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The World Bank’s Forum for Agricultural Risk Management (FARMD) will host its Annual Conference, Managing Agricultural Risks in a Changing Climate in Sub-Saharan Africa, on November 4-5, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.   The objective of the event is to explore how climate change is impacting agricultural production and marketing systems in Africa and to better understand the implications for agricultural risk management. The two-day conference will bring together more than 200 participants from the public and private sectors, academia, farmer organizations, and development organizations. Attendees will have the chance to interact with [...]

The African Doctoral Academy of Stellenbosch University is pleased to offer the 2015 Summer School in Research Methods from 12 to 23 January. Since its conception six years ago we have seen the Summer School grow in scope and popularity, while covering a variety of basic and advanced quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and tools for researchers. The Summer School offers a range of one-week courses aimed at prospective- and enrolled doctoral students, supervisors and other academics involved in research.   6th ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN RESEARCH METHODS Week one [...]

SANParks is re-advertising the rather exciting post-doc position for someone versed in a combination of complexity thinking, management of social-ecological systems, systems thinking, social/organizational learning and/or institutional change. Closing date is the 30th of September . Please see below for more information: Systemic futures post-doc - readvert (Sept 2014)    

Are you concerned about our future cities? Do you want to discuss theories and explore practices of urban sustainable development across disciplines and experiences? Apply to the Stockholm Resilience Centre for a Masters course in "Urban Social-Ecological Systems", March-June 2015, before October 15. For more information, visit the course website!

Google Earth Outreach is planning some exciting activities for the IUCN World Parks Congress in November 2014 in Sydney, Australia!   Prior to the Congress, we are hosting a 2-day in-depth hands-on workshop to help build the technical capacity of park managers, researchers, and communities. In this workshop, participants will gain technical training on Google mapping software tools “from the ground to the cloud.” Led by the Google Earth Outreach and Earth Engine teams, the workshop will teach participants how to use these tools to raise awareness, reach common understanding, [...]