CALL FOR BOOK CONTRIBUTION PROPOSALS: Socio-Spatial Footprints of Islam in Johannesburg The deadline for abstracts (500 words) is the 29 September 2017. We are also open to suggestions for creative approaches to the book and contributions may take the form of shorter, narrative vignettes; longer, academic or scholarly...
The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote the next generation of social science researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics. All applications...
Women in Cities International (WICI) is now accepting applications for board members. WICI is an exchange network for various partners concerned with gender equality issues and the place of women in cities on the five continents. Our offices are based in Canada but our board...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2 positions) Human Settlement Research Chair Office of the DVC Research, Innovation and Engagement Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), Umlazi, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Scope of Research Two postdoctoral training positions funded by the Department of Human Settlement for the Research Chair, Human Settlement at...
After Paris in 2016, the exhibition “Passages, transitional spaces for the 21st-century city” staged by the City on the move-VEDECOM institute is beginning its global tour with a first stop in China. In partnership with the Turenscape landscape and design agency, and with the support of the French Embassy in China as...
Dear colleagues We’d like to share the following link to a very detailed 13-module informal settlement upgrading training which we at CUBES (Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies at Wits University) were involved in preparing for the National Upgrading Support Pogramme (NUSP) in South Africa....
Based on past successful trainings held, Activistar will again be holding Sustainable Town Planning Study Program SINGAPORE on 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2017. This program is open to all organizations including governments, institutes, private town planners, architects, property developers which have an interest in town planning and are seeking...