Call for applicants: Three PhD scholarships available

The Y-ENGAGE project is looking for three outstanding PhD candidates.

• Do you have an interest in empowering young people to respond to the climate crisis?
• Can you demonstrate experience of working with participatory and qualitative methods?
• Do you have practical experience of working with children and young people, either in public health, education or climate change contexts?
• Do you have a Master’s degree in the field of social psychology, sociology, anthropology or human geography?
• Do you have strong written and oral communication skills in both English and Kiswahili?

If you can say “yes” to all of these questions, please apply. Details about how to apply can be found in the link to download the Call for PhD Applicants

PhD scholarship 1 (University of Dar es Salaam) – PhD 1 will co-lead an empirical sub-study within the Y-ENGAGE project looking to explore how a diverse group of young people experience and conceive the relationship between human activity, climate-related events, and local resource availability (e.g. water, food, energy).
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PhD scholarship 2 (University of Dar es Salaam) – PhD 2 will co-lead an empirical sub-study within the Y-ENGAGE project looking to explore how a group of young people in different ways exert influence and transform climate-related practices, both at home and in their communities. The study will also explore the factors that shape their (in)ability to translate climate awareness into action.
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PhD scholarship 3 (Ardhi University) – PhD 3 will co-lead an empirical sub-study within the Y-ENGAGE project looking to investigate opportunities and challenges for teachers and schools to facilitate empowering climate change engagement.
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