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Post-doc: Mobility & Political Authority
Under the auspices of the South African Research Chair for Mobility & the Politics of Difference, the African Centre for Migration & Society at Wits University seeks applications for a 1-2 year post-doctoral fellowship. This position is a response to unprecedented levels of urbanisation and mobility across the African continent. Driven by conflict, ambition, and […]
Tags: #Authority #Migration #Mobility #Politics #Urbanization
Health Research Awards
Various start dates, requirements and durations: Annually: Scholar Program Research Trainee Program Developing: Convening & collaborating (C2) awards (in development) Dissemination awards (in development) Health policy fellowship (in development) Health professional program (in development) Implementation science teams (in development) Translational scholar award (in development) General outline here.
Tags: #Awards #Health #Healthcare #Knowledge translation #Policy
Post-doc: Gender & Fishing Livelihoods
Fish is a critical source of nutrition and livelihoods in low-income countries such as Bangladesh. WorldFish has played a key role in increasing the supply and availability of fish in low-income contexts through the Livestock & Fish CGIAR Research Program. This impact-oriented research will be the foundation for continuing innovation in fish breeding in the […]
Tags: #Aquaculture #Bangladesh #Fishing #Gender #Livelihoods
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
Envisioning Power
Anthropologist Eric Wolf (1923-1999) last book, Envisioning Power: Ideologies of Dominance and Power (1999) is not his most well-known work, but is a book that should be read by those seeking to understand how anthropological studies, and comparative cultural studies, can contribute to our understand of power and politics and their relation to ideas and […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Culture #Ideology #Interdisciplinary #Power
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
About me
Logan Cochrane
Logan is a 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 twenty 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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