DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre. @unicologne.bsky.social, @unibonn.bsky.social, @idos-research.bsky.social, @bicc-bonn.bsky.social & partners in Ke, Tz, Nm, Bot, SA. Future-making & social-ecological transformation in rural Africa.➡️ www.crc228.de
CRC-TRR 228 Future Rural Africa
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Join us this upcoming Monday for the (online) launch of this special issue of Third World Quarterly:
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Call for Applications:
JKUAT Summer School on Livelihood and Biophysical Gains from Forest and Agroforestry Systems—Synergies and Trade-offs.
📅 September 28th – 2nd October, 2026
📍JKUAT, Kenya
Application Deadline: 17 May 2026
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Our Subproject B03 "Violent Futures" is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship.
The project examines how future-oriented carbon credit projects shape social relations and conflicts in Kenya and Tanzania.
Application Deadline: 21 June 2026
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New article by Léa Lacan on tsetse flies & trypanosomiasis in Zambia:
How do stories shape who/what is seen as a threat, and how humans, livestock & wildlife might coexist—or be separated?
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Wildlife decline in colonial Kenya was driven not primarily by local hunting, but by settler sport hunting and colonial land-use change. A compelling challenge to longstanding conservation narratives.
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New Publication:
Using high-frequency panel data from 3 sub-Saharan African countries, Jonas Guthoff, Martin Parlasca and Matin Qaim @zefbonn.bsky.social find that off-farm wage employment is linked with higher food security during lean seasons in most contexts.
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You are welcome to attend our upcoming colloquium! "Becoming river" invites us to embrace geo-hydro-social diversity and commit to building alternative, just hydrosocial relations.
📅When: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍Where: ZEF, Genscherallee 3, Bonn/Zoom
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger! 🎉 She has officially transitioned from Junior Professor to Full Professor. She will lead the Biodiversity and Environmental Change research group at @zefbonn.bsky.social🌍🌱
Wie können internationale Wissenschaftskooperationen ausgewogen gestaltet werden? Das nächste KIWi Connect am 1.7. beleuchtet die #AfricaCharter als Orientierungsrahmen für Partnerschaften in Forschung & Hochschulkooperation. Anmeldung unter: ➡️ https://events-mc.com/en/daad-kiwi-connect/start #DAAD
