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Cadieux-Léger Fellowship (Canada)

The Foreign Policy Research Division of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 Cadieux-Léger Fellowship. Do you want to gain valuable experience working in an area related to your studies while contributing to the advancement of Canada’s international interests? The Cadieux-Léger Fellowship, now in its 24th year, provides direct experience in a […]

Tags: #Climate change #Fellowship #Foreign Policy #Global Affairs Canada #Migration

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PhD & Post-doc: Education in Remote Settings

Post-docs and PhD studentship: Education Systems, Aspiration and Learning in Remote Rural Settings (Lesotho, India, Laos) Brunel University London is seeking to appoint two post-doctoral research fellows and one PhD student to work on the above project. (A further Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship will be advertised shortly at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.) The […]

Tags: #Education #Ethnographic #Learning #Remote #Rural

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Post-doc Fellow: Gender LivestockPlus

CIAT is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to address the key research question: How can Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the livestock sector be designed and implemented to promote inclusiveness, social equity and decrease existing gender gaps? CIAT is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to address the key research question: How can Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions […]

Tags: #Equity #Gender #Livestock #Mitigation #Post-doc

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Post-doc: Conflicts between food security and biodiversity conservation

3 postdoctoral research assistant positions are available at the University of Stirling to work in the research group of Dr Nils Bunnefeld on a European Research Council (ERC) funded project entitled “Resolving conflicts between food security and biodiversity conservation under uncertainty (ConFooBio)”. The three posts will initially be employed on a 3 year fixed term […]

Tags: #Biodiversity #Conflict #Conservation #Food Security #Post-doc

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2017-18 Social Science Fellowship

Each year, the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, invites between 20 and 25 scholars to be in residence for the full academic year to pursue their own research. The School welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology and anthropology. It encourages social scientific work with […]

Tags: #Anthropology #Economics #Fellowship #Political Science #Social Sciences in a Changing World

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Adaptation Finance Fellowship Programme

The AFFP supports and promotes exceptional individuals from the scientific community, policy and private sector in climate adaptation related fields from developing and emerging countries. This interdisciplinary exchange contributes to building leadership in adaptation finance across sectors for enhanced knowledge and sharing good practices in adaptation finance from policy, private sector and research angles around […]

Tags: #Adaptation Finance #Adaptation Finance Fellowship #Climate change #Fellowship

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IDRC Doctoral Research Awards

Approximately 20 grants of a maximum of CA$20,000 each Eligibility: This call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university. Other eligibility requirements include: Your research proposal must be approved by your thesis supervisor. Please provide proof. Your proposed field research must take place in one or […]

Tags: #Doctoral Award #Field Research Funding #IDRC #International development #International Development Research Centre #Research Award #Research Grants

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PhD Studentship: Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law

The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer two 3-year PhD studentships to start in September 2016. The studentships will include home/overseas fees and a full stipend of £14,296 per annum. We welcome applicants from anthropology, cultural and literary studies, history, legal theory […]

Tags: #Citizenship #Civil society #Doctoral Studentship #Interdisciplinary #Rule of law

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Research Grant for Environmental, Economic and/or Social Agri-food Sustainability

Offered by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation. The YES! Research Grant Competition is open to PhD and postdoctoral researchers under 35, from any country and background. The first prize is a 20 000 € research grant, in favour of a one-year project to promote the environmental, economic and/or social sustainability of the […]

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Post-Doc Fellow: Agriculture & Climate Change (Ethiopia)

Climate change is affecting food and nutrition security of Ethiopian farmers, particularly under marginal conditions (low and irregular rainfall, rising temperatures acid soils). Available genetic diversity of barley and durum wheat is an important resource to provide farmers with Climate-Smart, nutrient-dense landraces or improved materials, to sustainably increase yields under unfavourable conditions of Tigray, Oromiya […]

Tags: #Agriculture #Climate change #Fellow #Food Security #Post-doc

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