in  2011  the  risk  was  pointed  out  that  ISPs  increased  efforts  to  demonstrate   results  using  a  more  developed  monitoring  and  evaluation  systen  might  require  time  taken  from   the  operative  management  of  the  program,  resulting  in  less  contact  with  supported  groups  and   networks,  and  in  worst  case  less  funding  available  for  allocations  to  research  groups  and   networks,  impairing  their  development.     Indicator  (F  =  female;  M  =  male)   Average  2008-­‐13   2014   2015   b)  Number  of  applications  granted  in  relation  to  submissions.   98%     89%     100%     c)  ISP  scientific  reference  group  rating  of  applications.   54%   59%   60%   (“Degree  of  excellence)   Proportion  of  PhD  students  continuing/graduating  each  year.   81%     86%     86%     g,h)  Gender  proportion  of  staff  and  students   18%  F  staff     22%  F  staff     18%  F  staff     23%  F  PhD   23%  F  PhD   20%  F  PhD   27%  F  MSc   32%  F  MSc     29%  F  MSc   n)  Number  of  publications,  and  proportion  in  “Web  of  Science”   153  (45%)   231  (44%)   257  (43%)   -­‐indexed  journals       p)  Number  of  PhD  graduations  per  year   27     36   53     q)  Number  of  MSc  (etc.)  graduations  per  year     103   148     143     s)  Number  of  outreaching  activities  performed   19   43     28   t)  Number  of  honors   24     50     78   u)  Number  of  instances  when  research  results  or  skills  are   14   19   66   used  by  society         The  first  specific  objective  is  “Better  planning  of  and  improved  conditions  for  carrying  out   scientific  research  and  postgraduate  training”.  Indicators  “b”  and  “c”  are  among  the  “planning”   indicators,  reflecting  the  ability  to  to  submit  quality  grant  applications.  Indicators  “g”  and  “h”  are   among  the  “conditions”  indicators,  where  gender  balance  is  the  desirable  and  favorable  target   condition.     The  second  specific  objective  is  “Increased  production  of  high  quality  research”.  Indicators  “n”,   “p”  and  “q”  are  among  the  production  indicators.  Indicator  “n”  includes  the  quality  measure   “proportion  in  Web  of  Science  -­‐indexed  journals”.     The  third  specific  objective  is  “Increased  use  of  research  results  and  graduates”.  Indicator  “s”   reflects  the  use  of  results  and  skills  in  for  example  informing  and  interacting  with  for  example   the  public  and  stakeholders,  and  in  contributing  to  expert  committees.  Indicator  “t”  reflects  the   benfits  to  ISP  partners,  to  an  extent  resulting  from  the  ISP-­‐supported  development  of  the   activities  they  are  part  of.  Indicator  “u”  reflects  the  actual  use  of  research  results  in  patents  and     3 products,  in  other  applications  including  training,  the  use  of  skills  to  influence  policy,  for   example  in  government  committees,  and  through  technical  development  and  services.     Expenditures  by  research  groups  and  networks   Together,  research  groups  and  scientific  networks  spent  close  to  27  million  SEK.  Groups   accounted  for  55%  and  networks  for  45%  of  the  total  expenditures,  together  using  85%  of  the   financial  resources  available  (including  balances  brought  forward  from  2014,  making  up  9%  of   available  funding).  In  total,  47%  of  allocations  were  transferred  for  local  use,  and  ISP  paid  53%   on  request.       Other  Activities  and  Events  (Section  7)     Sida  assignments   ISP  had  Sida  coordination  assignments  in  the  bilateral  programs  with  universities  in  Ethiopia,   Mozambique,  Tanzania,  and  Uganda.  In  addition,  ISP  was  engaged  to  pay  subsistence  allowances   to  Sida  bilateral  students  from  Bolivia,  Ethiopia,  Rwanda,  Tanzania,  and  Uganda,  while  in   Sweden.  In  October,  Sida  and  ISP  jointly  organized  a  seminar  at  Sida,  directed  to  students  in   bilateral  and  ISP  programs.     