UNU-INRA, with funding from Canada\u2019s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is undertaking a three-year project entitled \u201cUnleashing the Potential of African Rural Economies through Green Growth\u201d. The project aims to provide empirical evidence on how green growth strategies can, amongst others, influence employment, income generation, innovation, competitiveness and social inclusion for rural Africa under four thematic areas:<\/p>\n
1. Green business opportunities in rural Africa
\n2. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and resource efficiency, productivity and resilience in rural Africa
\n3. Rural SMEs and ecosystem services
\n4. Institutions and governance for environmentally-friendly business practices<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Visiting Scholars (10 Post)<\/strong><\/p>\n Under the project, up to ten visiting scholars will be selected each year to spend 3-4 months carrying out research at UNU-INRA headquarters in Accra, Ghana, or at one of its operating units based in Who should apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n This programme is reserved for applicants from the African continent who are faculty members or researchers at African universities and other research institutions. Applicants should have a PhD degree in environmental economics, natural resource economics, ecological economics, development economics, agricultural economics, soil science or any other relevant field of study. Stipend<\/strong><\/p>\n UNU-INRA will provide a monthly stipend of around USD 1,500.00 to successful applicants. The stipend is a contribution towards travel, accommodation, and medical and other expenses. In exceptional cases, the Institute will consider subsidizing the travel cost to the location of the programme.<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Acceptance decisions will be sent to successful applicants within three weeks of the closing dates. UNU-INRA, with funding from Canada\u2019s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is undertaking a three-year project entitled \u201cUnleashing the Potential of African Rural Economies through Green Growth\u201d. The project aims to…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-76J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCameroon, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Namibia, Senegal and Zambia.<\/p>\n
\nFemale candidates are encouraged to apply. (In recent years, four out of ten visiting scholars have been female.)
\nAll candidates are expected to demonstrate excellent communication and writing skills in either French or English. A working knowledge of the second language will\u00a0 be an advantage.
\nThe programme does not make provision for collection of primary data. The programme is ideal for candidates who have the relevant data and who desire an environment to undertake data analysis and write-up.
\nSpecific research questions may be proposed to a selected candidate, but priority will be given to those candidates who already have research questions which overlap with our current thematic areas in green growth for rural Africa. For examples of research questions that the project would like to address, see the Related Files tab.<\/p>\n
\nSuccessful candidates will be expected to notify UNU-INRA of their acceptance of the offer within two weeks of receiving the notification. The acceptance letter should also include a letter from the head of the candidate\u2019s institution confirming that the applicant is authorized to participate in the programme.
\nInterested applicants should complete and submit the application form, including their curriculum vitae, to visitingscholar@inra.unu.edu.
\nOnly applications with research proposals that address green growth issues will be accepted.
\nFor more information about the programme, contact the programme coordinator at visitingscholar@inra.unu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"