CV: Spyros Paparrizos - Assistant Professor Water & Climate Information Services |
Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University & Research
Lumen building (Droevendaalsesteeg 3), 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Email: spyros.paparrizos [@] wur.nl | Telephone: +31 (0)317 48 72 71
ABOUT
I am a hydro-climatologist working in the field of Water & Climate Information Services (WCIS) for society and co-developing research-based, tailor-made information services with and for end-users. The main question that drives me, is:
“How can we harness the potential of hydroclimatic information and knowledge sharing platforms and combine them with local knowledge from societal actors to deliver actinable knowledge to support adaptive decision-making?”
To answer that question, I am working towards combining data-driven and user-driven approaches for tailored water and climate information services by:
(1) further understanding of the integration of local knowledge in the provision of hydroclimatic information;
(2) understanding the role of co-production and co-creation within the design and delivery of the WCIS as well as the role of capacity building within those processes;
(3) Develop data-based information services;
(4) understanding the mechanisms that provide actionable knowledge to support adaptive decision-making.
I coordinate the 4-year HORIZON-RIA SAFE4ALL (https://www.safe4allafrica.eu/) that co-innovates a suite of Climate Services for Sub-Saharan Africa.
I am and participating in the HORIZON MSCA-Staff Exchange ClearClimate (https://clear-climate.com/) and the HORIZON-IA Path4Med (https://www.path4med.eu/) as a Work Package leader.
I am involved as a Work Package leader in the NWO Dutch-India LODESTAR project together with colleagues from the SSG-WUR and in the NWA Dutch-Bangladesh ADM CRAFT project together with colleagues from WEnR.
I am also involved in several C3S contracts related with Water, Agriculture, as well as Enhancing User Intelligence and developing mini MOOCs of the C3S services.
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PROJECTS
SAFE4ALL - Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration (2024 - 2027) - https://www.safe4allafrica.eu/
ClearClimate - Engaging approaches and services for meaningful climate actions (2023 - 2027) - https://clear-climate.com/
Path4Med - Demonstrating Innovative Pathways Addressing Water and Soil Pollution in the Mediterranean Agro-Hydro-System (2024 - 2028) - https://www.path4med.eu/
LODESTAR - Low-cost Disaster & Emergency Services for Communities At Risk (2024 - 2027) - https://www.wur.nl/en/project/low-cost-disaster-emergency-services-for-communities-at-risk-lodestar.ht
ADM CRAFT - Adaptive Delta management for climate resilient agriculture and food security in South-West and South-Central Coastal Bangladesh (2025 - 2030) - https://www.wur.nl/en/project/adaptive-delta-management-for-climate-resilient-agriculture-and-food-security-in-south-west-and-south-central-coastal-bangladesh.htm
RECSA - Climate
Smart Agriculture for a resilient Bangladesh; promoting farmer-friendly
Weather, Water and Climate Information Services to forecast plant
diseases; engaging females in Information Services to enhance access and
information (2020 - 2026) - http://csa-bangladesh.org/
ML-CLIMATE - iMproving cLimate information serviCes for sustainabLe agrIculture by integrating scientific and indigenous forecasts using Machine leArning TEchniques (2022 - 2023) - https://www.wur.nl/en/project/ml-climate.htm
StoryMap with LocaL Forecast Knowledge: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ff4a1ad4a314094b02031aec4cdae28
WATERAPPscale - upscaling and implementing WaterApps information services in Bangladesh, building on the WaterApp's knowledge base to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers (2021 - 2023) - http://www.waterapps.net/en-us/bangladesh-updates/waterappscale/
WAGRINNOVA - Co-innovations across scales to enhance sustainable intensification in water-managed agricultural systems in West Africa (2019 - 2022) - https://wagrinnova.csic.es/
WaterApps - Water information services for sustainable food production in peri-urban delta areas in Ghana and Bangladesh (2016 - 2021) - http://www.waterapps.net/en-us/home/
EDUCATION
10/2013 – 11/2016
University of Freiburg | Freiburg, Germany
PhD: Spatial and applied hydro-climatology
Supervisor: Professor Dr. Andreas Matzarakis
Thesis Title: The effect of climate on the hydrological regime of selected Greek areas with different climate conditions
10/2010 – 10/2012
Democritus University of Thrace | Orestiada, Greece
MSc: Sustainable development and management of the environment using Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information Systems
Thesis Title: Modeling Sperchios River basin using MIKE-SHE and GIS
09/2005 – 09/2010
Democritus University of Thrace | Orestiada, Greece
BSc (with integrated Master’s): Forestry and management of the environment and natural resources
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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06/2021 – today |
Assistant Professor Water and Climate Information Services, Water Systems and Global Change Group, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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05/2019 – 05/2021 |
Post-doctoral researcher on Water and Climate Information Services, Water Systems and Global Change Group, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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02/2017 – 03/2019 |
Post-doctoral researcher, Laboratory of Science, Climate and the Environment, Paris, France |
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02/2017 – 04-2017 |
GIS products and geodatabase developer, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece |
