UNESCO International Geoscience Programme call for host institutions

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Earth Sciences and Geo-hazards Risk Reduction Department is currently developing an international exchange network for young researchers. The initiative was approved by the UNESCO Council in 2018 and will establish opportunities for post-graduate (PhD and post-doc) researchers to participate in pre-existing fieldwork projects within the subjects of Earth Sciences (Earth Resources, Geo-Hazards, Climate Change, and Hydrogeology). In the preliminary stages of the project, UNESCO is seeking interest from host institutions that offer local and international fieldwork studies as part of graduate and postgraduate research degrees. Host institutions will receive one or two postgraduate research students from an overseas institution for the duration of a fieldwork project. This will provide an invaluable learning opportunity for young researchers, primarily from developing and least developed countries, and host institutions would be involved in the selection process of potential participants. Institutes that wish to express interest in hosting researchers are invited to provide the following information: (i) details about local or international research fieldwork programs and field sites, primary subject of the field studies, and academic and professional staff organizing the programs; (ii) the approximate dates and duration of the field program; (iii) accommodation, costs and capacity of the field program. Contact details: Ozlem Adiyaman Lopes: [email protected] or Marie-Laure Faber:[email protected].