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The Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute (GCSRI) at the University of the Witwatersrand invite applications for the following opportunities: A. Within the broad fields of Water Management, Innovation and energy transitions, Sustainable urbanisation and Healthy and productive ecosystems; the following positions are available with funding received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York: Bursaries for full-time doctoral study: R150 000 per year, for a maximum of three years, with R20 000 per year running cost. Postdoctoral fellowships: R200 000 per year, for one year, renewable for a second year, [...]

Applications are invited for the post of Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow specialising in Climate Change Scenarios, Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation, at the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a Southern African regional research team, within the broader ASSAR (Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions) multi-region research project, and for cross-region research synthesis across other ASSAR regional research projects (West Africa, East Africa, South Asia). The post involves both research management and supervision, as [...]

The Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France), in its Research Group "Conservation Ecology and Biotic Interactions" has a 22-month post-doc position open for applications. The position is funded through a European Neigborhood Partnership (ENPI) project on vulnerability of coastal ecosystems, involving research groups from Rome and Cagliari (Italy), Alexandria (Egypt), Beirut (Lebanon) and Sfax (Tunisia). At IMBE, the project is directed by Arne Saatkamp, Agathe Leriche, and Cécile Albert, in Marseille, France - a region noted for its access to outdoor activities. The project aims [...]

The Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France), in its Research Group "Macroecology and Biogeography of Global Change (MacroBio)" has a 36-month PhD position open for applications. The position is funded by the European Commission through the FP7 Research Project OPERAs and affiliated with the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS). The topic is the broad-scale spatial mapping and quantification of ecosystem service trade-offs following management of agro-ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin. The context of the research includes the environment (climate, land use) as well as trends [...]

On his recent visit to South Africa U.S. President Barack Obama announced a new phase of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - the Washington Fellowship. This new program is for young professionals ages 25-35 and offers a 6 week leadership program on the campus of a U.S. university, followed by a one week presidential summit in Washington, DC. The program will take place in June/July 2014.  Selected participants in this program are going to have the opportunity to interact with Heads of State and leaders from civil society, private [...]