Transport and infrastructure

Environmental Maritime Governance in Kenya (EMG-K): Policy, Practice and Prospects for the Abatement of Shipping Air Emissions

Research project Kenya faces the challenge of facilitating economic development via its growing maritime trades while protecting the global climate and local air quality. The EMG-K project explores Kenya’s environmental maritime governance for the abatement of emissi ... First year report During the first 10 months, we have focused on WP 1 (Kenya's IMO engagement). We have done observation studies in the IMO in London (in Dec., Feb. & June) and seven research interviews in Mombasa/Nairobi (in Mar.). Our work ...

Period: 2022-09-1 to 2025-08-31 Countries: Kenya Lead institution: Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Institute for Law and Environmental Governance (ILEG), Kenya Project code: 21-M12-CBS Total grant: 4,992,954 DKK

Port Effectiveness and Public Private Cooperation for Competitiveness (PEPP II)

Research project Our PEPP II team aims to enhance the competitiveness of Tema Port by providing new knowledge about how port clusters, gender imbalances, communication, and sustainability intertwine. Thereby, we create the potential for a more diverse and effective P ... First year report Our project, Port Effectiveness and Public Private Cooperation for Competitiveness (PEPP II), asks the research question why not everyone considers the new terminal at Tema Port in Ghana an unmitigated success given that it was f ...

Period: 2022-01-16 to 2025-01-15 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Project code: 21-M04-AU Total grant: 4,998,813 DKK

(Counter-)Piracy Infrastructures in the Gulf of Guinea (COPIGoG)

Research project Counterpiracy engagements in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) begin from the assumption that counterpiracy leads to a reduction of piracy. Yet despite more than 15 years of continued counterpiracy efforts, the GoG is the world’s number one piracy hotspot wit ... First year report The COPIGoG (Counter-)piracy infrastructures in the Gulf of Guinea project has made significant progress up until now. Team members have conducted fieldwork and several interviews, in Ghana, Nigeria and with counterpiracy actors ...

Period: 2022-04-1 to 2024-09-30 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Centre for Maritime Law and Security (CEMLAWS), Ghana Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark Stakeholder Democracy Network, Nigeria Project code: 21-M07-KU Total grant: 4,897,562 DKK

Clean Shipping on Green Fuel

Research project This pilot project will be a big move towards the use of Dimethyl ether (DME) as a competitive and clean fuel alternative for the marine sector. Upcoming regulation of SOx, NOx, CO2 and the focus on soot emissions from the marine fleet is a challenge ... Midterm report DTU’s latest development of modified Ignition Quality Tester has enabled performing ignition tests of liquefied gas sprays. A wide range of DME/LPG mixtures and DME/ammonia mixtures has been tested and showed that 20% DME in LPG is ...

Period: 2019-03-1 to 2024-08-31 Countries: China Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), China Chemical Industry Productivity Promotion Center of China, China A.P. Moller Maersk A/S, Denmark Alfa Laval Corporate AB, Sweden China-Europe Productivity Center AB (CEPC), Sweden GreenHydrogen ApS, Denmark Yangon Technological University (YTU), Myanmar Yangon University (UY), Myanmar Project code: 18-M10-DTU Total grant: 4,999,616 DKK

Climate change resilience in urban mobility

Research project The objective of the project is to identify research-based strategies for increasing climate change resilience within urban mobility, accessibility and transport in Accra, Ghana. Mobility within the urban areas is a basic need for urban residents bec ... Midterm report The project aims at establishing a comprehensive understanding of the physical and human factors that determine the impacts of frequent flood events on physical mobility and accessibility in the Accra region. Currently, the joint re ...

Period: 2018-03-1 to 2023-12-31 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Project code: 17-01-KU Total grant: 9,816,193 DKK

Integrative Green Infrastructure Planning – GRIP

Research project The project ‘Integrative Green Infrastructure Planning (GRIP)’ aims to complement an existing collaboration on sustainable cities between City of Aarhus and City of Tshwane (Pretoria) in South Africa by adding a strong research component. In close co ... First year report The GRIP project is organized in four interrelated work packages (WPs) proceeding as planned: WP1: Four stakeholder workshops have been held with private partners, researchers, and city officials from City of Tshwane (CoT) and ...

Period: 2021-03-1 to 2023-06-30 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa Habitat Landscape Architects (Pty) Ltd., South Africa Marianne de Klerk Architects and Urban Designers, South Africa Civil Concepts (Pty) Ltd, South Africa NIRAS A/S, Denmark Project code: 20-M09AU Total grant: 4,976,218 DKK

Addressing Maritime Insecurity (AMARIS)

Research project High levels of maritime insecurity significantly affect a country’s prospects for trade, sustainable development, environmental protection, as well as the welfare of coastal populations. Piracy, for instance, threatens the transport industry and unde ... First Year Report The project is now well in its phase 2: Data Collection. We have very successfully completed phase 1 which was centered on literature review, refinement of the research strategy and the discussion of our key theoretical framewo ...

Period: 2020-03-1 to 2022-11-30 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Ghana Centre for Maritime Law and Security (CEMLAWS), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Project code: 19-M07-KU Total grant: 4,999,986 DKK