AXA Chair in African Climate Risk at African Climate & Development Initiative

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The University of Cape Town is now recruiting the second chair for the Successional Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk at the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) supported by the AXA Research Fund. This is a fixed-term 5-year contract position for the period of 2024 to 2028.

The AXA Chair in African Climate Risk will undertake internationally recognized research in any area of climate risk in Africa, across the physical, mathematical, natural and social sciences. Research areas of interest in climate risk that align with ACDI’s research strategy include but are not limited to: climate risk management, climate adaptation (including ecosystem-based adaptation), climate resilient development, extreme climate events and climate-related risks to people and ecosystems, and AI and machine learning applications in climate risk.

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Application deadline - 4 September 2023