ARCC held its fourth multi-stakeholder engagement workshop on 20-22nd Nov 2019 in Amboseli area in south-eastern Kenya. Like other stakeholder engagement workshops ARCC has held in north-western Tanzania, the workshop in Amboseli was interested in understanding long term changes in the interactions between people and nature using perspectives from different stakeholders across the Amboseli ecosystem. The […]
Funded PhD opportunities in paleoenvironmental research
2 PhD positions in Quaternary Palaeoecology / chironomid-base climate reconstruction100% / Possible date of entry: July 2026 The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel invites applicati-ons for two PhD positions in the research group Geoecology. Where have warm-adapted ecosystems and organisms survived unfavorable conditions in thepast? What were the environments that characterized such refugial […]
Where is Nik now?
Since completing his MSCA ITN, Nik has been a curator for the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme at the British Museum where he helped set up a digital repository for preserving material and crafting knowledge; a MSCA fellow in Archaeology at Cambridge University where he researched the recent social and material cultural history of the Ilchamus […]
MCAA CH chapter meet up in Zurich
28 March 2026 The Marie Curie Alumni Association hosted a meet-up event for a chance to mingle with several members who live and work in CH, to plan the upcoming year of the chapter, and a chance to exchange with members who works in all industries. Past MCAA CH events have included picnic socials in […]
Free hard copy of the upcoming Past Global Changes Magazine
26 March 2026PAGES is committed to providing access to paleoscience in an accessible and informative way. Past Global Changes Magazine is a free magazine with this aim, published twice annually, and delivered in hard copy format, free of charge, to those who are interested. Each issue requires a new order via the webform. This helps […]
Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity 2025 annual report
Interdisciplinary research on biodiversity gains and losses in the Anthropocene, funded by The Leverhulme Trust. LCAB Highlights – Year 6 Our year 6 annual report has been approved by the Leverhulme Trust, and we are pleased to share the public facing version. Our early career researchers have excelled themselves, and we are proud to showcase […]
Upcoming webinar at Global Wildfire Collective on savanna fires
Hear from Dr. Abigail Croker at the upcoming Global Wildfire Collective webinar about fire in savanna ecosystems. Dr. Croker’s research applies a social-ecological systems framework to explore the opportunities for and challenges of decentralizing fire management across East and Southern African savanna-protected areas under future climate-socioeconomic change. Her research takes a historical institutionalist and ecological approach […]
New publication on tropical peatland burning
Thanks to Yuwan Wang and team for this analysis of multiple paleofire records across tropical peatlands! The analysis builds included data generated during the EU funded REAL project from study sites in Kenya and Tanzania (Githumbi et al., 2018a and 2018b; Courtney Mustaphi et al., 2021a and 2021b; Wang et al., 2026). ABSTRACT Tropical peatland […]
Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology 2026
Dear members & friends of CH-QUAT I have two pieces of information that you might like to know more about: Info 1: We received the 1st circular for the upcoming “8th Regional Meeting on Quaternary Geology: Early Quaternary Archives”, which takes place in Slovenia, Nov. 4-6, 2026. More info is available from their webpage: https://www.geo-zs.si/en/8-srecanje-rmqg-2026/ . The 1st […]
Olivier van Beemen: “Hey, Weren’t They the Good Guys?” – A Critical Look into Conservation in Africa
18 March 2026 18:15 – 20:15 Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel Organizer:ZASB | UNAM | BAB Colloquium Olivier van Beemen: “Hey, Weren’t They the Good Guys?” – A Critical Look into Conservation in Africa Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium The Research Colloquium provides a forum for local and international scholars to […]
Seeking participants from the Congo Basin for June eDNA workshop in Kigali
Seeking participants from the Congo Basin for June eDNA workshop in Kigali 14-24 June 2026 sedadna-society@googlegroups.com on behalf of Ren Larison blarison@g.ucla.edu Thursday 12-March-2026 Dear all, We are running our fourth eDNA workshop at the University of Rwanda in Kigali. Our funder particularly wants participants from Congo Basin country, especially, Burundi, DRC and CAR. Please […]
INQUA Congress Human-Environmental Interactions in Mountain regions
Dear colleagues, The next INQUA Congress will be held in India between January 28th and February 3rd 2027. We invite you to participate in the session S_113, that aims at advancing the understanding of Human-Environmental Interactions in Mountain regions: link. The deadline for abstract submission has been moved to MARCH 31st 2026. Contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to meeting you in […]
Where is Colin now? (2026)
Colin Courtney-Mustaphi analyses data sets on how vegetation and wildfires have varied through time in response to societal land use changes, climate and other environmental changes. He completed his role as a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at the University of York, UK, in November 2026 and has since conducted postdoctoral research at Uppsala University, Sweden, […]