The REAL project officially concluded 2017 and research outputs have continued as PhD students and Principal Investigators have built from the project. Here we track some of the career trajectories of our members who benefitted from the Initial Training Network. SummaryResilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) was a Marie Curie Actions Innovative Training Network (ITN), funded by […]
Where is Annemiek now?
30 May 2026 Following graduation from the REAL project project through Stockholm University, Sweden, Annemiek continued postdoctoral studies at Gothenburg University, School of Global Studies, Sweden, before joining Wageningen University and Research, Subdivision Sociology of Development and Change, Netherlands. Recent Publications Schreefel, L., De Boer, I.J.M., Timler, C.J., Groot, J.C.J., Zwetsloot, M.J., Creamer, R.E., Schrijver, […]
Where is Esther now?
Esther has completed several postdoctoral research roles in Sweden and Germany since graduating from the University of York, UK, through the REAL project and has led several recent publications on vegetation change detected from paleoenvironmental data sets of Europe and Africa. REAL project thesis Githumbi, E.N., 2017. Holocene Environmental and Human Interactions in East Africa. Doctoral dissertation, […]
Where is Eric now?
https://agriculture-environment.ku.ac.ke/faculty-profile-department-of-environmental-studies-and-community-development/dr-eric-mutisya-kioko Position: Lecturer/ Research FellowDepartment: Environmental Studies and Community DevelopmentContact Address: P.O. Box 43844, 00100-Nairobi, Kenya.Email: kioko.eric@ku.ac.keResearch Interests: African Futures; Peace & conflict; Environmental & Community sustainability; Political ecology; Environmental Crimes (#Forest crimes); Community conservancies; Community land rights; Large-scale infrastructures. Google Scholar | ORCID ID | Researchgate View Full CV ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES Thesis publication Kioko, Eric M (2016) Turning conflict into coexistence: cross-cutting […]
Where is Marie now?
Marie Ladekjær Gravesen Senior Researcher, Migration and global order https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2376-9552 originally posted https://research.diis.dk/en/persons/marie-ladekj%C3%A6r-gravesen/ Personal profile Research areas Marie Ladekjær Gravesen’s overall work pertains to natural resource management in the Global South. Land that holds overlapping, potential, or historical usage by a variety of different actors such as government administrators, politicians, investors in green energy installations, biodiversity […]
Where is Franziska now?
Franziska’s role as an Experienced Researcher in the REAL project at Uppsala University led to participation as a curator focusing on global issues, National Museums of World Culture, Sweden. see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_World_Culture https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Where is Anna now?
Anna graduated from her REAL project PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden, after fieldwork in Amboseli, Kenya, and analyses at the National Museums of Kenya and elsewhere. Anna continued archaeological and heritage-focused research in Tanzania through the ARCC project and is now participating in commercial archaeology in western Canada https://terraarchaeology.com/ Recent publications Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Camara-Brugger […]
Where is Paul now?
Prof. Paul Lane currently the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History & Archaeology of Africa at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is presently involved in the following research and training projects: 2025-2029 Principal Investigator, Landscape Historical Ecologies of Ancient African Pastoralists (LHEAAPS) European Research Council Advanced Grant / UKRI Frontier Research for research on […]
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 […]
Where is Colin now?
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, […]
Where is Rob now?
Prestigious ERC Synergy Grant awarded to Rob Marchant et al for the AFRI-CAN Project The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Professor Robert Marchant and colleagues an €10 million Synergy Grant to study the effects of climate change on mountain ecosystems and societies in East Africa. The Synergy Grant, awarded by the European Research Council […]