ISP AR 2016 final

193 Pages·2017·4.42 MB·English

by  Peter Sundin

SIDA’S
 GLOBAL
 RESEARCH
 PROGRAMMES

ANNUAL
 REPORTING

INTERNATIONAL
 SCIENCE
 PROGRAMME
 (ISP)

ANNUAL
 REPORT
 2016
Final
 2017-­‐06-­‐29

Cover
 picture:
 ISP
 staff
 2016,
 from
 the
 left:
 Ernst
 van
 Groningen,
 Peter
 Roth.
 Rebecca
 Andersson,
 Therese

Rantakokko,
 Tore
 Hållander,
 Aksana
 Muskhavets,
 Pravina
 Gajjar,
 Leif
 Abrahamsson,
 Hossein
 Aminaey,

Cecilia
 Öman,
 Carla
 Puglia,
 Peter
 Sundin,
 Olle
 Terenius,
 Anna
 Wallin.
 Courtesy
 of
 ISP.
CONTENTS

Section
 1:
 EXECUTIVE
 SUMMARY
 .....................................................................................................................
 1

Section
 2:
 ORGANISATION
 ..................................................................................................................................
 5

Section
 3:
 OBJECTIVES,
 OPERATION
 AND
 IMPACT
 .....................................................................................
 7

3.1
  ISP’s
 Objectives
 .................................................................................................................................................................
 7

3.2
  ISP’s
 Method
 of
 Operation
 ...........................................................................................................................................
 8

3.3
  Impact
 of
 ISP
 Support
 on
 Development
 .................................................................................................................
 8

Section
 4:
 STRUCTURE
 .........................................................................................................................................
 9

4.1
  The
 ISP
 Board
 ....................................................................................................................................................................
 9

4.2
  The
 ISP
 Executive
 Committee
 .................................................................................................................................
 10

4.3
  The
 ISP
 Scientific
 Reference
 Groups
 ....................................................................................................................
 10

4.4
  The
 ISP
 Staff
 ....................................................................................................................................................................
 12

Section
 5:
 PROGRAM-­‐WIDE
 RESULTS
 ...........................................................................................................
 13

5.1
  Activities
 ...........................................................................................................................................................................
 13

5.1.1
  Research
 Groups
 ..................................................................................................................................................
 13

5.1.2
  Scientific
 Networks
 .............................................................................................................................................
 17

5.2
  Results
 and
 Expenditures
 .........................................................................................................................................
 20

5.2.1
  Examples
 of
 Research
 Findings
 .....................................................................................................................
 21

5.2.2
  RBM
 Logical
 Framework
 Follow-­‐Up
 ...........................................................................................................
 22

5.2.3
  Expenditures
 by
 Supported
 Activities
 ........................................................................................................
 27

5.3
  Staff,
 Students
 and
 Theses
 ........................................................................................................................................
 34

5.3.1
  Staff
 in
 Supported
 Activities
 ...........................................................................................................................
 34

5.3.2
  Students
 in
 Supported
 Activities
 ..................................................................................................................
 34

5.3.3
  Academic
 Theses
 .................................................................................................................................................
 36

5.4
  Dissemination
 by
 Supported
 Activities
 ...............................................................................................................
 54

5.4.1
  Publications
 ...........................................................................................................................................................
 54

5.4.2
  Chemistry
 Publications
 .....................................................................................................................................
 56

5.4.3
  Mathematics
 Publications
 ................................................................................................................................
 76

5.4.4
  Physics
 Publications
 ...........................................................................................................................................
 85

5.4.5
  Contributions
 to
 Conferences,
 Workshops
 and
 Meetings
 .................................................................
 93

5.4.6
  Contributions
 to
 International
 Conferences,
 Workshops
 and
 Meetings
 .....................................
 96

5.4.7
  Contributions
 to
 Regional
 Conferences,
 Workshops
 and
 Meetings
 ............................................
 107
5.4.8
  Contributions
 to
 National/Local
 Conferences,
 Workshops
 and
 Meetings
 ...............................
 118

5.4.9

  Other
 Communications
 ..................................................................................................................................
 126

