Budapest Technical University
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About
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Janos Bogardi obtained his civil engineering degree at the Technical University of Budapest in 1969. He holds a post graduate Diploma in Hydrology from the University of Padua, Italy, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe. He worked as a consultant in Africa and was seconded by GTZ to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok as associate professor. He was Professor for Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Resource Management at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, the Netherlands. Then worked with UNESCO in Paris as Chief of the Section on Sustainable Water Resources Management. He was Founding Director of the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn and was Vice-Rector a.i. of UNU in Europe until 2009. From 2009-2012 he was Executive Officer of the Global Water System Project (GWSP). Since 2004 he is professor for water resources at the Agricultural Faculty and Senior Fellow of the Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn. Prof. Bogardi has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications. In June 2008, he received the International Cannes Water Prize „Grand Prix des Lumières de l‘Eau de Cannes“. He holds three doctor honoris causa degrees.
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