Collaboration   In  the  collaboration  with:   • Al  Baha  University  (ABU),  Saudi  Arabia;  the  1st  Al  Baha  University  –  Uppsala  University   (UU)  Collaborative  Symposium  on  Quality  in  Computing  Education  was  held  in  February   in  Al  Baha;  UU  mathematics  teachers  lectured  at  ABU;  an  information  brochure  in  Arabic   was  produced,  and  a  new  ISP  coordinator  was  employed.   • Linköping  University  in  the  support  to  Research  Management  in  Sida’s  bilateral  program   with  University  of  Rwanda  (UR);  four  training  programs  were  arranged  at  UR,  one  to  be   carried  out  in  2016,  and  a  week  of  job-­‐shadowing  was  arranged  at  Umeå  univ.  for  two  UR   technicians.   • National  Mathematical  Centre  (NMC),  Abuja,  Nigeria;  the  NMC  staff  member  Mr.   Olufunminiyi  Abiri  continued  PhD  training  att  Luleå  Univ.  Technology,  Luleå,  Sweden.   • The  Royal  Swedish  Academy  of  Sciences,  the  Swedish  Secretariat  for  Environmental  Earth   System  Science,  and  the  European  Academies  of  Science  Advisory  Council;  ISP  continued   the  collaboration  with  the  Smart  Village  initiave.   • The  Faculty  of  Science,  Stockholm  University  (SU);  continued  efforts  were  made  to  realise   the  Pan  African  Centre  for  Mathematics.  The  SU  contribution  was  also  used  to  maintain   support  to  research  groups  at  Faculty  of  Science  at  National  University  of  Laos.  The   cooperation  was  favorably  evaluated  by  the  SU  Faculty,  and  in  September  the  decision  was   made  to  enter  into  a  new  five-­‐year  agreement  period  under  same  conditions.   • Thailand  Research  Fund  and  Thailand  International  Development  Cooperation  Agency;  an   agreement  was  signed  in  Feb.,  implying  three  yearly  fellowships  in  the  fields  of  chemistry,   mathematics,  and  physics,  for  students  from  Bangladesh,  Cambodia,  Laos,  Myanmar,   Nepal,  and  Vietnam,  to  carry  out  two  years  of  PhD  training  in  Thailand  and  one  in  Sweden.     Dissemination   Ernst  van  Groningen  contributed  to  an  article  in  a  special  issue  of  the  Wiley  journal  “Geografiska   Annaler  A,  Physical  Geology”,  and  also  was  a  guest  editor  for  the  issue,  which  additionally   featured  three  articles  by  PhD  students  of  IPPS  NADMICA.     The  ISP  Completion  Report  was  published  on  the  ISP  web  in  December,  summing  up  the   achievements  of  the  granting  period  2008-­‐2013.       4 Marta  Zdravkovic  and  Rebecca  Andersson  gave  a  talk  on  ISP’s  former  and  future  collaboration  in   Thailand  at  the  16th  Royal  Golden  Jubilee  PhD  Congress,  Thailand.  Furtermore,  Marta  Zdravkovic   presented  ISP  in  a  poster  at  the  European  University  Association  Annual  Conference  in  Belgium,   and  gave  a  talk  on  her  survey  on  research  collaboration  patterns  in  Southern  Africa,  at  the   SANORD  conference  in  Namibia     Minor  Field  Studies   ISP  offered  stipends  to  13  Swedish  students  in  the  Sida-­‐financed  Minor  Field  Studies  program.     Seminars,  meetings,  visits   ISP  arranged  four  seminars  were  arranged  at  ISP.  Staff  members  gave  six  talks,  participated  in   13  additional  meetings,  in  one  of  them  as  panelist,  and  held  an  annual  review  meeting  with  Sida   and  a  steering  committee  meeting  within  the  collaboration  with  SU.  At  23  instances,  ISP   received  or  participated  in  the  reception  of  visiting  scientists  or  delegations.     Obituary   Mr.  Lars  Lundmark,  Umeå  University,  unexpectedly  passed  away  on  1  February  2015.  He  was  a   close  collaborator  in  equipping  laboratories  in  Africa  and  Asia  with  analytical  chemistry   instrumentation,  carrying  out  repair  and  maintenance,  and  training  staff  and  students.               5 SECTION  2:  ORGANISATION     International  Science  Programme   Uppsala  University   P.  O.  Box  549   SE-­‐751  21  UPPSALA   SWEDEN     Visiting  address:  Ångström  Laboratory,  Lägerhyddsvägen  1  (Polacksbacken),  Uppsala   Phone:  +46  18  471  3575  |  Fax:  +46  18  471  3495   Internet:  www.isp.uu.se       Sida  Agreement:  Contribution  ID  54100006         6

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