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Statistics South Africa is proud to announce that several high profile speakers have been lined up for the Annual ISIbalo symposium taking place at Stellenbosch University on 29 June 2015. They include Mr Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, Rector and Vice Chancellor of Stellenbosch university, Professor Wim de Villiers, Mr Pali Lehohla, Statistician General and member of UN Secretary General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data revolution for Sustainable Development (IEAG), Professor Manie Geyer, Director of the Centre for Regional and Urban innovation and statistical exploration(CRUISE) and Professor Sabina [...]

The social-ecological systems laboratory of the Autonomous University of Madrid is offering a 4-year PhD position on ‘Assessing ecosystem services flows along rural-urban gradients: applicability to social-ecological landscape planning’. Details of the position are outlined in the following document: Call_PhD_Socialecological-systems-lab.pdf

PROFESSIONAL OFFICER ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa is expanding its multi-disciplinary professional team through offering exciting new opportunities to experienced practitioners and technical experts in the field of urban development and sustainability at Africa's Head Office in Cape Town. These professionals will provide advanced technical services and support to our growing network of cities, sub-national governments and local government associations across Africa. As part of our multi-disciplinary teams they will engage with national governments, international development partners, and the private sector and our other ICLEI officers around [...]

ESP Conference South Africa, 9-15 November 2015 Call for abstracts The call for all abstracts is open. The deadline for abstract submission is approaching soon; for oral presentations 30 June, and for posters 31 July. To prepare your abstract submission, please have a look at the workshop overview webpage. To submit an abstract please select three workshops that best suit the theme of your abstract. When a workshop states 'CLOSED' it means no voluntary contributions can be uploaded to that workshop. ESP8 Program All workshop descriptions have been uploaded onto the website and can be viewed on the workshop overview page. Please note [...]

Researcher (post-doctoral level) Published: 2015-05-25 Uppsala University is an international research university focused on the development of science and education. Our most important assets are all the individuals who with their curiosity and their dedication makes Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting work places. Uppsala University has 45.000 students, 6,800 employees and a turnover of SEK 6,300 million. Dissemination & Capacity Building for Sustainable Ecosystems and Livelihoods The Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, wishes to recruit an Experienced Researcher at a post-doctoral level. The position is [...]