START Newsletter: News, Announcements and Opportunities

SEPTEMBER 2018
NEWS⎜OPPORTUNITIES⎜PUBLICATIONS

The new Promoting Gains in Renewable Energy (ProGREEN) project focuses on small-scale renewable energy in West Africa. The Advisory Group met in July in Burkina Faso. More

Teamwork, tools and technology: how a project under the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) program is advancing solutions to cholera and malaria outbreaks in Maputo. More

Congratulations Ishmael!
Ishmael Lente, from the University of Ghana, is the first PhD student with the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program to successfully defend his thesis, ‘Vulnerability and adaptation options to agroecosystems and climate change in semi-arid Ghana’.
We asked Ishmael to tell us about his research, his experience with ASSAR, and what is next.
More

The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) team partnered with Kati-FM, one of Namibia’s most popular radio stations, to host a series on climate change. More

An international meeting and an advanced training explored the interactions between water, food and energy in the Mekong River Basin and the role of remote sensing technologies in addressing natural resources challenges. More

The winners of a high school climate change competition organized by the Ghana ASSAR team visited the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana. More

“Civic leaders, City Council officials and researchers need to speak the same language and find solutions together” - Kanyama Ward Councillor, Lusaka.

Read how a team from the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project is working with city stakeholders to tackle urban flooding in Lusaka. More

NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE GLOBAL CHANGE COMMUNITY

Here is a selection of fellowship and job opportunities, calls for proposals, and upcoming events. To keep up-to-date with the latest announcements, join us on Facebook, Twitter or visit our website.

Fellowships, scholarships and job opportunities

Visiting senior research fellowships with the "Science by Women" program for Women, Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa. Deadline: September 30
Post-Doctoral fellowship opportunity at the Afromontane Research Unit, University of the Free State, South Africa Deadline: September 30
Vacancies at Future Earth: Deputy Director (Paris, France) Deadline: September 30; Research Liaison Officer (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: October 2; Science Officer, Regional Center for Future Earth in Asia Deadline: October 15; Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Coordinator, Research and Innovation Agenda for Sustainability in the Digital Age (Montreal, Canada)
Scholarship opportunity: ADA Summer School at Stellenbosch University (January 2019) Deadline: October 10
Postdoctoral research opportunity, Methodology of Interdisciplinary Practices in Sustainability Sciences, University of Helsinki Deadline: October 14
Scholarship opportunity: ARUA-CD 2-year scholarship for a Master’s by Dissertation with a focus in climate change and development. Deadline: October 31
Scholarship opportunity: WAAW foundation’s initiative supporting African female STEM-focused college education Deadline: November 30
Job vacancy: Executive Director, Conservation International South Africa
Post-Doctoral fellowships at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (iihs) to work with the PEAK (Prediction and projection, Emergent urbanism, Adopted knowledge, Knowledge exchange) consortium

Calls for proposals and grant opportunities

Call for proposals: European Space Agency - Future Earth joint activities Deadline: November 2
Request for proposals: Innovation for WASH in urban settings Deadline: November 24
Funding opportunity for ocean sustainability research with the Belmont Forum and Future Earth Coming Soon

Upcoming events, webinars and calls for papers

Webinar: “Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development in sub-Saharan Africa" hosted by Future Climate for Africa on 4 October 2018 at 9:00 EDT
Call for papers: Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) Deadline: October 17
Call for papers: The Vietnam Sustainability Forum Deadline: November 30
Call for abstracts: Fourth World Congress on Agroforestry Deadline: October 31

LATEST PUBLICATIONS BY START STAFF AND ALUMNI

ASSAR Spotlight on Capacity Building

September 2018. Co-authored by team members of the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program

Urban Tinkering
Sustainability Science (August 2018). Co-authored by START’s Executive Director Cheikh Mbow

The Prediction of Building Damages and Casualties in the Kuta Alam Sub District-Banda Aceh Caused by Different Earthquake Models

AIP Conference Proceedings (July 2018). Co-authored by former PARR fellow Ibnu Rusydy

Institutional Perspectives of Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review
Sustainability (June 2018). Co-authored by ASSAR's Edmond Totin and Alcade Segnon

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