5.4.10

  Arranged
 Conferences,
 Workshops,
 Training
 Courses,
 and
 Other
 Meetings
 .......................
 131

5.5

  Outputs
 and
 Outcomes
 that
 were
 not
 achieved
 ...........................................................................................
 142

5.5.1
  ISP
 Level
 ................................................................................................................................................................
 142

5.5.2
  Supported
 Activity
 Level
 ................................................................................................................................
 142

Section
 6:
 APPLICATIONS
 AND
 IMPACT
 ....................................................................................................
 143

6.1

  Use
 of
 Results
 and
 Knowledge
 .............................................................................................................................
 143

6.1.1
  Use
 of
 Research
 Results
 and
 Skills
 .............................................................................................................
 143

6.1.2
  Policy
 Influence
 and
 Opportunities
 ...........................................................................................................
 145

6.1.3
  Technical
 Development
 and
 Services
 .......................................................................................................
 148

6.2

  Outreach
 ........................................................................................................................................................................
 149

6.3

  Strengths
 and
 Benefits
 to
 Researchers
 and
 Partners
 ................................................................................
 152

6.3.1

  Awards,
 Honors
 and
 Promotions
 ..............................................................................................................
 152

6.3.2

  Post
 Doctoral
 and
 Scientific
 Visits
 .............................................................................................................
 158

SECTION
 7:
 OTHER
 PROGRAMS
 AND
 EVENTS
 .........................................................................................
 169

7.1
  Sida
 Assignments
 ........................................................................................................................................................
 169

7.1.1
  Ethiopia
 ..................................................................................................................................................................
 169

7.1.2
  Mozambique
 ........................................................................................................................................................
 169

7.1.3
  Tanzania
 ................................................................................................................................................................
 169

7.1.4
  Uganda
 ...................................................................................................................................................................
 170

7.1.5
  Payment
 of
 Subsistence
 Allowances
 to
 Sida
 Bilateral
 Students
 ....................................................
 170

7.1.6
  Student
 Activities
 ..............................................................................................................................................
 170

7.2
  Other
 activities
 ............................................................................................................................................................
 171

7.2.1
  Strategic
 Activities
 ............................................................................................................................................
 171

7.2.2
  Collaboration
 .......................................................................................................................................................
 176

7.2.3
  Dissemination
 .....................................................................................................................................................
 178

7.2.4
  Minor
 Field
 Study
 Fellowships
 ....................................................................................................................
 179

7.2.5
  Seminars,
 Meetings
 and
 Visits
 .....................................................................................................................
 179

Section
 8:
 ABBREVIATIONS
 AND
 ACRONYMS
 ..........................................................................................
 185
SECTION
 1:
 EXECUTIVE
 SUMMARY

International
 Science
 Programme
 Annual
 Report
 2016

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
 Impact
 (Sections
 2
 –
 4)

Objective

The
 objective
 of
 the
 International
 Science
 Programme
 (ISP)
 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
 and
 skills
 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
 is
 a
 unit
 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
 2016,
 ISP
 operated
 the
 core
 program
 on
 contributions
 from
 Sida
 (33
 million
 SEK),
 Uppsala

University
 (2.85
 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
 2016,
 ISP

had
 five
 core
 scientific
 and
 eight
 administrative
 staff
 members.
 Two
 additional
 staff
 member

contributed
 with
 evaluation
 and
 monitoring,
 and
 project
 coordination.

Impact

Over
 the
 years,
 ISP
 support
 has
 reached
 more
 than
 120
 research
 groups
 and
 20
 research

networks
 in
 lower-­‐income
 countries,
 and
 has
 been
 instrumental
 in
 the
 establishment
 of
 a
 large

number
 of
 viable
 masters
 and
 PhD
 programs.
 The
 ISP
 partnerships
 embrace
 hundreds
 of

scientists
 on
 an
 annual
 basis.
 Presently,
 the
 researchers
 belong
 to
 research
 groups
 in
 twelve

lower-­‐income
 countries
 in
 Africa
 and
 Asia
 and
 to
 networks
 covering
 more
 than
 fifty
 countries
 in

five
 continents.
 ISP’s
 partners
 influence
 their
 local
 societies
 by
 sharing
 knowledge,
 innovations,

and
 skills
 and
 contribute
 in
 several
 ways
 to
 the
 achievement
 of
 the
 United
 Nations’
 Sustainable

