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Luis Felipe Melgarejo in Dortmund

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Picture of Luis Felipe Melgarejo, Prof. Schmidt-Kallert, and Dr. Weber © SPRING​/​Department of Spatial Planning
Picture of Luis Felipe Melgarejo, Prof. Schmidt-Kallert and Dr. Weber
Luis Felipe Melgarejo from Colombia, who joined the SPRING-pro­gram in 2003, visited his friends and former lecturers on April 23rd in Dortmund. He was on a short visit in Germany as a preselected cadidate for the International Climate Protection Fellowship, a pro­gram founded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

His proposal deals with the topic of regional governance of climate change hazards and methods fr rapid shelter assessment. Luis Felipe Melgarejo took the chance and presented it to the current SPRING students and lecturers. His project was finally selected and will start in autumn this year. After cmpleting SPRING, Luis Felipe Melgarejo worked as a GIZ advisor on peacebuilding, governance, and conflict transformation inColombia. Recently his research and consultancy work focuses on the challenges of regional planning for adaptation and mitigation of climate change in developing countries.