Dr. Suha Almadbooh
Dr.
Fakultät für Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme
Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT)
Sprechstunden
Freitag, 15.30 bis 17.00 Uhr
Campus Deutz, Betzdorfer Str. 2, Raum ZO-04-18
Funktionen
- Coordinator of IWRM-MENA Master's Program
- Scientific Staff Representative
Aufgabenbereiche
- Associate Researcher and Lecturer
- Academic Advisor
Lehrgebiete
- Master Courses 'Technology and Resources Management', Bachelor Course 'Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Systems'
- Schwerpunkte (Focus): Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Ethics and Aesthetics, Public Health and Gender Disparities in Spatial Planning and Urban Design, Empirical Social Research Methods, Stakeholders Mapping and Analysis, Participa
Forschungsgebiete
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Integrated Environmental and Social Sciences
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Focus area: Sociological approaches to environment and health (Socioecological Model of Human Behavior to examine compositional and contextual factors shaping human perceptions towards environmental and health risks)
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Focus area: Social acceptance and gender-differentiated concerns and impacts associated with environmental and agricultural interventions
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Focus area: Qualitative assessment of environmental, social, and health impacts of climate change on farming communities
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Focus area: Climatic resilience and adaptive co-creation strategies with stakeholders and farming communities for sustainable natural resources management and ecosystems services
Projekte / Kooperationen
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Applying and Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture Approaches, Practices, and Technologies (CSA-PAT) in the Context of Water-Agriculture (WA) Nexus for Upgrading Irrigation Water Productivity and Advancing Protected Vegetable Production in Jordan.
Project Coordinator. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2023-2025) -
Advancing reuse of treated wastewater in Palestine: A framework for enhancing sector governance, livelihood, food security, and environmental ethics in the case of northern West Bank, Palestine.
Project Coordinator. BMBF (2020-2022) -
Agricultural solid waste (ASW) management practices and opportunity for compost use in agriculture: Farmers perceptions of waste management and willingness to use compost.
Project Coordinator. BMBF (2017-2018) -
Institutionalizing public (including farmers’) participation in the decision making process at the Palestinian water and wastewater sectors: A conceptual and operational model.
Research Fellow. Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) (2017-2018) -
Community mobilization for improving health and well-being of women and children less than 5 years old in the West Bank-Palestine.
Community-Mobilization Consultant for Public Health and Social Affairs. Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and USAID (2016-2018) -
Hydro-political, economic, social, health, agricultural, and psychological determinants of farmers’ perceptions of agricultural wastewater reuse in upstream areas of Wadi al-Far’a watershed, Palestine.
Research Fellow. PARC (2012-2013) -
Sustainable Management of Available Water Resources with Innovative Technologies (SMART) in the Lower Jordan Valley.
Researcher. University of Karlsruhe. BMBF (2007-2011) -
Protecting public health and the environment through improving waste management practices among health care providers in Ramallah District, Paletine.
Project Coordinator. UNDP and Ramallah Municipality (2007) -
Understanding water, understanding health: The case of Bebnine, Lebanon.
Researcher. American University of Beirut. IDRC (2005-2006) -
Assessing needs and capacity building of non-health professional providers on emergency services in the West Bank.
Project Coordinator. Al-Quds University. USAID (2003-2004) -
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
SEA Trainer and Consultant. Consultany assignments in cooperation with different international organizations (Since 2016). See Section 'CV'
Publikationen
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Empowerment of Farmers Practicing Agricultural Wastewater Reuse and their Willingness to Pay for Reclaimed Water: The Case of the Meadow of Ben Amer, Jenin Governorate-Palestine
Allabbadi, S.A., & Al-Madbouh, S. (corresponding author)., In Press, Hg.: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
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Adaptation and Profitability in Treated Wastewater Irrigation—Shifting Cropping Patterns in the Meadow of Ben Amer, Jenin Governorate-Palestine.
Alimari, A., Al-Madbouh, S. (corresponding author), and Rasem Hasan, A., 2024, Hg.: Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Adapting to Climate Change in a Politically Complex Environment: Agricultural and Food Security Resilience Strategies in Hebron Governorate, Palestine.
Appiah-Kusi, E and Al-Madbouh, S (corresponding author), 2024, Hg.: Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Contextualizing farmers’ perceptions of agricultural wastewater reuse in areas of water shortage and contamination: An in-depth case study of Wadi al-Far`a Watershed – Palestine
Al-Madbouh, S. (corresponding author), Claßen, T., Hornberg, C., 2021, Hg.: Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Socioeconomic, agricultural, and individual factors influencing farmers’ perceptions and willingness of compost production and use: An evidence from Wadi al-Far`a Watershed-Palestine.
Al-Madbouh S. (corresponding author), Al-Khatib I., Al-Sari I., Salahat I., & Jararaa A, 2019
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Relevance and applicability of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) models in Jordan: A perspective from local stakeholders in the water and agriculture sectors.
Al-Madbouh, S., 2025, Hg.: Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC 2025), October 08-10, 2025, Tashkent, Uzbekistan: National Research University.
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Assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture and its effects on the livelihood, food security, and health of producers and consumers of farming products: The case of Hebron Governorate-Palestine.
