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

On “supportive outsiders”

Platzky and Walker offer some suggestions on the role of ‘supportive outsiders’ in the context of the struggle against apartheid in their book “The Surplus People: Forced Removals in South Africa” (1985), covered here. It may be interesting for students of international development to reflect on the progression of ideas over the last three decades, […]

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 […]

2016 Commonwealth Scholarship

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships offer the opportunity to study for a UK Master’s degree while living and working in your home country. The courses are delivered either in partnership with universities in developing countries, or directly by UK universities. To apply for these scholarships, you must: Be a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, refugee, […]

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

Free Online Course: Technology & Society

This Technology at Work Massive Open Online Course (Tech@Work MOOC) aims to ignite a conversation about how emerging technology will change the nature of work, the workplace, the future of work and impact society more broadly. While technology has always played a significant role in modernizing the workplace and the work, the speed and magnitude […]

Tags: #Digital Economy #Employment #Online Course #Society #Technology