PhD positions available at UNESCO-IHE!

Forwarded to the Portal by: Ewoud KokImage and Content courtesy: UNESCO-IHE A number of interdisciplinary research projects have been approved by the UNESCO-IHE Partnership Research Fund (UPaRF). Within these projects a number of PhD positions are available.

The Ecology of Livelihoods in East African Wetlands - wetland utilization and conservation in the context of local and global change (ECOLIVE)

The project will be carried out by UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft, The Netherlands), Egerton University (Njoro, Kenya), VIRED International (an environmental NGO based in Kisumu, Kenya) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Within this project three PhD positions are available.

Upscaling small-scale land and water system innovations in dryland agro-ecosystems for sustainability and livelihood improvements (SSI-2)

This project will form part of the broader successor programme of SSI, in which the following institutes collaborate: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft, The Netherlands), University of Dar Es Salaam, University of KwaZulu Natal, Delft University of Technology, the International Water Management Institute, Sokoine University of Agriculture and the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Within the project two PhD positions are available More information Website: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/research/phd_research/available_phd_positions