Development
 Goals.
 More
 than
 90%
 of
 the
 PhD
 graduates
 of
 supported
 partners
 stay
 in
 their

home
 region,
 and
 several
 have
 become
 leaders
 in
 science,
 politics
 and
 business.
 The
 ISP
 alumni

include
 university
 vice-­‐chancellors,
 ministers
 in
 national
 governments
 and
 successful
 business

leaders.
 Many
 serve
 as
 experts
 in
 national
 committees
 for
 research
 and
 policymaking
 including

for
 example
 food
 safety
 and
 nuclear
 energy.

  1
Activities
 and
 Results
 (Sections
 5
 –
 6)

Supported
 research
 groups
 and
 scientific
 networks

In
 2016,
 ISP
 supported
 40
 research
 groups
 and
 19
 scientific
 networks.
 There
 were
 19
 research

groups
 in
 chemistry,
 one
 in
 mathematics,
 and
 20
 in
 physics.
 In
 nine
 of
 the
 twelve
 Swedish
 “focus

countries”
 totally
 33
 research
 groups
 were
 supported,
 including
 a
 new
 chemistry
 group
 in

Uganda,
 in
 the
 field
 of
 coordination
 chemistry.
 Support
 was
 phased
 out
 to
 a
 chemistry
 group
 in

natural
 products
 chemistry
 in
 Zambia
 because
 activities
 ceased.
 Seven
 research
 groups
 were

supported
 in
 three
 “non-­‐focus
 countries”,
 Laos,
 Myanmar
 and
 Zimbabwe,
 four
 in
 chemistry
 and

three
 in
 physics,
 including
 a
 new
 physics
 group
 in
 the
 field
 of
 nuclear
 physics
 and
 materials

science.
 In
 addition,
 19
 scientific
 networks
 were
 supported.

Major
 results

Groups
 and
 networks
 reported
 432
 active
 PhD
 students
 (26%
 female),
 and
 599
 students

training
 for
 MSc,
 MPhil
 or
 Licentiate
 degrees
 (31%
 female),
 benefiting
 directly
 or
 indirectly
 from

ISP
 support.
 About
 26%
 of
 the
 PhD
 students,
 and
 2%
 of
 the
 Master
 students
 were
 trained
 in

sandwich
 programs.
 In
 total,
 80
 PhD
 and
 188
 MSc
 (etc.)
 students
 graduated.
 Most
 of
 the
 PhD

graduates
 (74%)
 were
 trained
 in
 local
 programs,
 25%
 of
 them
 female,
 whereas
 26%
 were

trained
 in
 “sandwich”
 programs,
 50%
 of
 them
 female.
 The
 majority
 of
 188
 graduated
 MSc
 (etc.)

students
 were
 trained
 in
 local
 programs
 (95%,
 29%
 of
 them
 female).

The
 research
 groups
 and
 networks
 disseminated
 close
 to
 650
 scientific
 papers
 as
 publications

or
 at
 conferences.
 There
 were
 295
 publications
 in
 scientific
 journals
 and
 31
 book
 chapters
 or

other
 single
 scientific
 or
 popular
 publications.
 The
 publications
 in
 journals
 were
 to
 39%
 in

journals
 listed
 with
 impact
 factors
 in
 Web
 of
 Science,
 and
 another
 11%
 were
 in
 journals
 deemed

as
 quality
 journals
 by
 the
 Norwegian
 Register
 for
 Scientific
 Journals,
 Series
 and
 Publishers.
 ISP

was
 acknowledged
 in
 36%
 of
 the
 chemistry
 journal
 publications,
 in
 12%
 of
 the
 mathematics,

and
 in
 46%
 of
 the
 physics
 ones,
 respectively.
 There
 were
 323
 contributions
 to
 scientific

conferences.
 Most
 contributions
 were
 to
 international
 conferences
 (122,
 86%
 oral),
 and
 there

were
 119
 contributions
 to
 regional
 and
 82
 to
 national/local
 conferences,
 85%
 and
 89%
 of
 them

oral,
 respectively.
 Groups
 and
 networks
 arranged
 153
 scientific
 meetings
 attended
 by
 more
 than

5,400
 participants.

