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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE RESEARCH COORDINATOR FOR THE DURBAN RESEARCH ACTION PARTNERSHIP (PEROMNES GRADE 8) THREE YEAR FIXED TERM APPOINTMENT SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS REF NO. LS03/2017 The School seeks a Research Coordinator to assist the NRF Chair in the successful implementation of the eThekwini-UKZN research partnership by coordinating all research activities related to the Durban Research Action Partnership (D’RAP). The Durban Research Action Partnership (D’RAP) is a research partnership of the eThekwini Municipality’s Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department (EPCPD) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal [...]

A PhD Autumn School that will take part in Aveiro, Portugal in October. This Autumn School is part of the Marie Curie project SUSPLACE (Sustainable Place Shaping). See the flyer attached to this email for more info and links to websites. This autumn school is directed at PhDs and Early Stage Researchers interested in transformations to sustainability, with a particular focus on place-based development, grassroots innovations, and adaptive governance. Besides SRC’s own Maria Tengö, other lecturers will be Katherine Gibson (Western Sydney University), Adrian Smith (SPRU/STEPS Centre), Celeste Coelho (University [...]

Internship: Emerging Professional for Climate Change This internship position has opened at the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), an NGO based in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province. This position will form part of the AWARD team within the USAID RESILIM-Olifants program, the purpose being to reduce vulnerability through building improved transboundary governance and management of the Olifants Catchment so as to enhance the resilience of its people and ecosystems through systemic and social learning approaches. This post aims to support the restoration and sustainable management of priority ecosystems in the [...]

Future Earth has a great opportunity for a 1-year post doc at Future Earth (a Future Earth Fellow). The successful candidate will focus on global sustainability synthesis in a key area relevant to the "World In 2050" (TWI2050) project and develop closer links between Future Earth’s Earth system modelling communities and TWI2050. Find out more here: www.futureearth.org/news/future-earth-vacancy-global-sustainability-postdoctoral-researcher-sweden Deadline: 18 April 2007.

Deputy Director, African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town (UCT) (Associate Professor or Professor level, 5 year contract) Application information: https://www.uct.ac.za/about/intro/vacancies/external Closing date 28 Feb 2017   ACDI information: https://www.acdi.uct.ac.za UCT information: https://www.uct.ac.za Informal enquiries: ACDI Director, Prof Mark New, mark.new@uct.ac.za   The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) was established in 2011 at the University of Cape Town as a cross-faculty research, training and outreach initiative, working at the intersection of climate change and development.  The ACDI is hosted by the Faculty of Science, but is [...]