The 11th Literature & Ecology Colloquium will take place on 11 and 12 September at Oxwagon Lodge, Hartbeespoort Dam. This year, we invite papers exploring the relationship between words and our inland waters: rivers, dams, rains, pipleines, taps, irrigation schemes, floods, droughts. While the colloquium particularly encourages papers on southern African literatures, explorations of other areas of the world are also welcome. Comparative perspectives can be especially enlightening. Suggested, but by no means exhaustive, topics might include the following: ۞Waters in indigenous oral literatures (eg. rains in San cosmology; spiritual significance of pools in Xhosa writing) ۞ Rivers as barriers/goals/conveyances in [...]

Doctoral studentship in Sustainability Science at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Reference number SU FV-0892-14. Deadline for applications: May 2, 2014. Project title: Identifying craftsmanship and local ecological knowledge in coastal fisheries for sustainable use of sustainable management of Nordic sea- and landscapes.  Project description Soon Nordic coastal fishing will be a memory. During the last century the total number of fishers in nordic countries diminished dramatically. This decline has been particularly pronouced among coastal fishers. The loss of cultural capital that Nordic coastal fishers represent, i.e. ´their working knowledge´ and skills, implies a tremendous setback for sustainable management of coastal sea- [...]

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in the Sciences is one of the principal programmes of the Claude Leon Foundation. The Trustees of the Foundation seek to upgrade research at South African universities in the faculties of Science, Engineering and Medical Sciences by making awards to both South African and foreign postdoctoral scientists, who should increase the volume and quality of research output, transfer technical skills, and generally enhance the research culture. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, taking the applicants’ academic achievements and potential as researchers into account. Application deadline for 2015 postdoctoral fellowships: 31 May 2014.   For more information [...]

The Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), in McGill University'’s Faculty of Engineering, is seeking a scholar to spend six months in residence to participate in collaborative and interdisciplinary research and teaching. TISED’s 2014-2015 Scholars-in-Residence program supports scholars and experts to conduct collaborative research with an emphasis on advancing sustainability in one of the following areas: (a) energy resources and efficiency; (b) urban development; and (c) urban transportation. The selected Scholar would be engaged in policy-focused research that will enable significant advances in sustainability in the above areas. Relevant information and application details are available here: https://www.mcgill.ca/tised/activities/scholar-residence

The 30 million pound Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) is located on the University's Penryn Campus and is funded with a 22.9 million pound investment from the European Regional Development Fund and 6.6 million pounds from the South West of England Regional Development Agency. The ESI leads cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research into solutions to problems of environmental change; and in so doing enhances people's lives by improving their relationships with the environment.   We are looking to appoint a Lecturer in the area of social science of sustainability with disciplinary background in Geography or Environmental Science. All applications relevant to our research strategy will be considered, however we [...]

Introduction The Research Platform Production and Conservation in Partnership (RP-PCP; www.rp-pcp.org) was established in 2007, formally associating the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) with two French research organisations, CIRAD and CNRS. The overall objective of the RP-PCP is to contribute to sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and improved rural livelihoods in Southern Africa, through strengthening national research capacities, multidisciplinary approaches and institutional partnerships. Although it is based in Zimbabwe, the platform has a clear regional dimension, and we are actively seeking to develop further collaborations with academic and research institutions from neighbouring countries [...]

The Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute (GCSRI) at the University of the Witwatersrand invite applications for the following opportunities: A. Within the broad fields of Water Management, Innovation and energy transitions, Sustainable urbanisation and Healthy and productive ecosystems; the following positions are available with funding received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York: Bursaries for full-time doctoral study: R150 000 per year, for a maximum of three years, with R20 000 per year running cost. Postdoctoral fellowships: R200 000 per year, for one year, renewable for a second year, with a relocation and medical aid allowance Research fellowships: R340 [...]