Al-Madbouh, S., 2023, Hg.: Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC 2023), November 21-23, 2023, Cuenca, Ecuador: University of Cuenca
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Institutional and political impediments of public participation in planning and decision-making associated with agricultural wastewater reuse projects: A qualitative evidence from Nablus Governorate-Palestine.
Al-Madbouh, S., & Egerer, K., 2019, Hg.: ESP 10 World Conference 2019, October 21-25, 2019. Hannover: Leibniz University Hannover
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A framework for public participation in the governance of the Palestinian water and wastewater sector contributes to the national enabling environment for water security
Al-Madbouh, S., & Egerer, K., 2019, Hg.: Water Security and Climate Change Conference 2019, San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP)
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Economic, political, health and environmental determinants of farmers’ responses to agricultural wastewater reuse application in the West Bank
Al-Madbouh, S., 2017, Hg.: Water Security and Climate Change Conference 2017, September 19-21, 2017, Cologne, Germany: TH-Köln
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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): Potential application in Palestine.
Al-Madbouh, S., 2017, Hg.: Second Palestinian Urban Forum (PUFII) Proceedings, “Localizing the New Urban Agenda: Shaping the Future of Palestinian Cities”, October 29-31, 2017, Ramallah, Palestine: Birzeit Univeristy & The Mini
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Impact of socioeconomic, health, and water- related factors on women's willingness to connect to a new water network service: The case of Bebnine- Lebanon
Al-Madbouh, S.A., 2006, Hg.: Beirut, Lebanon: AUB Scholarworks Repository
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Development socioeconomic-based meaningful water tariff in Palestine
Alamarah, A., Isaid, A., Al-Madbouh, S., 2006, Hg.: Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), London
Vorträge
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See Publications Section for Conference Papers
Tagungen
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Water Security and Climate Change Conferences (2025, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017)
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World Water Day (Accelerating Change), March 20, 2023, Keynote Speaker, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agriculture in the Tropics
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Second Palestinian Urban Forum (PUF) 2017, The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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Mediterranean Climate Conference (MeDCoP22) in Tangier, Morocco (2016)
Mitgliedschaften
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Women's & Gender Research Network NRW Descriptionhttps://www.netzwerk-fgf.nrw.de/wissenschaftlerinnen/portrait/suha-almadbouh
Member
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Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT)
Member
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Palestine Young Academy (PYA)
Executive Committee Member
Auszeichnungen
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Post-doctoral Fellowship Competition 2017–2018, Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
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Doctoral Fellowship Competition 2012–2013, Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
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Rectoratsstipendien zum Abschluss (2011), Bielefeld University
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Full Doctoral Scholarship (2007-2010), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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The Regional Graduate Scholarship (2004-2006), Arab Fund, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Lebenslauf
| Since 2020 |
Post-doc researcher (wiss. MA) TH-Köln-University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Spatial Planning and Infrastruture Systems, Germany |
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| 01/2020-12/2021 |
Consultant for Community-based Projects (Environment & Society) Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA), Jordan |
| 09/2018 - 11/2019 |
Lecturer (Lehraufträge) TH-Köln University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT), Germany |
| 06/2018 - 12/2019 |
Researcher Universal Institute of Applied and Health Research (UIAHR), Palestine |
| 11/2017- 05/2018 |
Post-doc researcher (wiss. MA) TH-Köln-University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT), Germany |
| 10/2015 - 11/2017 |
Lecturer (Lehraufträge) TH-Köln University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management (ITT), Germany |
| Since 2016 |
'Certified' SEA Trainer & SEA Consultant Consultancy with different international organizations: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Heinrich Boell Stiftung (HBS); House of Representative of Jordan (Jordanian Parliament); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, AGEP Network); United Nation Development Program (UNDP); United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law; Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) |
| 11/2016 - 05/2018 | Community-Mobilization Specialist for Public Health and Social Affairs Community Mobilization Program, Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), Palestine |
| 05/2014 - 06/2015 |
Consultant for Community-based and Capacity Building Projects (Environment & Society) Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA), Jordan |
| 05/2014 - 01/2019 |
Academic Evaluator of Environmental Research Proposals (on-call) Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) |
| 2014 |
Doctor of Public Health (Dr. PH). Specialization: Environment and Health. Focus: Sociological approaches to environment and health Bielefeld University, Germany |
| 02-08/2007 |
Project Coordinator Project: Protecting public health and the environment through improving waste management practices, United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and Ramallah Municipality, Palestine |
| 2006 |
M.Sc. Environmental Sciences/Environmental Health, (MSES-EH) American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| 05-10/ 2005 |
Internship Researcher Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG) |
| 2006 |
Office Administrative Assistant and Field Worker Hammer Forum e.V |
| 05/2003 - 08/2004 |
Project Coordinator Project: Assessing needs and capacity building of non-health professional providers on emergency services in the West Bank. Center for Development in Health Care, Al-Quds University, Palestine |
| 12/2003 - 04/2004 |
Health Educator Medecins Du Monde-Greece |
Sonstiges
German working proficiency language (Level C1)