CALL FOR TEA-LP FELLOWS - One fellow for 12 months, with the potential for an additional six months thereafter.
Dates: Jan 2020 – June 2021 (tbc)
Starting date: January 2020, or as soon as possible thereafter
Background
The Transforming Energy Access - Learning Partnership (the TEA-LP) is supporting eight partner universities based in Africa in the development of new curricula centred on the theme of sustainable energy access for all. Through the...
Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is seeking to appoint up to four Assistant Professors in Social Anthropology. Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of Social Anthropology, with the ability to teach students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University provides a working and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect....
The application process for the 2020 Ashden Awards is now open
In June 2020, we will be highlighting projects and organisations from around the world that are increasing access to sustainable energy and improving lives through sustainable energy, in response to the climate emergency.
What we're looking for
In 2020 we will be awarding those working to rapidly decarbonise our world, whilst improving lives. We will be looking for those working on solutions to the climate...
Anthropologists and geographers have made influential contributions in recent years to research on low carbon energy transitions in the Global South. Collaborations between the disciplines have been key to the on-going work of the UK-based Low Carbon Energy for Development Network who are proposing this session, and whose work with the current DFID programme on Modern Energy Cooking Services will be featured. The panel will explore the common ground of methods, analytical concepts and case...
In recognition of the growing climate crisis and to boost refugees’ access to safe and sustainable energy, while minimizing its own environmental impact, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched a four-year Global Strategy for Sustainable Energy.
The strategy promotes the transition to clean, renewable energy at refugee camps and hosting sites, including for individual households...
Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future
BRITISH MUSEUM/SOAS/RGS, 4 - 7 JUNE 2020
The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference is jointly organised by the RAI, the RGS, the British Academy, the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, and the BM’s Department for Africa, Oceania and the Americas. The conference will be held in SOAS, Senate House, and the Clore Centre of the British Museum. The opening,...
The objective of Green Mini-Grids Kenya is to catalyse investment in electricity mini-grids and provide renewable powered electrification to enhance access to energy in Kenya. To this end, AFD provides support for project preparation and the leveraging of private investment in Green Mini-Grids (GMG) in Kenya.
The programme provides two main kind of supports to Project developers: Technical Assistance (TA) on a demand-driven basis and Financial Support through Grants to encourage...
THE WORK OF GRAM OORJA SOLUTIONS – A VISIT TO GRAM OORJA SOLAR GRID SITES IN PUNE, INDIA
Visit by Practical Action (PA) Bangladesh and United International University (UIU), Bangladesh, May 15 to 20, 2019.
Background:
The Low Carbon Energy Development Network (LCEDN), the United International University (UIU) in Dhaka and the Practical Action (PA) Bangladesh country office are in the process of preparing a small community Solar Micro...
At first glance, you would have thought that conducting a transcontinental workshop on designing and developing Masters courses in energy access was not going to be an easy task, but the teams from seven universities across Africa took to the work like ducks to water, as the saying goes. Facilitated with magisterial competence by the University of Cape Town team and surrounded by the calm elegance of Strathmore University, the teams put together under the aegis of the Transforming Energy...