Research
 findings

Research
 findings
 were
 reported
 for
 example
 in
 the
 fields
 of
 ecological
 chemistry,
 environment-­‐
al
 chemistry,
 materials
 science,
 medical
 technology,
 and
 natural
 products
 chemistry.

Results
 based
 management
 logical
 framework
 performance
 indicators

ISP’s
 results
 based
 management
 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
 shows
 the
 results,
 including
 those
 for
 2014-­‐2016.
 Sida
 has
 selected

ten
 of
 the
 indicators
 for
 their
 monitoring
 of
 the
 performance
 of
 the
 program.
 Only
 those
 are

provided
 in
 this
 summary.

Indicator
 (F
 =
 female)
  Average
 2008-­‐13
  2014
  2015
  2016

Number
 of
 applications
 granted
 in
 relation
 to
  135/149

  24/27

  17/17
  20/20

submissions.
 (Table
 7b)
  (98%)

  (89%)

  (100%)

  (100%)

ISP
 scientific
 reference
 group
 rating
 of
  54%
  59%
  60%
  55%

applications.
 (“Degree
 of
 excellence”;
 Table
 7c)

Proportion
 of
 PhD
 students
 that
 are
 continuing/
  81%

  86%

  86%

  92%

graduating
 each
 year.
 (Table
 8i)

Gender
 proportion
 of
 staff
 and
 students
  18%
 F
 staff

  22%
 F
 staff

  18%
 F
 staff

  22%
 F
 staff

(Table
 8g)
  23%
 F
 PhD
  23%
 F
 PhD
  20%
 F
 PhD
  26%
 F
 PhD

(Table
 8h1)
  27%
 F
 MSc
  32%
 F
 MSc

  29%
 F
 MSc
  31%
 F
 MSc

  2
Indicator
 (continued)
  Average
 2008-­‐13
  2014
  2015
  2016

Number
 of
 publications,
 and
 proportion
 in
 “Web
  153
 (45%)
  231
 (44%)
  257
 (43%)
  295
 (39%)

of
 Science”
 -­‐indexed
 journals

Number
 of
 PhD
 graduations
 per
 year
 (Table
 6)
  27

  36
  53

  80

Number
 of
 MSc
 (etc.)
 graduations/year
 (Tab.
 6)
  103
  148

  143

  188

Number
 of
 outreaching
 activities
 (Table
 11s)
  19
  43

  28
  34

Number
 of
 honors
 (Table
 11t)
  24

  50

  78
  97

Number
 of
 instances
 when
 research
 results
 or
  14
  19
  66
  52

skills
 are
 used
 by
 society
 (Table
 11u)

Expenditures
 by
 research
 groups
 and
 networks

Together,
 research
 groups
 and
 scientific
 networks
 spent
 close
 to
 24
 million
 SEK.
 Groups

accounted
 for
 54%
 and
 networks
 for
 46%
 of
 the
 total
 expenditures,
 together
 using
 84%
 of
 the

financial
 resources
 available
 (including
 balances
 brought
 forward
 from
 2015,
 making
 up
 13%
 of

available
 funding).
 In
 total,
 48%
 of
 allocations
 were
 transferred
 for
 local
 management
 and
 use,

and
 ISP
 paid
 52%
 to
 other
 recipients
 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.

Strategic
 activities

Following
 the
 Strategic
 Plan
 2013-­‐2017,
 each
 year
 a
 strategy
 action
 plan
 is
 established.

