REAL ITN

Take a look and enjoy the short clips in this interactive video about the REAL ITN research
http://webdocs-sciences-sociales.science/real/

We had a fantastic time in Moshi, Tanzania, discussing landscape transformations and sustainable trajectories at our REAL ITN final conference. Almost time to say goodbye....
http://www.real-project.eu/real-itn-hosts-its-final-conference-in-moshi/

REAL ITN hosts its final conference in Moshi Landscape Transformations and Sustainable Trajectories in East Africa- Past, Present and Future On 11 -12 July 2017, the Resilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) ITN hosted its final conference…

Video Training for Scientists IFRA-Nairobi together with the French Embassy, Resilience in East Africa Landscape (REAL) and Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) successfully carried out a short but intense video training course for scientists that culminated in a…

Our colleagues at the BIEA are hosting an Advanced Research Methods Summer School.

Apply Now – BIEA Summer School Thank you for your interest in the Summer School. Please fill in this form as a first step in the application process. Payment details will be emailed to you soon as we receive this form.

Read about increasing land invasions ahead of Kenya's election in a newspaper background article (in Danish) published by REAL project member Marie Gravesen last week:
http://www.real-project.eu/fighting-for-land-in-laikipia/

Fighting for land in Laikipia Newspaper article by Marie Gravesen For those of you who master a Scandinavian language: REAL project member Marie Gravesen has recently published a background article in the Danish newspaper & #821…

Our colleagues at the Nordic Africa Institute are looking for Senior Researchers and Programme Co-ordinators:
http://nai.uu.se/about/job/senior-researcher-and-pro-1/

Senior Researcher and Programme Co-ordinator - The Nordic Africa Institute Three new research programmesThe Nordic Africa Institute invites applications for three positions as Senior Researcher and Programme Co-ordinator Closing date for applications: 21 May 2017 for the following new research programmes to be started during 2017: Gender Equality, Human Rights and Social C...

REAL's Eric Kyoko has published his findings on local peace committees and institutional innovations on conflict resolution and crime surveillance in Kenya in a new article in Africa Spectrum:
http://www.real-project.eu/new-article-on-conflict-resolution-and-crime-surveillance-in-kenya-by-real-researcher-eric-kioko/

New article on conflict resolution and crime surveillance in Kenya by REAL researcher Eric Kioko REAL project member Eric Kioko published an article on “Conflict Resolution and Crime Surveillance in Kenya: Local Peace Committees and Nyumba Kumi” in Africa Spectrum. The article desc…

REAL researchers Esther Githumbi, Colin Mustaphi and Rob Marchant as well as Rebecca Muthoni from the National Museums of Kenya, one of our associate partners, participated in a collaborative paper on charcoal studies. The paper is out now and available online:

http://www.real-project.eu/new-collaborative-paper-on-charcoal-studies/

New collaborative paper on charcoal studies A new collaborative paper is out about the need to develop a database of modern charcoal deposition from wildfires in sediments and soils has been published in the journal Quaternary International.…

Eric Mutisya Kioko PhD on cooperation among and between ethnic communities in the Rift Valley

Turning Conflict into Coexistence PhD Thesis by REAL ESR Eric Kioko Published Online How do formerly violent conflicts develop into peaceful relations? How does competition turn into cooperation, facilitating changing land use? In …

Interesting summer school for graduates and post-graduates on "Biodiversity, ecosystem services: science and its impact on policy and society", deadline for application is 21 April.
http://www.alter-net.info/summer-school/apply

Apply — ALTER-Net: Europe's ecosystem research network Information about how to apply for the Summer School, who is eligible and how much it costs

AAA's Anthropology and Environment Society offers prize for best graduate student paper, deadline for submitting abstracts is 31st March 2017.
'http://ae.americananthro.org/2017-anthropology-and-environment-rappaport-prize-competition/

2017 Anthropology and Environment Rappaport Prize competition | Anthropology and Environment Society The Anthropology and Environment Society (AES) of the American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce the 2017 Rappaport Student Prize competition. To apply, interested graduate students are invited to submit an abstract by March 31

Together with the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) and the French Embassy, REAL is hosting a training session on how to produce scientific movies. The training will take place in Nairobi 8-13 May 2017, deadline for applications is 10 April.

Call for Applications: Practice Based Video Training for Journalists The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), the Resilience in East African Landscape (REAL), a Marie Curie Initial Training Network Project and the French Embassy, will organise a training session on how to…