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Chepkorir, A., Abdullahi, Y., Abdirashid, K., Matta, J., Verstraete, L., Stefan, C., Kalwa, F., Ewers, L. (2026) Beyond infrastructure: structuring social engagement for sustainable MAR in fragile contexts (Dollow, Somalia). Presentation at “53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists”. 14-18 September 2026, Budapest, Hungary.
Kalwa, F., Abdirashid, K., Abdullahi, Y., Hussein, M., Händel, F., Grombacher, D., Griffiths, M., Matta, V., Ahmed, K.N., Rochat, P.-Y., Verstraete, L., Stefan, C. (2026) River and groundwater monitoring for MAR feasibility assessment in Dollow, Somalia. Poster presentation at “53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists”. 14-18 September 2026, Budapest, Hungary.
Stefan, C., Kalwa, F., Händel, F., Matta, J., Hussein, M., Ewers, L., Chepkorir, A., Abdullahi, Y., Abdirashid, K., Grombacher, D., Griffiths, M., Singer, M., Quichimbo, A., Verstraete, L. (2026) Assessing the feasibility of MAR for climate-resilient water supply in humanitarian contexts: the case of Dollow, Somalia. Presentation at “53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists”. 14-18 September 2026, Budapest, Hungary.
Händel, F., Singer, M., Quichimbo, E.A., Stefan, C., Kalwa, F., Matta, J., Verstraete, L. (2026) Numerical water balance and groundwater modelling as part of regional MAR feasibility assessment in Dollow, Somalia. Presentation at “53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists”. 14-18 September 2026, Budapest, Hungary.
Stefan, C. (2026) Guiding principles for MAR feasibility mapping. Presentation at “Managed aquifer recharge workshop – Development of the National MAR Framework”. 7-8 June 2026, Erbil, Iraq (online participation).
Stefan, C. (2026) Managed aquifer recharge – the global perspective. Presentation at “MAR Scaling Strategy Workshop, UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub”. 17-19 March 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kalwa, F., Stefan, C., Händel, F. (2026) R-MAR: How to strengthen resilience in water supply. Presentation at “R-MAR stakeholder workshop”. 10 February 2026, Dollow, Somalia.
Kalwa, F., Stefan, C., Händel, F., Hussein, M., Verstraete, L., Matta, J., Shaylor, E., Ewers, L., van Mirlo, J., Chepkorir, A., Abdullahi, Y., Abdirashid, K., Griffiths, M.P., Grombacher, D., Rochat, P.-Y. (2026) Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge for WASH in humanitarian context: The case study of Dollow in Somalia. Presentation at “30th FH-DGGV Conference”. 10-13 March 2026, Leipzig, Germany.
Stefan, C., Kalwa, F., Händel, F. (2025) MAR assessment in a humanitarian context – The Dollow case study, Somalia. Invited talk at “TU Freiberg Lunchbag Seminar”, 14 November 2025, online.
Kalwa, F., Händel, F., Stefan, C. (2025) Managed aquifer recharge – the R-MAR project in Dollow, Somalia. Presentation at “Annual Workshop of the Regional WASH Programme for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and Host Communities in East Africa (R-WASH)”. 3-5 November 2025, Nairobi, Kenya.
Matta, J., Grombacher, D., Griffiths, M.P., Hussein, M., Meki, K., Stefan, C., Singer, M., Ahmed, K.N., Verstraete, L. (2025) Rapid mapping of a shallow aquifer in Dollow, Somalia using TEM as part of a newly launched MAR programme by UNICEF. Presentation at “52nd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists”. 15-19 September 2025, Melbourne, Australia.
Grombacher D., Griffiths, M.P., Matta, J., Pedersen, J., Stefan, C., Verstraete, L., Rochat, P., Händel, F., Kalwa, F., Hussein, M., Ahmed, K.N. (2025) Transient Electromagnetics to Inform Future Managed Aquifer Recharge Designs: An Example from Dollow, Somalia. In NSG 2025: “31st Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics”, 7 September 2025 (Vol. 2025, No. 1, pp. 1-5). European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers.
Stefan, C., Kalwa, F., Händel, F. (2025) Managed aquifer recharge assessment in Dollow, Somalia. Presentation at “German WASH Network – Climate Change Action in Humanitarian WASH”. 9 September 2025, online.
Verstraete, L., Rochat, P.-Y., Shaylor, E., Stefan, C., Rehberger Bescos, I., Benedicto, D., Tanui, F., Goyol, K. (2025) Mastering Dryland Water: Rethinking Groundwater Development. Official Session (ID 12214) organised within “World Water Week” Conference. 27 August 2025, Stockholm, Sweden (online).
Matta, J., Duncan, D., Shaylor, E., Verstraete, L., Stefan, C. (2025) MAR in humanitarian context. Presentation at 12th Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR12), 28 April – 2 May 2025, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Matta, J. (2025) MAR in humanitarian context. Invited talk at “Series of Online MAR Seminars organised by the Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-MAR Commission)”. 11 March 2025, online.
Matta, J. (2025) R-WASH and R-MAR Managed aquifer recharge – Launching Event for R-MAR in Dollow, Somalia. 26 February 2025, Dollow, Somalia.
Verstraete, L., Stefan, C., Matta, J. (2025) R-MAR – the R-WASH Managed Aquifer Recharge Programme. Briefing Note, January 2025
Stefan, C., Matta, J., Singer, M., Grombacher, D. (2024) Groundwater sustainability and aquifer recharge – opportunities for R-WASH sites. Presentation at “R-WASH Workshop, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa – R-WASH Project Meeting”, 2 October 2024, Jigjiga, Ethiopia.
