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PROFESSIONAL OFFICER ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa is expanding its multi-disciplinary professional team through offering exciting new opportunities to experienced practitioners and technical experts in the field of urban development and sustainability at Africa's Head Office in Cape Town. These professionals will provide advanced technical services and support to our growing network of cities, sub-national governments and local government associations across Africa. As part of our multi-disciplinary teams they will engage with national governments, international development partners, and the private sector and our other ICLEI officers around [...]

ESP Conference South Africa, 9-15 November 2015 Call for abstracts The call for all abstracts is open. The deadline for abstract submission is approaching soon; for oral presentations 30 June, and for posters 31 July. To prepare your abstract submission, please have a look at the workshop overview webpage. To submit an abstract please select three workshops that best suit the theme of your abstract. When a workshop states 'CLOSED' it means no voluntary contributions can be uploaded to that workshop. ESP8 Program All workshop descriptions have been uploaded onto the website and can be viewed on the workshop overview page. Please note [...]

Researcher (post-doctoral level) Published: 2015-05-25 Uppsala University is an international research university focused on the development of science and education. Our most important assets are all the individuals who with their curiosity and their dedication makes Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting work places. Uppsala University has 45.000 students, 6,800 employees and a turnover of SEK 6,300 million. Dissemination & Capacity Building for Sustainable Ecosystems and Livelihoods The Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, wishes to recruit an Experienced Researcher at a post-doctoral level. The position is [...]

The Global Landscapes Initiative is hiring one or more postdoctoral research fellows to study how the connections between land use change, agriculture, and the environment affect risks to the global food system. Our research group of 10+ people draws on a broad set of skills to identify solutions to major global challenges, publish research in high-profile academic journals, and offers great opportunities for interdisciplinary work. The research is highly collaborative both within the team, with other research groups at the Institute on the Environment, and with other leading academic and [...]

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:  Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-­Economy Applications are invited for a post-­doctoral research fellowship on the bio-­economy, beginning early 2016. The position will be based in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa as part of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation Research Chair on Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy. We seek an energetic and motivated scholar to join a growing team of researchers working on these issues and to conduct her or his own research within one [...]