The WISE-EU team
The WISE-EU team
Nine specialists, four disciplines and one shared question: how should Albania care for its wetlands as a future EU member?
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Coordination
Coordination
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sonila Papathimiu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sonila Papathimiu
Module Coordinator · Department of Geography, Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana
Sonila works on wetland management, restoration and protection, on climate change impacts and on GIS and Remote Sensing applications.
In WISE-EU she leads the Module, teaches the environmental and climate lectures and runs the GIS/RS trainings and summer schools.
Contact: sonila.papathimiu@unitir.edu.al
Teaching and Training team
Teaching and Training team
Prof. Dr. Sabri Laçi
Prof. Dr. Sabri Laçi
Department of Geography, Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana. Economic valuation of wetlands, the goods and services they provide and their sustainable use under national and EU law.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esmeralda Laçi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esmeralda Laçi
Faculty of Human Sciences, University “Ismail Qemali” of Vlora. Socio-economic development of rural and coastal territories, sustainable tourism, intangible cultural heritage.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ejona Bardhi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ejona Bardhi
Faculty of Law, University of Tirana. EU law and its implementation, approximation of Albanian environmental legislation, the Nature Restoration Regulation.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Blerina Hamzallari
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Blerina Hamzallari
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana. Communities living by wetlands, youth environmental education, intercultural communication.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dhurata Premti
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dhurata Premti
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana. Air and water quality, modelling of pollutants, environmental assessment of wetlands with EU indicators.
Dr. Adelajda Halili
Dr. Adelajda Halili
Faculty of Geology and Mining, Polytechnic University of Tirana. Digital cartography, GIS data models, geovisualisation.
Dr. Gazmir Çela
Dr. Gazmir Çela
Institute of Geosciences, Polytechnic University of Tirana. Climatology and meteorology, satellite data for climate assessment.
MSc. Iris Mahmutaj
MSc. Iris Mahmutaj
State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG). GIS, the National Geoportal and state geospatial datasets.
Partner institutions
Partner institutions
University of Tirana: Faculty of History and Philology (host), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law.
Polytechnic University of Tirana: Faculty of Geology and Mining, Institute of Geosciences.
University “Ismail Qemali” of Vlora.
Guest lecturers and practitioners from agencies, protected-area administrations and NGOs join the trainings and summer schools each year.
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