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Northern Rangelands Trust

Dr Jeff Worden Read more about NRT here.

Department of Land Resource Planning and Management, Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi

Dr David Mburu

Archaeology and History Department, University of Dar es Salaam

Dr Thomas Biginagwa

British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Nairobi

Dr Joost Fontein Read about BIEA on their website.

Congratulations!

REAL proudly presents its two new PhDs, Eric Mutisya Kioko and Maxmillian Chuhila Both Eric Mutisya Kioko and Maxmillian Chuhila had their PhD defence in late 2016. Congratulations, well done!

Landscape in the Anthropocene

Symposium in Paris in December REAL researcher Benoit Hazard, together with Ueru Tanaka from Japan, is organizing the exciting symposium Landscape in the Anthropocene, which will take place in Paris 5-8 December 2016. Both Benoit and REAL ESR Christine Adongo will give presentations on their ongoing research on geothermal areas in Kenya. Please find the […]

Trees and more: Bridging the gap between science and industry

REAL training with U&We and ZeroMission on Carbon Trading and Ecosystem Services on 20./21. October How can social and environmental science research be integrated into market approaches to sustainable development? What are the opportunities and risks involved? What do we gain by looking at research on human-environment interactions from a business perspective? As part of […]

Film and Poster Exhibition at the Nordic Africa Days 2016

On 23-24 September, the Nordic Africa Days, arranged by the Nordic Africa Institute, took place in Uppsala. REAL participated with an exhibition – “Changes, People & Land in East Africa” – that displayed a trailer of the web documentary we are currently working on as well as posters featuring various aspects of the ongoing research. […]

REAL at the ASAUK conference 2016

REAL had a stream of three panels on the temporal, spatial and social dynamics of human-landscape interactions in East Africa at the African Studies Association of the UK 2016 conference at University of Cambridge in September 2016. The panels were themed ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’, providing different temporal frames for the REAL ESRs to present […]

REAL project management and advisory board meeting

 Warwick July 2016 On 7 July 2016 the REAL ITN management and advisory board met at the University of Warwick.

Workshop: Food Security in Eastern Africa

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE On 7-8 July 2016 The REAL team gathered at the University of Warwick to discuss the past, present and future of food security in Eastern Africa. The training workshop was held at the Global History & Culture Centre. The meeting started on Thursday 7 July with sessions on budget planning and research […]

Landscape Archaeology Conference

Several members of the REAL team are involved in organizing the 4th International Landscape Archaeology Conference, which will be held at Uppsala University on 23 – 25 August 2016. It is hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. Registration is open until 1 August 2016. REAL coordinator and researcher Paul Lane as well […]

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