Call for Applications: Seasonal School "Accelerating SDG 6 in Sub-Saharan Africa"

PhD candidates are invited to submit proposals to participate in a Seasonal School on ‘’Accelerating SDG 6 in Sub-Saharan Africa – how can we reach scale for the UN Water Action Agenda?’’. The thematic focus areas are: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) and Water Resources.
Organized by external page Eawag-Sandec in partnership with the ETH Zurich Institute of Environmental Engineering and the external page Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, the school will take place from 6 April to 20 April 2024 in Zurich and Losone.

The Seasonal School is free of charge, all costs and expenses (transport, board & lodging) will be covered. 

This is a unique opportunity for north-south exchange among highly motivated PhD’s: The Seasonal School aims to bring together Swiss and KNUST experts and PhD students to facilitate dialogue in a focused, in-depth, and constructive discussion of the candidates’ research. This will be accomplished by (i) focusing on the PhD students’ research activities, tools and methods being used, and their preliminary research results; (ii) discussing and sharing ideas on how Sub-Saharan Africa can reach scale for the UN Water Action on specific topical issues; and (iii) group work on SDG 6 case studies taken from the Sub-Saharan Africa context.

Upon completion of the Seasonal School, participants:

• will have learned about new theories, concepts, frameworks and emerging trends in WASH research,
• will be familiarized with WASH research on Sub-Saharan Africa and how we can reach scale for the UN Water Action,
• through inter-cultural learning activities, will have gained knowledge on how to engage in dialogue and cooperate with international colleagues, and
• will be able to use their new connections to establish research collaborations and identify future funding opportunities available for joint activities between Ghana and Switzerland.

How to apply
If you are a doctoral student at a Swiss University, communicative, fluent in English and interested in participating in the Seasonal School ‘’Accelerating SDG 6 in Sub-Saharan Africa”, please apply by sending a one page CV and motivation letter to Dr. C. Lüthi at .

The application deadline is 30 Jan 2024.

Costs

The Seasonal School will arrange and cover travel tickets, accommodation, and meals. PhD candidates will be contacted by the Seasonal School’s organizers after confirmation of their participation by mid-February. Selected candidates should not make travel arrangements by themselves, as this will be done by the organizers.

Please submit any queries for further information to or .