Dr. Suha Almadbooh

Dr.
Dr. Suha Almadbooh

Technische Hochschule Köln
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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

  • 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 ecosystems 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)
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
    SEA Trainer and Consultant. Consultany assignments 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
  • 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), 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

German working proficiency language (Level C1)


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