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PhD Opportunity: Formation of Urbanity
The Institute of Social Anthropology and the interdisciplinary program in Urban and Landscape Studies at the University of Basel are offering two PhD positions for the SNF-funded research project Making the City: Agency, Urbanity and Urbanisation in Ordinary Cities (2016–2019)The project will explore the formation of urbanity by comparing respective processes in four cities of […]
PhD Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities (Sweden)
This PhD project will address mining in the Arctic from a historical perspective. Potential areas of study include amongst others the development of mining governance across different regions of the Arctic, the development of environmental management in relation to resource extraction, relations between mining companies and indigenous peoples, concepts of social license and corporate social […]
Tags: #Corporate Social Responsibility #Governance #Resource extraction #Sustainability #Sustainable Arctic Communities
IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Duration: 3-12 months Budget: Approximately 20 grants of a maximum of CA$20,000 each Deadline: May 18, 2016 by 16:00 (04:00 PM) (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) Scope: IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian and developing country capacity in research to improve the lives of people in the developing […]
Tags: #Doctoral Award #Field Research Funding #IDRC #International development #International Development Research Centre #Research Award #Research Grants
PhD: International Environmental Politics (2 positions)
The successful candidate will complete a doctoral dissertation in the framework of the project “Regional Orders in International Environmental Politics (REORIENT)” financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project examines the proliferation of regional environmental agreements, with a special focus on situations where countries are subject to multiple, overlapping agreements (pluri-regionality). It investigates […]
Tags: #Environmental Politics #International environmental agreements #International Politics #PhD #Pluri-regionality
Post-doc: Sociology of Markets (Germany)
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the field of the sociology of markets, particularly for projects on the role of the future in economic action. The successful applicant will be part of the Sociology of Markets research group headed by Prof. Jens Beckert. Applicants are […]
Tags: #Economy #Markets #Max Planck Institute #Post-doc #Sociology
Post-doc: Migration (Netherlands)
Topic: Migration, livelihoods and SRHR: A triple case-study of young female migrants (YFMs) in Dhaka, Bangladesh The Anthropology Department at the VU University is looking for a post-doc researcher for the two year WOTRO funded project “Migration, livelihoods and SRHR: A triple case-study of young female migrants (YFMs) in Dhaka, Bangladesh”. The post-doc will be […]
Tags: #Bangladesh #Livelihoods #Migration #Participatory Action Research #Post-doc
Post Doctoral Fellow (Social Scientist)
WorldFish is looking for a post-doctoral fellow (PDF) with social science and gender training to lead this research with support from natural and social scientists currently working for WorldFish in Egypt and Zambia. The PDF will review and validate the findings of consumer and market studies already carried out in Egypt and Zambia (if applicable) […]
Tags: #Fishing Systems #Gender #Post-doc #Social science #WorldFish
Fellowship: Australian National University
Each year, a theme is chosen which inspires and informs research activity within the HRC. This theme is not intended to constrain, but, interpreted imaginatively, to foster collaboration between scholars from diverse fields and backgrounds. The HRC offers fellowships with grants to cover travel (up to $AUD3,000) and accommodation in Canberra to applicants working on […]
Tags: #Australian National University #Critical Studies #Fellowship #Question of the Stranger
Post-doc: Gender Research Fellow
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Gender Research Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The NEXTGEN Cassava project aims to significantly increase the rate of genetic improvement of cassava breeding and unlock the full potential of cassava, a staple crop central to food security and livelihoods across Africa. NEXTGEN […]
Tags: #Cassava #Gender #International Institute of Tropical Agriculture #Post-doc #Research Fellow
2016 UN Momentum for Change Awards
Applications are being accepted from 19 February to 25 April. Spearheaded by the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, Momentum for Change shines a light on the most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people around the world are doing to tackle climate change. Who: Organizations, communities, cities, businesses, governments and others that are taking concrete […]
Tags: #Award #Climate change #Innovation #Lighthouse Activity #Scalability
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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