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Post-graduate opportunities: Risk and Vulnerability to Climate Change
Social-Ecological Risk, Vulnerability and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Garden Route This three-year programme is a collaboration between leading social and ecological scientists at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and CSIR, South Africa, University of Exeter in the UK, Arizona State University and CIRAD, IRSTEA and CFE in France. We wish to assess actual and perceived risk, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change, and social learning in three regions: the Garden Route coast in South Africa; the Languedoc-Rousillon in France; and Cornwall in the UK. The project addresses four research [...]
Belinda Reyers elected as Vice Chair of Future Earth Science Committee
Belinda Reyers The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC), on behalf of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, announced the members of the first Science Committee for Future Earth, a new 10-year research programme on global sustainability. The science committee will provide scientific guidance, ensure scientific quality and guide the development of new projects. Mark Stafford Smith, Science Director of CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship in Canberra, Australia will be the inaugural Chair. Melissa Leach, Director of the Economic and Social Research [...]
Graeme Cumming wins NSTF-BHP Billiton Award & S2A3 British Association Medal
Graeme Cumming Announcement of the 2012/13 NSTF-BHP Billiton Award Winners The NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards honour and celebrate Outstanding Contributions to Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI). These prestigious awards celebrate, acknowledge and promote excellence in the South African Research and Development (R&D) community by cross- cutting sectors, levels, gender, and race, while recognising both individuals and teams. The NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards celebrate scientific research that is professional, innovative, forward looking and relevant to both South Africa and the rest of the world. The awards were established in 1998 and are [...]
SAPECS colloquium in Cape Town
The Southern African Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS) held its first colloquium on the ‘Frontiers of Social-Ecological Research’ in Cape Town, South Africa, on the 15th and 16th of April this year. The SAPECS colloquium brought together almost 100 researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the study and management of social-ecological systems and ecosystem services in southern Africa. Set in the beautiful Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the colloquium was organized around the following six SAPECS research themes: Links between ecosystem services and human well-being, with an emphasis on poverty [...]
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Rhodes University: Master and PhD bursaries for interdisciplinary project in the Eastern Cape
One Masters level bursary (R80 000 pa) and one PhD level bursary (R120 000 pa) are available for an exciting interdisciplinary project in the Eastern Cape, and based at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. Project title: A place to belong: urban planning, housing and greening We seek motivated and enthusiastic students to conduct Masters and PhD research as part of an interdisciplinary team to investigate the worldviews and experiences of nature and use of natural resources and elements in the context of urban residents and its implications for urban planning, housing [...]
Lecturer/senior lecturer position at Stellenbosch University
Conservation Ecology and Entomology Senior Lecturer /Lecturer (Ref. AW02/024/01116) Apply online at www.sun.ac.za/english/careers Our departmental mission is “to undertake teaching, research and technology transfer in ecology, conservation and management of utilised landscapes and their surrounds”. To this end, there are seven strategic research thrusts: Conservation Planning and Management in Agricultural Landscapes * Restoration Ecology and Landscape Ecology Conservation of Symbioses Vertebrate Conservation Invertebrate Conservation * Area-wide Pest Management on Selected Crops * Applied Physiological Ecology * * Recommended research thrusts for this position For more information, download the full advertisement [...]
Employment opportunities at ICLEI Africa
ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is a global association of over 1000 cities and other subnational government members who are committed to sustainable development. We provide technical services, capacity building and cutting- edge urban solutions to our member cities. ICLEI’s African Head Office is based in Cape Town, serving Members across Sub-Saharan Africa (www.iclei.org). ICLEI Africa invites suitably qualified individuals to apply for the positions below, for appointment as soon as possible: Professional Officer: Urban Biodiversity Expert Professional Officer: Planning Expert Senior Financial Officer (SFO) Communications Manager ICLEI Africa Internships For [...]
Call for MSc and PhD students: Land degradation determination through state parameter shift
Land degradation determination through state parameter shift This proposal has been funded for three years by the South African National Research Foundation. The grant-holder is Prof Bob Scholes of the Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. Prof Scholes is also co-chair of the global Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The aim of the project is to put the detection, diagnosis and quantification of land degradation onto a more scientifically sound basis in Southern Africa, using a new [...]
Call for Post-Graduate Research Students: Water Sector
Living Lands & The Four Returns Development Company Post-Graduate Research Students: Water Sector Background Living Lands and the Four Returns Development Company are private social benefit organisations working with stakeholders in the western catchments (Kromme, Kouga and Baviaanskloof river catchments) that supply most of the current water resources to Port Elizabeth. We will be working with the Water Research Commission over the next three years on a participatory hydrological model building project for these catchments. This model will be developed in collaboration with a company called Nelen and Schuurmans from the Netherlands who have developed [...]