Groundwater-based Adaptation Strategies for Cross-border Water Governance and Social Resilience (food security and migration) to Drought in the Central American Dry Corridor Region

This is a new research initiative is based on the joint one-year seed funding fellowship offered by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and UNU-CRIS. The project is designed to generate an original research line that can grow into a larger Erasmus+ proposal and peer-reviewed scientific publication. It will examine how regional and cross-border cooperation, multi-level governance, and higher-education partnerships can address pressing sustainability challenges such as climate resilience, migration, digital transformation, and water security, with a particular focus on regions outside Europe. By reinforcing education and training trough capacity building actions, regional resilience is expected to increase. The initiative contributes to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda while positioning itself for future external funding opportunities.