PhD position in the Leiden Institute for History: The (Wireless) Art of Navigating Duress’: Being (dis)Connected during War(s): Shaping Urbanity in…
From October 1, 2012, the Institute for History of the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University has available a full-time PhD position for 4 years in the NWO VICI project ‘ Connecting in Times of Duress: Understanding Communication and Conflict in Middle Africa’s Mobile Margins’, section General History.   This interdisciplinary research programme seeks to understand the dynamics in the relationship between social media, mobile telephony and the social fabric under duress in Central Africa. The title of this sub project is: ‘The (Wireless) Art of Navigating Duress’ : Being (dis)Connected during War(s): Shaping Urbanit y in Chad and Central African Republic. UNESCO/ Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships
Overview With a view to promoting human resource capacities in the developing countries and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and the people of Poland, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the International Institute of the Polish Academy of Science/European Regional Centre of Ecohydrology under the auspice of UNESCO and University of Lodz, are placing at the disposal of UNESCO two (2) fellowships of a six months duration starting in April 2011 for the benefit of Member States listed in Annex I. Beneficiaries of these fellowships will be given the opportunity to undertake an individual research programme in the field of Ecohydrology. Invited Member States in Africa region as determined by the Polish authorities (52 countries) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe The Polish authorities will make the final decision. Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries
Overview Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries Postgraduate Training Fellowships Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centres of Excellence in the South. The Fellowship is offered to women scientists to pursue postgraduate research in the following fields of basic sciences: basic biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. NEW! Deadline for applications: 31 July of each year.