Dr. Suha Almadbooh

Dr.
Dr. Suha Almadbooh

Technische Hochschule Köln
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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, Participatory Approaches and Appraisals
  • Interventions Impact Assessment tools (e.g., Multi-Criteria Decision Making 'MCDM')

Forschungsgebiete

  • Integrated Environmental and Social Sciences
  • 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)
  • Focus area: Social acceptance and gender-differentiated concerns and impacts associated with environmental and agricultural interventions
  • Focus area: Qualitative assessment of environmental, social, and health impacts of climate change on farming communities
  • Focus area: Climatic resilience and adaptive co-creation strategies with stakeholders and farming communities for sustainable natural resources management and ecosystem services
  • 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)
  • International cooperations in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) consultancy assignments
    SEA Trainer and Consultant, in cooperation with different international organizations (Since 2016). See Section 'CV'
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, Hg.: Environ Monit Assess, 191:209
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • See Publications Section for Conference Papers
  • Water Security and Climate Change Conferences (2025, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017)
  • World Water Day (Accelerating Change), March 20, 2023, Keynote Speaker, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agriculture in the Tropics
  • Second Palestinian Urban Forum (PUF) 2017, The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  • Mediterranean Climate Conference (MeDCoP22) in Tangier, Morocco (2016)
  • Post-doctoral Fellowship Competition 2017–2018, Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
  • Doctoral Fellowship Competition 2012–2013, Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
  • Rectoratsstipendien zum Abschluss (2011), Bielefeld University
  • Full Doctoral Scholarship (2007-2010), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  • The Regional Graduate Scholarship (2004-2006), Arab Fund, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Since 2020 Post-doc researcher (wiss. MA)
TH-Köln-University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Spatial Planning and Infrastruture Systems, Germany
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)
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 Field Worker and Office Administrative Assistant
Hammer Forum e.V
2006 M.Sc. Environmental Sciences/Environmental Health, (MSES-EH)
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
05-10/ 2005 Internship Researcher
Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG)
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

German working proficiency language (Level C1)


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