ICCA Free Training on 7 Vortex Platform
The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation Research Support Group (ICCA-RSG) and the Climate Change and Sustainability Basics (CC&SB) Society of Kenya will host a free training this Thursday 24th June 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm.
The Institute for Climate and Adaptation is pleased to announce that Jackson Wachira, a current PhD student at the institute, is among the 68 PhD students and Young Researchers from the ‘global south’ admitted to the 3rd Annual Write-shop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism organized and sponsored by the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) together with other institutions that focus on critical agrarian studies.
The University of Nairobi , represented by the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) in Collaboration with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Climate and Development (ARUA-CD) Project will be hosting an online workshop which will be convened for four days from Thursday 27 May to Tuesday 1 June (i.e. 27 May, 28 May, 31 May and 1 June) with ±30 lecturers from southern, west and east Africa.
Dr Catherine Sang a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, will be presenting about " Preliminary assessment of water resources in the SGR corridor: Impacts and options at the InterSol Annual Conference on April 12 & 13, from 08.00 to 13.30 GMT.
This year’s theme is Nature-based Solutions, Gender Equity and Inter- connectivity for Climate Resilience in Africa.
Congratulations to Ms. Yvonne Githiora and Ms.Maysoon Osman PhD students for the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) for being selected in the Inaugural cohort of Mawazo Learning Exchange (MLEx) Fellows in the thematic area “Climate Change and the Environment”.
The CEO National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK) Mr. Harun Mohamed Yusuf sent a team to represent him in a meeting with the Director ICCA, Prof. Daniel O. Olago on areas of common interest and possible future cooperation. The team members were Mr. Oscar Makhoha, an expert on technical and vocational education, Mr Alex Oduor, an expert in water engineering and Ms. Angelina Brandt, a consultant with the NIFWESS project who are working closely with NACONEK in the execution of their mandate.
GANDHI SMARAK NINDI FUND SCHOLARSHIP - 2021/2021
Gandi Smarak Nindi Fund Scholarship (GSNF) will offer (3 ) Ph.D. Scholarship to Three FEMALE students tenable at the University of Nairobi during the 2020/2021 acadamic year for programmes in the following Colleges;
1. College of Architecture and Engineering
2. College of Biological and Physical Science
3. College of Health Sciences
The University of Nairobi welcomes all new students joining the university this academic year 2020/2021. The University has traditionally organized Orientation Week to welcome new students, this is being the first time in 50 years that the University will be holding Orientation week online.
The Development Corridors Project (DCP) in which Prof. Dan Olago is a co-Principal Investigator has been carrying out an online training programme (see attached file) and opened it up to a maximum of TEN (10) Ph.D. students.
