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Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships

The application process for the 2017 Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships Programme is now open. Through this annual fellowship programme, we seek to deepen and broaden our growing network which continues to contribute its skills and learning to a better Africa. The Fellowships offer the opportunity to work in the executive offices of either the African Development […]

Tags: #Africa #Fellowship #Governance #Leadership #Mo Ibrahim Foundation

World Bank: Africa Fellowship Program

The Africa Region of the World Bank Group (WBG) is relaunching its fellowship program for Ph.D. students who are Sub-Saharan nationals. The program will increase the diverse workforce that is a priority for the Bank and its clients. Started in 2013 by World Bank Africa Vice President Makhtar Diop, the World Bank Group Africa Fellowship […]

Tags: #Africa #Fellowship #International development #World Bank

Post-doc: Water Scarcity (South Africa)

Future Water, a recently formed interdisciplinary research institute based at UCT, is looking for four dynamic and motivated post-doctoral fellows to join a diverse multi-disciplinary team focused on alleviating water scarcity. Research within the Future Water institute focuses on four major themes: ‘New Taps’ – new water resources; ‘Blue-Green Infrastructure’ – water sensitive design and […]

Tags: #Governance #Interdisciplinary #Policy #Sustainability #Water

Post-doc: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities

Title of project: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities: mapping the factors in the social and physical food environments that drive consumption of energy dense nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods and beverages, to identify interventions targeting women and adolescent girls throughout the reproductive life course. Project objectives: To examine factors in social and physical food environments of African […]

Tags: #Dietary transition #Food Security #Food Studies #Ghana

PhD & Post-doc Awards for Refugees (Canada)

The Government of Canada is offering new doctoral and post-doctoral health research training awards to eligible refugees through a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and IDRC.These new funding awards will target persons with refugee status who have arrived in Canada since September 2014. They are intended to assist refugees with their settlement […]

MA & PhD Studentships: Critical Urban Food Studies

Start date will be January 2017 (preferably) or possibly September 2017. Please apply internally to Prof. Dr. Marit Rosol on or before 25 August 2016. Qualifications: Research project idea that fits within the team’s focus on critical urban food geographies and food justice Outstanding previous degree performance Enthusiasm for research, including interest (M.A.) or experience […]

Tags: #Food justice #Food Security #Food Studies #Geography #Social Justice

Post-doc: African city periphery

A new international research project focussed on lives at the urban periphery: You will make an important contribution to a 3-year research project which focusses upon experiences of infrastructural investment on the peripheries of three city-regions in Africa. The primary objective is to understand how urban change in the peripheries of African cities, focusing on infrastructural investments […]

Tags: #Ethiopia #Governance #Infrastructure #South Africa #Urban

Research Fellow: Cacao and Climate Change

This position is only open to candidates who have completed their PhD studies within the past 24 months and who are US Citizens / permanent residents or cocoa producer country nationals including: Africa (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, & Nigeria); Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, […]

Tags: #Agriculture #Biodiversity #Cacao #Climate change #Food Security

Post-doc: Indigenous Studies

The Interdisciplinary Initiative (IDI) in Applied Indigenous Scholarship at Western University is seeking applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. Our successful Postdoctoral fellow will develop an independent program of research in areas that could include determinants of Indigenous well-being, Indigenization processes, and reconciliation in post-secondary environments. In carrying out this research, the candidate will draw broadly […]

Tags: #Indigenization #Indigenous studies #Interdisciplinary #Well-being

African Writing Award

It can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write while simultaneously earning a living. To help meet this need the MMF awards annually a small number of Morland Writing Scholarships, with the aim being to allow each Scholar the time to produce the first draft of a completed book. The Scholarships are […]

Tags: #Africa #African #Award #Funding