Marta Zaniolo, PhD student at DEIB, was awarded the first prize of the Young Academics Award of the Alpine Convention on the topic of Sustainable water management in the Alps, for her Master thesis on Design and Application of basin customized drought indexes for highly regulated basins. The Alpine Convention is an international treaty between the Alpine Countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland) as well as the EU, for the sustainable development and protection of the Alps.

During the 2-4 April XV Alpine Conference at Innsbruck, Austria, representatives of the public and private sector, NGO’s, students, experts and people from all across the Alps came together to discuss, exchange best practices and experiences, and take decisions on pressing Alpine issues.

Further details are available at http://www.alpconv.org/en/activities/younggeneration/yaa2018/default.html.