GRIN 2025 2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts
The 7th Garden Route Interface and Networking (GRIN) Symposium will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 (3 full days) at Villa Castollini, Knysna, South Africa.
UCT Industry Post-doctoral Fellowship on Nature-based Solutions
The University of Cape Town has an open call for Industry Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants. The industry postdoctoral fellowship is centered around academic-industry collaborations to provide fellows with industry exposure.
SAVE THE DATE: WEBINAR ON DEAGRARIANIZATION
Deagrarianisation: What are the underlying reasons and effects with focus on livelihoods, poverty reduction and climate change According to a newly released FAO report, food insecurity is increasing in the world. An alarming reversal of a previous opposite trend. Planting your own food might be an important adaptation strategy in face of climate change. At the same time, across Africa, and in other parts of the world, many farmers stop farming. This webinar unites researchers working on the broad theme of deagrarianisation across contexts in Africa and Europe. We will present and discuss research and build new networks – forging [...]
Measuring ecosystem services for human well-being
This working group aims to explore the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being, using a social ecological systems approach, and focusing on the development of tools and methods to measure, model and map ecosystem services and human well-being in the southern African region.
Theory development
The Theory Development Working Group is focused on exploring and expanding the theory and theoretical frameworks that are relevant to SAPECS and either are or will be important for its future progress.
Communities of practice and transdisciplinary work
During this early phase of SAPECS our main strategy for being vibrant is to be a community of practice ourselves, i.e. to learn as a group about something while practicing it. As scientists, our learning involves publishing and our practicing takes place through case studies.
Students Working Group
The Students Working Group is a platform for students and other early-career scientists engaged in the SAPECS network to exchange ideas, seek advice, form professional connections and help shape the education and training activities offered by SAPECS researchers.