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Self-Branding and Self-Promotion in Academia

A career-skill course led by Dr Petra Wüst from Wüst Consulting GmbH, Basel, an industry expert of self-branding and self-promotion funded by the Marie Curie Alumni Association and in-kind by the University of Basel. The workshop was funded by the MCAA Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy Chapters. The course consists of two parts: Part 1: […]

Introducing the new MCAA brand and website

We are proud to share with you our new brand identity and website. This comprehensive update, effective immediately, improves our alignment with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme and enhances compliance with accessibility requirements, ensuring a more inclusive experience for our diverse, global network. The brand is a visual evolution that reflects our new motto, […]

AFRI-CAN: New ERC-Funded Project

to Advance East African Mountain Futures (07.11.2025) article written by MRI, originally posted: https://mountainresearchinitiative.org/news/afri-can-new-erc-funded-project-to-advance-east-african-mountain-futures/ 07.11.25 | 10:11h We are delighted to share that Professor Rob Marchant, former member of the MRI Science Leadership Council and current co-lead of our Mountain Social-Ecological Futures working group, will head the AFRI-CAN project to explore East African mountain social ecological […]

“Bridging the Divide” uniting Paleoenvironmental research and conservation

Surrey Nature Furthering the relationship between palaeolimnology and conservation Participating journal: Journal of Paleolimnology Open for submissions Submission deadline 30 April 2026 Palaeolimnology has a strong track record of successful application to conservation challenges and has proved a useful tool to inform various questions, from species reintroductions to habitat management and restoration. Despite this, there remains […]

DataSharp Academy achievements!

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2x ECR opportunities at Pal(a)eoPERCS!

Dear Pal(a)eoPERCS Community, Pal(a)eoPERCS is looking for 2 new members to join their steering committee. They would join a team of the six existing committee members and take on a key role in establishing the future of the seminar series. While internal committee roles are somewhat flexible, we are currently looking for team members with […]

Science Slam Basel 2025

Join the Science Slam Club Basel for an evening where science meets entertainment! Friday, 3 October 2025, 8.00 pm – 11.00 pm Kulturhuus Häbse, Klingentalstrasse 79, 4005 Basel  Tickets Please note: You can select your preferred ticket category in the final step of the booking process. After Party: The official Basel Science Slam Afterparty Location will […]

Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) autumn 2025 programme 

About the BAB Publishing House The BAB Publishing House has been publishing scholarly works on southern Africa, especially Namibia, since 1971. Its thematic emphases are oriented towards the humanities and social sciences. The BAB Publishing House seeks to promote cultural exchange and engagement regarding important contemporary historical issues and, in particular, to provide African scholars […]

Paleofire in East Africa presentation at CEREGE

Paleofire and vegetation changes across eastern Africa during the Holocene 05.09.2025 CEREGE, Aix, France Abstract In eastern Africa, humans have modified and interacted with fire regimes for hundreds of thousands of years with a cascade of effects on landscapes, nutrient cycles, biodiversity, plant compositions, and other forms of ecological disturbances (Archibald et al., 2011 PNAS). […]

Fire Lives Here episode 1

Fire Lives Here An intimate journey into the heart of Colorado’s Front Range, where fire is not just a threat—but a force of renewal. Through the voices of scientists, firefighters, and forest stewards, this documentary reveals how fire shapes the land, restores our forests, and holds the key to protecting the places we love. https://www.rmpbs.org/shows/fire-lives-here […]

Montane forest changes of East Africa

Githumbi EN, Finch J, Kinyanjui RN, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Musili P, Rucina S, Lejju J, Liljenberg P, Marchant R. 2025. Late Quaternary montane forest dynamics from equatorial East Africa: a biome perspective. Journal of Biogeography 52(9): e15173. [CC BY 4.0 Open Access]

Upcoming data analysis courses!

DataSharp Academy: Empowering YOU with practical data skills Many data scientists complete intensive courses on the latest tools and methods but often lack a solid grasp of the fundamentals. Everything runs smoothly in the classroom — until they’re back at their desks. “If only my data were as clean as the class examples, I could […]

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Beny Lilawola joins ARCC

ARCC project members have expanded to include Beny Lilawola, an MA student in the Department of History at the University of Dar es Salaam. Lilawola is supervised by former REAL project ESR Dr Maxmillian Chuhila. Lilawola has long been interested in how cash crop production in the colonial period transformed agricultural livelihoods and landscapes throughout Tanzania. […]

Participatory mapping of bio-cultural heritage hotspots in western Serengeti

Dr Anna Shoemaker, ARCC post-doc has just spent the last month touring around western Serengeti visiting heritage sites in collaboration with local partners in an effort to document and understand the historical ecology of this incredibly varied landscape. The range of sites encountered was vast and included German colonial communication posts, hand-dug 19th/20th century wells, […]

Vegetation surveys in Serengeti

The ARCC project has been ramping it’s archaeological activity in western Serengeti this past month, doing participatory mapping and surveys throughout the region. The ARCC project’s archaeologist post-doc Anna Shoemaker was thrilled to be joined in the field from November 6-11 by Professor Tamera Minnick and Richard Alward, both of whom are currently visiting scholars at […]

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Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
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