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Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures
The Environmental Learning Research Centre at Rhodes University working with a team of international collaborators invites you to join us in contributing to an exciting new co-engaged research initiative focussing on Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures. Join a workshop in: Johannesburg (10 March 2020) Cape Town (25 March 2020) Makhanda (27 March 2020) Durban (6 April 2020) To explore how we can transform education for sustainable futures and what research we can do together to explore this question. RSVP to Variolique Sais on v.sias@ru.ac.za or register here.
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS VACANCY: Senior Scientist
An exciting vacancy exists in the Knysna Scientific Services offices in the Garden Route (within the Conservation Services Division of SANParks) for a conservation scientist, comfortable to work in dynamic social-ecological contexts, preferably with some indigenous forest research background. The successful candidate will primarily operate in the southern, western and eastern Cape regions. S/he will be part of a multi-disciplinary research team and will be expected to bring a passion for conservation science, a good track-record and strong science leadership to the team. Based in the Garden Route, s/he must [...]
ACDI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Forecasting the timing of climate change risks to biodiversity to strengthen conservation decision- making in Africa Application Deadline: 29 January 2020 or until position is filled
ACDI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Forecasting the timing of climate change risks to biodiversity to strengthen conservation decision-making in Africa Application Deadline: 29 January 2020 or until position is filled. Call for Applications A joint research team from the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) at the University of Cape Town; University College London; and South African National Parks is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Fellows (PDRFs) to join a project on climate change risks to biodiversity. PDRFs will be highly motivated to work as part of an interdisciplinary research team, grow [...]
PhD scholarship on environmental justice aspects in nature conservation in an African context
PhD scholarship on environmental justice aspects in nature conservation in an African context (case studies in Tanzania and Zambia)? The call can be found here: https://www.leuphana.de/news/jobs-und-karriere/stipendien.html. Application deadline is already the 8th of December. Leuphana University of Lüneburg, foundation under public law, fosters the development of junior scientific staff. Therefore, the university offers one doctoral scholarship funded by the Robert Bosch foundation in the field of Sustainability Science with a focus on Environmental Justice at the faculty of Sustainability Science, starting in April 2020 for the summer term 2020. The invitation to [...]
VACANCY: POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW Climate Resilient Development Pathways in Semi-Arid Regions
VACANCY: POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW Climate Resilient Development Pathways in Semi-Arid Regions Closing Date: 16 Dec 2019 The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) wishes to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) on the project, Climate Resilient Development Pathways in Semi-Arid Regions. The PDRF will work with an international team of scientists who were part of the CARIAA (Collaborative Adaptation Research in African and Asia) research programme, to i) Synthesize a set of forward-looking findings from ASSAR, PRISE and other related projects (such as the FCFA-funded projects, FRACTAL and AMMA-2050) [...]