Book: Crossing and Controlling Borders. Immigration Policies and their Impact on Migrants’ Journeys
Crossing borders has been always a great challenge for human beings. This volume explores the policies of border controls and their impact on migrants’ journeys. Two major areas of immigration are analysed: the European Union and the United States of America. Empirical insights from ethnography with approaches from political science are combined in this book […]
Africa Roadmap Initiative- Internship at the UN University
Africa Roadmap Initiative Following the strategic objectives of UNU 2009-2012, UNU-ViE supports the implementation of the Roadmap Initiative for Africa pursuing the goal to make UNU activities in and on Africa of greater relevance to the African continent and its people, the United Nations organizations and UNU end-users. The successful applicant will: assist UNU staff […]
Job Opportunity- Junior Research Fellow (Water Quality) at the UN University in Bonn
1. Junior Research Fellow (Water Quality) (UNU-EHS) (P2) Under the authority of the Director of UNU-EHS/Vice Rector in Europe and the supervision of the Head of the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services Section, the successful candidate shall be entrusted with, among others, the following tasks: Coordinate all the water quality initiatives undertaken by UNU-EHS in […]
Job opportunity at FAO: Agricultural Engineering Officer
Agricultural Engineering Officer FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, Italy DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Under the overall supervision of the Director, AGS, and the general supervision of the Leader, Agricultural Machinery and Infrastructure Unit, develop and implement programme activities in agricultural machinery and mechanization. In particular, the incumbent will: analyze strategies […]
Deutsch-afrikanische Kooperationsprojekte in der Infektiologie
Aufforderung zur Skizzeneinreichung Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fordert erneut zur Antragstellung auf für gemeinsame Forschungsvorhaben mit Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Afrika auf dem Gebiet der Erforschung von Infektionskrankheiten und deren sozialen Auswirkungen. Gegenstand der Ausschreibung ist: Die Erforschung von vernachlässigten Infektionskrankheiten bei Mensch und Tier sowie begleitende sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung. Die Etablierung oder Vertiefung gleichgewichtiger Partnerschaften […]
Righting past wrongs: 2011, International Year for People of African Descent
In application of its resolution 64/169, The UN General Assembly proclaimed the year 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. The intention of this initiative was « to ensure that people of African descent fully enjoy economic, cultural, social, civil and political rights ». However, the question of the reparation of colonial crimes is […]
Scholarships in Germany: PhD Positions in Transnational Studies
Description of the Program The BTS is a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Social Science Research Center Berlin. It offers a rigorous and intense English-language PhD programme for exceptionally-talented graduate students in the field of transnational and international relations, defined as an interdisciplinary field of reasearch […]
PhD Scholarship in Germany: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain
Description of the Program The International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain offers an outstanding interdisciplinary 3-year doctoral training to its candidates to study structure, processing and foundations of human language integrating interdisciplinary approaches. For this purpose, four European universities and one non-European university provide an intellectual environment for original and independent research […]
MyFiFi : La solution Internet pour l’Afrique aussi? Entretien avec son promoteur, Mr. Laurent Weil
Communiquer rapidement et facilement est devenu un enjeu majeur au 21ème siècle, particulièrement pour les sociétés en développement. Fournisseurs et gammes de produits divers foisonnent actuellement sur le marché. Seulement, comment poérer un choix rationnel? Comment concilier rationalité économique, santé publique et innovation technologique? La compagnie belge de télécommunication MyFiFi semble avoir trouvé la formule gagnante. […]
Water & Environment 2012: CIWEM’s Annual Conference in the United Kingdom
Water & Environment 2012: CIWEM’s Annual Conference Location: United Kingdom Conference Date: 2012-03-20 In March 2012, CIWEM will hold a two-day conference that will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector. It will have the key theme – « Green Revolution » and the conference will consider our progress towards […]