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REAL-NMK training workshop summary

By: Colin Courtney Mustaphi January 2, 2014 The REAL project and the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) published a workshop summary in the latest issue of Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific publication of the International Biogeography Society. The combined REAL project and NMK training event was held March 2014 in Nairobi. Click here for an […]

International Swiss Climate Summer School

13th International Swiss Climate Summer School “Linking Land Use, Land Cover, and Climate” 31 August – 5 September 2014, Grindelwald, Switzerland Scope The 13th International Swiss Climate Summer School was focused on the theme “Linking land use, land cover, and climate”. This theme had been chosen due to its paramount importance in terms of both […]

University of Ottawa alumnus biography

[Biography] [Departmental Website] [Publications] [Contact Info] “After high school, I was not exactly sure what I would like to study but knew that I had broad interests. The geography discipline allowed me to learn and explore multiple facets of human society, technology, and the natural environment, from the classroom, laboratory and field settings. After completing […]

Olkaria Field Survey Report: 26 March-1 April 2014

By: Christine Adongo Photography: Benoit Hazard Edited by: Colin Courtney Mustaphi 30 June 2014 1.0 Introduction Within the framework of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network’s (ITN) Resilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) project, a field-training course was proposed and implemented by Dr Benoit Hazard of EHESS. The goal of this training was to introduce […]

Workshop in Palaeoenvironmental Approaches

This week some of the REAL members came together with researchers of the National Museums of Kenya to participate in a workshop in palaeoenvironmental approaches organised by Stephen Rucina, Rob Marchant, and Colin Courtney Mustaphi. The workshop was held at the National Museums in Nairobi. Some of the REAL members enjoying the sun Colin talked […]

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REAL is a Marie Curie Actions InnovativeTraining Network (ITN), funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme.

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Prof. Paul Lane
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, and
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

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