Images and text modified from: Cambridge Chronicles (2025) The Department of Archaeology and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research are delighted to announce that Professor Gilly Carr, REAL project alumnus Dr Nik Petek-Sargeant and Stanley Jachike Onyemechalu were recognised at the recent Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement. See the original port on the University of Cambridge Department of […]
Weathering Climate Change in Eastern Africa
An audio recording of Professor Paul Lane’s talk on ‘Weathering Climate Change in Eastern Africa – Archaeological Insights on the Current Climate’ presented on Monday 18th November 2024, is now available to listen to from the Centre of African Studies CAS, University of Cambridge, UK. Permalink https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/4815577. The PowerPoint that accompanies the talk is available here.
Videos
REAL Project Web Documentary “CHANGES” REAL ITN members and IIAC-CNRS/EHESS. 2017. “CHANGES”. REAL changes digital documentary. http://www.real-project.eu/changes/ http://webdocs-sciences-sociales.science/real/ University of York Africa Research Network Videos created by REAL members Webinars and recorded seminars https://pecs-science.org/webinar-rebecca-kariuki-on-participatory-scenario-planning-for-conservation/ Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios Webinar. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Resources for the Future. Wed. 20 October 2021, 15:00-16:30 […]
A visiting researcher’s story
Like most PhD students determined to make a significant contribution to science and policy through their research, my PhD journey is not an exception. My research had a reached a point where I had to work on that thesis chapter I had always procrastinated to work on. Neither had I the time nor the luxury […]
Field Diary Call for Contributions
The first issue of the Field Diary brought together a collection of fieldwork-themed stories from many parts of the world including, Kenya, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and New Zealand. It is available here: http://www.real-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Field-Diary-issue-1.pdf The Field Diary is a digital open-access newsletter that highlights and promotes the human perspective of conducting fieldwork anywhere in the world by all groups working for companies, government, development/conservation/missionary […]
REAL participates at YorNight outreach event in York, UK
YorNight at the University of York Date: 26 September 2014 Time: 4 pm – 9 pm Location: St Martin’s Church, York, United Kingdom REAL members alongside University of York archaeologists Louise Iles and Daryl Stump and members of the The Archaeology of Agricultural Resilience in Eastern Africa (AAREA) project, researchers from the Environment Department; Phil Platts and […]
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 […]
Rebecca Kariuki
Research Permits
This page lists resources for procuring appropriate permits to conduct research under various national and subnational jurisdictions. It will be updated as additional experience and contacts are gained. Kenyan Research Permits National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation NACOSTI Required to conduct graduate, post doctoral, and higher research in Kenya. Affiliation NACOSTI applications require affiliation […]
Dr. Helida Oyieke
Dr. Helida Oyieke is the Director for Research and Collections at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi, where she oversees and provides leadership on research and collection programs in the institution. Dr. Oyieke started her research career in 1984 at the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Institute in Mombasa where she rose to the rank […]
Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
Current Position Website Linkedin Google Scholar Biography Marie’s current research interests are climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and development assistance based at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Marie has a PhD from the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany. I have a background in English and Anthropology from University of […]
Marie Ladekjær Gravesen
Position: Early-stage researcher (ESR 10) Address: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Cologne Email: marie.gravesen@uni-koeln.de Website: Department webpage Linkedin Biography: I am Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, the ESR 10 of the REAL project. I am affiliated to the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at University of Cologne. I […]