"Future rural Africa“ is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center funded by the German Research Council (DFG) involving geographers, anthropologists, political scientists, agroeconomists, soil scientists and ecologists from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne as well as external partners to address large-scale land use change and related social-ecological transformations along growth corridors in Eastern and Southern Africa. Subproject B03 “Violent Futures” is currently accepting applications for a PhD scholarship position. The project examines how future-oriented carbon credit projects shape social relations and conflicts in Kenya and Tanzania. To this end, candidates are expected to conduct long-term ethnographic research on conflict constellations in Tanzania and Kenya.
- Duration of Scholarship: 41 months
- Monthly stipend: 1.475 €
- Start date: ideally 1 August 26
- Application deadline: 21 June 2026