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The Seedbeds of Transformation conference will provide a collaborative, transdisciplinary space for people with diverse perspectives to explore transformations and the SDGs in Africa. The meeting will draw on a wide range of knowledge and regional contexts to identify appropriate…

Moscow Winter Academy on Age-Structured Modeling and Management of Biological and Economic Resources 2018 (MWA 2018) invites a new generation of scientists – master students, PhD students and early career scientists with the doctoral degree from around the world –…

The International Foundation for Science issued a call for applications for individual research grants. IFS continues its commitment to support excellent individual research and to build capacity of early-career scientists in the developing world to undertake research on the sustainable…

Climate Analytics has two positions available to join their team in Burkina Faso working on climate impacts and adaptation and communications. National Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Expert – Burkina Faso  National Project Manager and Communications Expert – Burkina Faso Deadline:…

The Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program, completed in October 2017, connected researchers, experts and practitioners from seven Asia-Pacific countries, creating a network of people and institutions capable of developing and implementing innovative approaches to disaster risk reduction. On October…

START is managing three grants aimed at developing a city-region knowledge base and a practitioner network to support co-production of climate risk narratives in Africa. The Chinhoyi University of Technology (Zimbabwe), the  Polytechnic, University of Malawi and the University of…

The Belmont Forum and START organized a panel discussion on “Funding Science for a Pollution-free World: How Africa Can Close the Science-Funding Gap”  as part of the UN  Global Science-Policy-Business Forum at the UN Environment Assembly on December 2 in…

Future Earth is seeking nominations for members to join the Steering Committee of this research collaboration. Terms will begin in February 2018, and the deadline for nominations is 20 January 2018. Knowledge-Action Networks are networks of people and organisations collaborating…

On November 15 and 16, 2017 Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) West Africa team members from Mali and Ghana participated in a workshop at the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies at the University of Ghana in Accra…

Together with Future Earth, the South African Department of Science and Technology, the National Research Foundation of South Africa, START is pleased to announce an upcoming conference focusing on sustainability in Africa. The Seedbeds of Transformation: the role of science…