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The position belongs to the mobiHealth action research project within the Global Infrastructures research group at the Department of Informatics.The fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work. Starting date no later than 01.10.2012. For more information, click:http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/711999/64290?iso=no

The research goal is to improve the Internet’s transport layer. Relevant experience, including knowledge about related standards (TCP, SCTP, DCCP) and the implementation of transport layer protocols in open-source Operating Systems (Linux or FreeBSD) as well as network measurement will be emphasized.Position as PhD Research fellow is available at the Department of Informatics. The fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work. Starting date no later than 01.10.2012. For more information, visit: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/711981/64290?iso=no

The fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work. Starting date no later than 1.10.2012.
he research fellowship will be part of a long-term research agenda in the research group Design of Information Systems, focusing on design and use of IT in the home. For further information, visit:http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/711987/64290?iso=no

The positions form part of Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s ERC funded research project “Overheating: The Three Crises of Globalisation”. The successful applicants will form part of a research group comprising at least six researchers, working comparatively and ethnographically on local responses to economic, environmental and cultural crises in five different countries.For more information, go to this link:http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/704749/65780?iso=no

As Ertegun Scholars, the world’s top graduate students in the humanities are brought together with one another and with Oxford’s exceptional community of scholars in a unique setting that fosters dialogue across academic disciplines, across cultures and across generations. Building on this foundation at Oxford, Ertegun Scholars leave the University prepared to be leaders — not only leaders in their chosen fields, but also leaders of global thought and opinion and leaders of positive action for the betterment of humanity. For further information, visit the link.

The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) in partnership with FHSSA (previously the Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa) provides a limited number of scholarships each year for Palliative Care Training opportunities for nurses. The Scholarship fund was established by a generous anonymous donation in honour of Kath Defilippi, the founding Board Chair of the African Palliative Care Association to recognise her many career achievements as a nurse in hospice and palliative care in Africa. Scholarships are awarded up to a maximum of US$ 4,000 through a competitive application process once a year. APCA and FHSSAgive priority to requests of Registered and Enrolled nurses to pursue formal palliative care training in Africa. For further information, visit the link.

The Africa Programme of the University for Peace (UPAP) has secured funding from the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) to build research capacity in Africa in  Governance and Security Studies. This research grant cycle is a second one received from IDRC after the first one that UPEACE received in 2007 and that focused on developing research capacity in Peace, Conflict and Development. The present grant comes from two programs within IDRC, the Fellowships and Awards Program (F&A) and the Governance, Security and Justice Program (GSJ). Support from the two programs will enable UPEACE Africa programme to train a total of 30 PhD candidates registered with universities in Sub Saharan Africa. Deadline: 31 March 2012

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The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships, subject to budgetary approval of the Cluster for the second funding period in the Excellence Initiative of the German central and state governments. A decision is expected by June 16, 2012. In case of success, the new funding period would start on November 1, 2012.For more information, visit: http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/education/graduate-programme-for-transcultural-studies.html

SUM, Centre for Development and the Environment, is a vibrant international research institution at the University of Oslo with a well-established track record of undertaking critical, independent and high quality interdisciplinary and policy-related research on the challenges and dilemmas posed by sustainable development. Research priorities are: Poverty and Development; Culture, Ethics and Sustainability; Energy and Consumption; and Global governance.For application requirements, visit: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/698023/71568?iso=no

BI Norwegian Business School offers a four year Ph.D. programme in business administration. The programme features six areas of specialisation: Finance, Economics, Strategic Management, Marketing, Leadership and Organization, and Innovation and for more info, please check: http://bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/697853/45434?iso=gb