REAL ITN co-hosts practice based video training for scientists 8-13 May 2017, deadline for applications 10 April 2017 Together with the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) and the French Embassy in Nairobi, REAL is hosting a training session on how to produce scientific movies. In collaboration with the Africa Digital Media Institute in […]
Large Scale ‘Green’ Investments in Tanzania
New Publication by REAL Researcher Mats Widgren in The Journal of Peasant Studies In the latest issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies, Mikael Bergius, Tor A. Benjaminsen and REAL researcher Mats Widgren explore how the green economy mights materialize in Africa by discussing the case of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). […]
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.