ETH4D News

Join us for the launch celebration of ETH4D on Wednesday, 18 September at 17:15 with exciting inputs from researchers and decision makers followed by an Apéro riche.

Read more about Danny's adventures in Vanuatu where he conducted fieldwork during which he collected data in order to get a better understanding of local food systems and, in particular, to study how they are facing up to climate change, economic shifts and social transformation. 

The Global Health event, Dialogue Days 2019, will be held in Zürich, Switzerland from September 9^th-11^th. These Dialogue Days are hosted by the University of Zürich, in close collaboration with Makerere University and the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda.

Read ETH4D Executive Director Dr. Adina Rom’s interesting interview with “Schaffhauser Nachrichten” here.

On behalf of the Leading House for the Region Africa, the Swiss Subsaharan Africa Migration Network at Université de Neuchatel has launched a new call - the S-SAM Third call 2019 - targeting late PhD and early postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa or Switzerland to submit proposals for short pilot studies and/or academic exchanges.

Africa's contribution to global scientific knowledge stands at 1.1%. Currently, the ratio between scientist and inhabitants stands at 79 scientists per million inhabitants, the lowest in the world. At the same time, scientists trained in Africa often end up working elsewhere due to the lack of infrastructure and availability of resources.

by Ryan Coogler, 2018, E/d: The science fiction action film from the Marvel series shows Wakanda as a fictional African high-tech country with powerful female scientists that was never colonialised. What does the film say about thechnology development, the exploitation of natural resources and colonialism in real Africa?

The project RUNRES, led by researchers of the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group and the Transdisciplinary Lab of ETH Zurich will be working in four different African countries and on four different food value chains: coffee, cassava, banana and vegetables. The goal of RUNRES is to close the nutrient cycle in city regions and build so-called circular economies, where nutrients from waste are recycled to be used in food production.

In the fall semester 2019, NADEL and ETH for Development (ETH4D) is offering a new course - “Sustainable Development - Bridging Art and Science” - targeting students from all disciplines. The course featured four recently released films, which will be discussed with researchers and policy makers.

The ETH4D Research Challenges Programme is a funding scheme in which ETH4D members can apply for funding between 10 and 100 kCHF. Application Deadline is 30 September 2019.

Get your seat for the Swiss-African business and innovation initiative! Bring your science based startup to next level. Maximise the potential of your booming startup with a fast-track Afro-Swiss acceleration program.

ETH Ambassadors Blog: Developing strategies to improve the quality of local spatial planning. Insights from co-leader of ADB Devisari Tunas.

The pioneer fellow and ETH alumn Dr. Gnanli Landrou wins the "together we're better" award from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) with his ETH spin-off Oxara. His project addresses dignified, affordable housing in Rwanda by upcycling construction waste in a sustainable way. ETH4D congratulates Gnanli and his team for this well deserved price!

The symposium will focus on the question of how Africa's economic potential can be unleashed, which actors will be crucial in this, and what role education, entrepreneurship, and business skills should play.