CALL FOR GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS

CURLA is recruiting 2 graduate or post-graduate students under the Mentorship Program of the Centre to:

RESEARCH AND RESOURCES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Research for the paper includes gathering information from interviews and/or targeted survey related to the topic supplemented by in-depth desk research. The selected mentee graduate or post-graduate author will be expected to provide a detailed report from these different sources to a group of advisors and peer reviewers who will provide guidance and direct the scope of the strategy paper. Initial framing will be provided by CURLA and UN-Habitat.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Duration of Assignment:  The term of the assignment is 3 months and the mentee will be answerable to CURLA project lead.

Purpose: The purpose of the digital /e-commerce solutions paper is to provide stakeholders including youth, entrepreneurs, and other actors with case-based strategies to optimize digital solutions with potential to strengthen food value chains and conserve biodiversity in the flows of goods, services, capital, information and people across the urban-rural continuum. The strategy paper will be a contribution to deepen local resilience and adaptation to change, including the climate crisis in East Africa.

To Apply:

Applicants should email their application letter, curriculum vitae (CV), and a sample of
their work (one page)
Applications and related documents should be forwarded addressed to Prof. Isaac Karanja, the
CURLA Project Lead. Email: curla@uonbi.ac.ke