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The GRIN Meeting: A ‘third place’ for managers and scholars of social-ecological systems
The Garden Route Interface and Networking (GRIN) meeting, which SAPECS co-hosts, was initiated in 2017 with the aim of creating a third place for dialogue on, and advancement of, research and practice dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems, and with how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability. Dirk Roux and colleagues have written an article on the role of the GRIN meeting as a third place, in the latest volume of the South African Journal of Science, which can be accessed here. The next GRIN meeting [...]
First announcement and call for abstracts: 4th Garden Route Interface and Networking (GRIN) meeting
4th Garden Route Interface and Networking (GRIN) meeting A symposium-style meeting for dialogue on, and advancement of, research and practice dealing with the interactions between people and nature, and with how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability. Date: 6-8 October 2020 Venue: Pine Lake Marina, Garden Route, South Africa Aim: Providing a space for co-learning about the study and management of social-ecological systems and their complex interactions and feedbacks. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 30 June 2020 - Both managers and scientists are invited to share their latest approaches, challenges, [...]
Masters/PhD project: Value chain analyses of the southern Cape line fishery
The group around the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Marine Ecology and Fisheries is a dynamic team at the University of Cape Town, conducting research into systems approaches to managing human activities in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Our “Southern Cape Interdisciplinary Fisheries Research (SCIFR)” project focusses on the region between Witsands and Mossel Bay and seeks to understand (i) how natural and social changes in the southern Cape shape and interact with the marine social-ecological system at its doorstep, (ii) how selected natural resource users in the [...]
ACDI Opportunity: Junior Research Fellow (lecturer level)
The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) invites applications for the post of Junior Research Fellow. The ACDI is a University Research Institute at UCT that coordinates and enhances research and teaching on climate change and development across faculties, academic departments and research groupings. The Junior Research Fellowship is an academic position that aims to support an emerging researcher with post-doctoral experience to build and establish an independent research career within one of ACDI’s thematic focus areas. The Junior Research Fellow will be mentored by senior researchers within ACDI, with [...]
POSITION AVAILABLE: Knowledge and Learning Support | Tsitsa Project
The Tsitsa Project is being implemented in the communal and commercial areas of the north-eastern Eastern Cape. The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) working with local authorities and traditional leaders, conducts land restoration in the highly erodible Tsitsa river catchment, while a number of South African universities conduct related research in this remote rural landscape. Rhodes University has been contracted by DEFF to provide support on various research-praxis aspects to the project. This is done through numerous ‘Communities of Practice’ (CoP) which bring together researchers, managers, and local [...]
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