Development Studies Association: Jobs

JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES

The IPPG Research Consortium (www.ippg.org.uk)

seeks to appoint a research associate for a project ‘Selecting good quality industrial investment projects and implementing them effectively’, focussing on two African countries. The project will run for one year, starting from September 1^st 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter, and will be directed by Professor Paul Hare (www.sml.hw.ac.uk/ecopgh) at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. An application pack can be downloaded from the website www.hw.ac.uk/jobs; otherwise, contact the HR Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS; tel 0131 451 3475 (24 hours) Minicom 0131 451 8212; email hr@hw.ac.uk quoting Ref 75/08/ Closing date: July 31^st 2008.

The Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich , seeks to recruit four Research Fellows to work on research and capacity-building projects, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. The positions will cover:

· Gender, Learning and Impact Assessment (Ref. 1007/G7)

· Value Chains of Agricultural Commodities (Ref. 1022/G7)

· Food Technology (Tropical Root Crops) (Ref. 1021/G7)

· Chemical Ecology in Pest Management (Ref. 1008/G7)

For further details, please go to: http://www.nri.org/workingwithus/workingwithnri.htm , email: jobs@gre.ac.uk or write to the Personnel Office, University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, London, SE9 2UG, quoting the relevant reference number. Closing Date Friday 1 August 2008.

Local Government and Public Sector Reform Initiative (of the Open Societies Institute, Budapest) is advertising Policy Fellowships for 2008/09: one year fellowships for policy research aimed at stimulating innovative and practical policy reform. Topics include: local taxation of informal economies, accountability of inter-municipal cooperation arrangements, and citizen engagement with sub-national governments. The first topic has a worldwide scope, the other two are aimed at central/eastern Europe and former Soviet Union. Details can be found at: http://lgi.osi.hu/documents.php?id=2090&m_id=19.

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The African Fellows Programme.

The aim of the African Fellows Programme (AFP) is to support sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by catalysing innovative solutions needed to achieve food security. Projects should aim to develop lasting partnerships and strategic alliances that will help in developing local scientific capacity relevant to sustainable agricultural production. The potential impact of the project will be taken into account during proposal assessment. African scientists will carry out research projects in a partner European research institute, or university, for periods normally of 6 to 8 months. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis in a two stage assessment process.

Research projects must:

• focus on solving an agricultural problem or constraint
• demonstrate a clear path from research to application
• be of benefit to small-holder African farmers and the rural economy. Examples of potential project areas include crop nutrition, soil fertility, post-harvest technology, alternative crops, livestock management and plant protection. Please note that all projects must be focused on topics relevant to small farmers.

The programme CANNOT support field work in Africa. Projects focusing on food processing and socio-economic research are not within the remit of the programme. MSc and PhD studies will not be funded.

Pre-proposal concept notes are now invited for the seventh round of this Programme. Pre-proposals should be submitted by 17:00 hours (GMT) on Wednesday 6th August 2008, preferrably by email.

Applicants can obtain further details and guidelines from the Rothamsted International web site:

http://www.rothamsted-international.org/HTML/Fellowships/AFP_main_page.html

Further details can also be obtained by email (rothamsted.international@bbsrc.ac.uk), or by writing to the AFP Coordinator, Rothamsted International, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.