[ETH4D] ETH for Development Newsletter

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Dear reader,

We round up this exciting first year of ETH4D with our third newsletter! The first grantees of the ETH4D research challenge grants have been selected. To apply for the next round of the ETH4D research challenges and for more information on the open positions we have, check out the Opportunities section. In this newsletter, we continue our series of portaits with ETH4D members presenting their thoughts on global development through a series of questions. We hope to see many of you in our upcoming Events.

We wish you all the best for the holiday season and a happy new year 2020!

Best regards,
The ETH for Development (ETH4D) team

Contents

•	Research & Innovation
•	Opportunities
•	People
•	Events

Meet the Research Challenge Grantees

We are delighted to present to you the first grant recipients of the ETH4D Research Challenges, who work on projects addressing challenges faced by underprivileged people in low income countries. These projects also foster collaborations between ETH researchers, non-academic partners (i.e. Private Sector, NGOs, Governmental Organisations) and partners from the Global South.

Open call for Research Challenges

The call for proposals for the second round of the ETH4D Research Challenges is now open! The goal of these project-based collaborations between ETH researchers, non-academic partners (i.e. Private Sector, NGOs, Governmental Organisations) and partners from the Global South is to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction. Application deadline: 30 April 2020.

Open positions

Professorship of Development Engineering (100%)

The call for applications for the position of Professor of Development Engineering at ETH Zurich is still open! The Professor of Development Engineering will take a central role in shaping development engineering research at ETH Zurich and in teaching development engineering courses, educating future leaders of sustainable development. Application deadline: 15 January 2020.

Program Associate (60-80%)

The Program Associate will be in charge of communication and outreach activities such as public events, courses, conferences and student activities and will support the development of new ETH4D programmes. Application deadline: 5 January 2020.

Intern in Global Sustainable Development (80%)

The Intern in Global Sustainable Development will manage external communication channels, foster the ETH4D stakeholder network and support the ETH4D funding programmes. Application deadline: 5 January 2020.

New members

We would like to welcome our new members Prof. Melanie Zeilinger from the Intelligent Control Systems Group, as well as the World Food System Center led by Dr. Martijn Sonnevelt. Find the full list of our members here.

If you want to join our network, please contact ETH4D Executive Director Adina Rom at adina.rom@nadel.ethz.ch.

Portraits

Prof. Rachael Garrett

Environmental Policy Group

ETH4D member

Dr. Jan Dirk Wegner

EcoVision Lab

ETH4D member

BJ Ward

Process Engineering in Urban Water Management
ETH4D PhD student

ETH4D PhD Lunches		8th January 2020, 11:45 - 13:00 5th February 2020, 11:45 - 13:00 Dozentenfoyer (HG K 30.5), ETH Zurich, Switzerland More information
New tools for an old problem: Ending deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon		24th February 2020, 17:15 Main Building, HG F 30 (AudiMax), ETH Zurich, Switzerland ETH4D member Prof. Rachael Garrett will give her inaugural lecture on ending deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon. More information
ETH4D Doctoral Colloquium: Research for Development		30th April 2020 7th May 2020 ETH Zurich, Switzerland In this interdisciplinary PhD colloquium, doctoral students across several departments present and discuss their doctoral projects in a critical way. More information
ETH Sustainability Summer School		13th June 2020 - 3rd July 2020 Kumasi, Ghana In collaboration with ETH Sustainability and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), ETH4D is organising a summer school in Ghana on the topic of solid waste. Registrations for participants and tutors from ETH Zurich will open on 10th February 2020. More information on this website soon
Education and Decent Work for Youth		4th - 5th June 2020 ETH Zurich, Switzerland In the framework of the r4d project LELAM-TVET4INCOME, ETH4D member groups the Swiss Economic Institute KOF and NADEL - Center for Development and Cooperation are organising an international conference on improving education and the working conditions for youth in low income countries. Papers can be submitted here until 31st January 2020.

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Contact

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