Makerere University 2022 VW Summer School for Young African & German Leaders

The VW-summer school series intends to train participants on the knowledge and skills of how landscape ecology can contribute to improve the status of achieving the SDGs and the AU Agenda 2063 objectives. The summer school will entail joint engagement of scientists and practitioners from urban, regional and national planning as well as from governmental institutions who are engaged in socio-ecological system development from multiple perspectives.

• Table of Content
• About Makerere University
• VW Summer School
• Aim and Benefits of VW Summer School
• Requirements for VW Summer School Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for VW Summer School
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Makerere University

Established in 1922 as a humble technical school, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious English Universities in Africa. In January of that year, the school, which was later renamed Uganda Technical College, opened its doors to 14 day students who began studying Carpentry, Building and Mechanics. The College soon began offering various other courses in Medical Care, Agriculture , Veterinary Sciences and Teacher Training. It expanded over the years to become a Center for Higher Education in East Africa in 1935. In 1937, the College started developing into an institutio... continue reading

VW Summer School

Aim and Benefits of VW Summer School

The summer school series are fully funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which will cover costs for travel, accommodation, Visa and meals physical meeting in Kampala in July 2022

Requirements for VW Summer School Qualification

Each summer school is planned for about 30 participants to be selected from African countries and Germany. The summer school will be a mixture of early career and young scientists as well as established scholars and input providers from practice, such as policy makers/representatives of governmental institutions preparing and implementing environmental policies, planners, actors from business and economy and local knowledge holders. For the young scientists, the focus will be on PhD and postdoctoral students from African and German institutions.

Interview date, Process and Venue for VW Summer School

Requirements

1. Be a PhD student, Postdoctoral student or early career scientist from based in Sub Saharan Africa or Germany. Landscape ecology scientists from Sub Saharan Africa may also be considered
2. Consistently participate in all planned webinar series
3. Motivation and interest in Landscape Ecology, Cities and Urban Ecological Resilience
4. Brief CV (Maximum 2 pages)

Selected applicants will be required to attend Webinars during which time final selection will be made. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applications to participate in the first summer school should be submitted online at vwsummerschool.mak.ac.ug. The application deadline is April 22, 2022.

For more details, visit Makerere University website.