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Resilience in East African Landscapes

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Training

There is a strong focus on training and capacity building within the REAL project. For an overview please have a look at the list below. For more details on the training activities please browse our portfolio on the right.

2016

  • 20-21 October 2016 – U& We and ZeroMission offices in Stockholm – Workshop on carbon trading and ecosystem services [Programm]
  • 7-8 July 2016 – Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick – Workshop in food security in Eastern Africa, plus training in budget planning and research project financial management [Program]
  • 30 March – 1 April 2016 – in cooperation with the African Conservation Centre (ACC) at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Nairobi – Ecosystem Dynamics, Conservation Practices and Land Use in East Africa [Program], workshop in Nairobi and field excursion to Mt. Suswa conservancy

2015

  • 15-19 June 2015 – University of Ghent – REAL midterm meeting
  • 1-6 June 2015. Scientific video report/documentary production training. Nairobi, Kenya. British Institute of Eastern Africa, IFRA, French Embassy Kenya, CNRS, EHESS, iiAC, IRD, REAL

2014

  • Nov 27-28 – University of York – Creative process and publishing workshop – The REAL project book with John Issitt
  • Nov 24-26 – University of York – Transferable career skills development workshops (with the MC ITN CAPACITIE team)
  • Mar 24-25 – Kenya National Archives – Workshop on Archival Sources and Historical Research Methods [Program]
  • Mar 21-22 – British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Nairobi – Reconfiguring Landscapes and Biocultural Frontiers in Eastern Africa [Program]
  • Mar 20 – British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Nairobi – REAL associated partners meeting [Schedule]
  • Mar 17-20 – National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi – Workshop in Palaeoenvironmental Approaches [Opening Speech] [Schedule] [Feedback form]
  • Mar 17-22 – CHIESA ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya – Vegetation from space and from the ground CHIESA short course [Feedback form]
  • Feb 10-14 – Stockholms Universitet, Sweden – GIS spatial and statistical analyses with QGIS and R [Course schedule]

2013

  • Nov 20-22 – Uppsala University, Sweden – REAL kick-off meetings and project introduction [Schedule]

Conference and Workshop Participation

2015

  • Jan 19 – Payments for Ecosystem Services – University of Leeds, UK
  • Jan 8-9 – African Woodlands mini conference – University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

2014

  • Dec 7-8 – Feedbacks on climate in the Earth system – Royal Society, London, UK
  • Nov 29 – University of York – REAL-AAREA-EnvIron Workshop 29th November 2014 – King’s Manor, Department of Archaeology, University of York [Link: AAREA project] [Programme] [Map]
  • Oct 6-7 – South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) – Royal Society, London, UK
  • Aug 14-15 – British Ecological Society – Tropical Ecosystems Group – University of York, UK
  • Jul 14-18 – University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa – Panafrican Congress joined with  Society of Africanist Archaeologists
  • Aug 31-Sept 5 – Oeschger Centre, Grindelwald, Switzerland – International Swiss Climate Summer School
  • Nov 21-22 University of Bristol, UK – African Archaeology Research Day
  • Mar 12-14 – University College London, UK – Palaeovariability: Data-Model Comparisons
  • Feb 20-21 – University of York, UK – Environment Department postgraduate conference [Program]
  • Feb 3-7 – KU Leuven, Belgium – Open PAGES Focus 4 Workshop Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions: Towards a more accurate quantification of human-environment interactions in the past [Circular] [Abstracts]
  • Jan 8-10 – Global South Studies Center Cologne, Germany – Social-ecological transitions, exchange and emergence: resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin and adjoining highlands [Programme]
  • Jan 13-16 – Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland – Age Models, Chronologies, and Databases Workshop [Agenda]

2013

  • Oct 2-6 – Université de Franche-Comté, Frasne, France – PAGES Global Paleofire Working Group workshop [Program]

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Call for Applications Scientific Video Training

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Workshop: Food Security in Eastern Africa

Workshop: Food Security in Eastern Africa

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Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, and
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