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REAL public outreach: YorNight in York, UK

European Researchers’ Night was a mega event on the 26 September 2014, in 300 cities all across Europe. It showcased research to the public and highlighted how research is fun and influences daily life for all of us. YorNight is York’s contribution to this event and gave the opportunity to delve into the exciting and […]

Quadcopter UAVs for photographic and video surveying

Below lists some information to be advised for the use of the quadcopter (with or without the camera attached) in the United Kingdom. Thanks to Dave Hay of the Environment Department, University of York, for help compiling this information for REAL members. Air Navigation rules in the United Kingdom Air Navigation: The Order and the […]

Rebecca Kariuki contact and bio

  Biography: Rebecca Kariuki is a currently a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Sustainability and the College of Global Futures in Arizona State University, USA. She is also an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya and a Climate Change Fellow at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda. After […]

CLOSED Call for applicants: REAL project PhD at the University of York

Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Department Environment Based at University of York – Heslington Campus Hours of work Full-time Contract status Fixed term Salary £37,822 – £40,687 a year Apply by 30/05/2014 Role Description [Job post LINK] The KITE research group in the Environment Department, University of York, has a research position in Environmental Modelling […]

New home for the York Institute of Tropical Ecology (KITE)

Within the new building for the Environment Department, Bioarchaeology, and the Stockholm Environment Institute, at the University of York. The building will be completed in 2015.

Dr. Elizabeth Watson

University Senior Lecturer and Pybus Fellow of Newnham College, Department of Geography, Cambridge University, United Kingdom Liz Watson’s research focuses on the relations between livelihoods, institutions, environment and development in the drylands of the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia, work in Konso examined the production and sustainability of its intensive agricultural terraced landscape, and focused […]

ER 1: (Wild?)fire

Marie Curie ITN Experienced Researcher:  Dr. Colin Courtney Mustaphi Host Institution:  University of York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems (KITE), Environment Department Duration:  November 2013 to November 2015 Summary: Fire is an important disturbance in East African ecosystems , influencing community structure and function, species distributions, nutrient processes, and plays a role in global carbon cycle. Humans have […]

Esther Githumbi

Position: Post-doctoral Researcher [Google Scholar]   Biography: I am a Late Quaternary researcher focussing on landscape changes during the Holocene. My expertise is the use of multiple proxies such as pollen, charcoal, sediment physical and chemical characteristics to develop records of vegetation change, fire history and sediment processes. I have also worked with land-cover reconstruction […]

Maxmillian Chuhila contact info

Position: Marie Curie ITN-Early-Stage Researcher and PhD Candidate Address: University of Warwick History Department H029, Humanities Building CV4 7AL Coventry, Uk Email: chuhilamj@yahoo.com or M.J.Chuhila@warwick.ac.uk Website: Supervisor: Bio:

Rob Marchant contact info

Position: Professor Address: York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems Environment Department University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom Email: robert.marchant@york.ac.uk Website: Departmental website

David Anderson contact info

Position: Professor Address: Department of History University of Warwick Humanities Building, University Road Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom Email: D.M.Anderson@warwick.ac.uk Website: Departmental website

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