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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 [...]

The International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), in collaboration with the International Network of Next Generation Ecologists (INNGE) and Institute for New Economic Thinking's Young Scholars Initiative (INET YSI), are planning to assemble a group of early career researchers with diverse backgrounds and research perspectives to reflect on ecosystems and human well-being in the transition towards green economies and debate relevant issues as part of a series of conferences on Integrated Science that are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The aim is [...]

We invite applications for Masters, PhD, and postdoctoral positions to conduct research on organisational innovation and intermediation in social-ecological systems. Successful applicants will become part of a team of researchers led by Prof Ralph Hamann at the UCT Graduate School of Business, in collaboration with other members of the African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town. The overarching purpose of this research programme is to generate theoretically and practically relevant knowledge on why and how organisations innovate to respond to social-ecological problems. We focus on large [...]

Up to four Doctoral and Masters Research Bursaries have been established at the University of Cape Town's African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI). The work will be focused within the Bergrivier Transdisciplinary Research Programme which includes partners from the Western Cape Government, the Bergrivier Municipality and other business and civil society participants. The aim is to develop a range of interdisciplinary activities that will support the Bergrivier Municipality in their efforts to plan and respond to the challenges of climate change and development. Students will work within transdisciplinary teams of [...]

For young climate experts from transition and developing countries interested in conducting a project in Germany. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s fellowship programme allows future leaders to spend a year in Germany working on a research-related project of their own choice in the field of climate protection. Fellows are free to choose their own hosts. Submit an application if you come from a non-European transition or developing country and are involved with issues relating to the scientific, engineering, legal, economic or social aspects of climate change. Up to 20 fellowships will [...]