Driving Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Kenya
Why Climate Risk Assessment Matters
The African Climate and Environment Centre – Future African Savannas (AFAS) is inviting applications for 18 fully funded Master’s fellowships.
Successful candidates will study at the University of Nairobi or Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny and undertake interdisciplinary training and stakeholder-oriented research focused on climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in African savannas through Nature-based Solutions (NbS).
Thematic areas: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health and Biodiversity.
Unlock the Secrets of East Africa's Water: Join Groundbreaking Research at the Wyss Academy!
The Second African School in Climate Change and Its Adaptation – Now Underway
After a successful first edition in 2024 that brought together 28 students from four countries, this year’s school is building on that momentum with **30 students currently participating**, and the ambition to grow to **40 students** from across Africa, Europe, and North America.
Advancing the conversation around climate change and human rights.
Climate change is a human rights crisis.
On 5th June 2025 starting at 8.30am, the University of Nairobi among other world leading universities will be hosting a global summit on climate change and human rights in partnership with UN Human Rights, the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance, the International Universities Climate Alliance and other co-host universities across the world.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
THEME: TAKING STOCK OF THE LAND REFORM PROGRESS IN KENYA 20TH - 22ND MAY 2025
SUB-THEMES
The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences wishes to put out a PhD Call - UoN PhD Programme in Climate Change and Adaptation funded by Danida ENHANCE.
The project title "Climate influence on zoonoses at human-livestock-wildlife interfaces in the transboundary region between Kenya and Tanzania (ENHANCE) ".
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.
The Call opens from today February 5, 2025 and closes on February 28, 2025.
Kenya Education Network (KENET) plays a pivotal role in catalyzing collaboration in research and education among member universities and research institutions. Through the facilitation of Special Interest Groups (SIGs), KENET fosters collaboration in priority academic areas, discovers active researchers and faculty, and provides essential funding opportunities, including research and innovation grants for researchers and member institutions, as well as travel grants for faculty and graduate students.
Kenya Education Network (KENET) is committed to catalyzing collaboration in research and education across its member universities and research institutions. By facilitating Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in priority academic areas, KENET promotes collaboration, fosters discovery among active researchers and faculty, and provides essential grants to support innovative research and educational initiatives. KENET also offers travel grants to faculty and graduate students to advance research in SIG areas.