In
 2016,
 strategic
 activities
 addressed
 five
 areas;
 1)
 Continued
 work
 to
 promote
 gender

equality;
 2)
 Continued
 evaluation
 of
 previous
 collaboration;
 3)
 Information
 and
 communication;

4)
 Fund
 raising
 and
 other
 supplementary
 funding;
 and
 5)
 Certificate
 of
 collaboration
 with

former
 ISP
 partners.

Collaboration

In
 the
 collaboration
 with:

• Al
 Baha
 University,
 Saudi
 Arabia;
 a
 new
 PhD
 student
 (M)
 was
 received
 to
 Dept.

Information
 Technology,
 UU,
 and
 two
 mutual
 visits
 were
 carried
 out,
 one
 in
 each
 direction.

• Linköping
 University
 in
 the
 support
 to
 Research
 Management
 in
 Sida’s
 bilateral
 program

with
 University
 of
 Rwanda
 (UR);
 two
 training
 programs
 were
 arranged
 at
 UR,
 one

regarding
 training
 of
 technicians
 and
 one
 regarding
 training
 of
 PhD
 supervisors.

• National
 Mathematical
 Centre
 (NMC),
 Abuja,
 Nigeria;
 the
 NMC
 staff
 member
 Mr.

Olufunminiyi
 Abiri
 graduated
 with
 a
 PhD
 from
 Luleå
 Univ.
 Technology,
 Luleå,
 Sweden.

• The
 Faculty
 of
 Science,
 Stockholm
 University
 (SU);
 the
 steering
 group
 met
 in
 April
 to

discuss
 the
 activities
 funded
 by
 SU.

• Thailand
 Research
 Fund
 and
 Thailand
 International
 Development
 Cooperation
 Agency;
 a

first,
 commonly
 selected
 fellow
 (F),
 from
 Myanmar,
 commenced
 her
 PhD
 studies
 in

Thailand.

Dissemination

Former
 staff
 member
 Marta
 Zdravkovic
 published
 results
 of
 her
 previous
 work
 at
 ISP
 in

Scientometrics.
 The
 report
 “Tracing
 ISP
 Graduates
 2008-­‐2013”
 was
 published
 on
 ISP’s
 web
 in

May,
 and
 the
 Annual
 Report
 2015,
 with
 a
 separate
 summary,
 in
 July.
 In
 September,
 a
 brief
 on

“Adressing
 local
 challenges
 –
 ISP
 and
 the
 Sustainable
 Development
 Goals”
 was
 published
 on
 the

web.

  3
Three
 staff
 members
 presented
 ISP
 at
 seven
 conferences,
 three
 in
 Sweden,
 two
 in
 Kenya,
 and

one
 in
 Thailand.

Minor
 Field
 Studies

ISP
 awarded
 stipends
 to
 eight
 Swedish
 students
 in
 the
 Sida-­‐financed
 Minor
 Field
 Studies

program.

Seminars,
 meetings,
 visits

ISP
 arranged
 sixteen
 seminars
 and
 other
 meetings,
 including
 an
 thematic
 excursion
 to

Stockholm
 Old
 Town
 with
 participating
 students
 from
 the
 Stockholm/Uppsala
 region.
 Staff

members
 gave
 26
 talks,
 and
 participated
 in
 ten
 additional
 meetings,
 which
 included
 bringing

students
 from
 seven
 countries
 to
 the
 Nobel
 price
 award
 ceremony
 in
 Stockholm
 in
 December.
 At

four
 instances,
 ISP
 received
 or
 participated
 in
 the
 reception
 of
 visiting
 scientists
 or
 delegations.

  4
SECTION
 2:
 ORGANISATION

International
 Science
 Programme

Postal
 address:

Uppsala
 University

P.
 O.
 Box
 549

SE-­‐751
 21
 UPPSALA

SWEDEN

Visiting
 address:

Uppsala
 University

Biomedical
 Centre
 (BMC)

Husargatan
 3

Uppsala

Phone:
 +46
 18
 471
 3575
 |
 Fax:
 +46
 18
 471
 3495

Internet:
 www.isp.uu.se
 /
 www.facebook.com/isp.uu

Sida
 Agreement:
 Contribution
 ID
 54100006

  5
6