The Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT Minna), Niger State, NIGERIA is pleased to call for application for its 2nd Batch of Doctoral Research Programme in Climate Change and Human Habitat) under the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL).
WASCAL is a wholly West African international organization with focus on academic and transdisciplinary research, building graduate-level scientific capacity and serving policy makers in West Africa with science-based advice on adaptation to climate change impacts and land use management. It cooperates with many agencies and universities in the region, providing a knowledge platform of excellence for its partners. WASCAL is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany and its 11 West African member countries, namely: Benin, Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, The Gambia and Togo
WASCAL’s mission is to provide information and knowledge services at the local, national and regional levels to West African member countries to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. We do this through capacity building support to young West African scholars in fields of climate, natural and social sciences and by strengthening the regional universities deliver climate and environmental services in member countries.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Climate Change and Human Habitat is designed to encourage cross-border collaboration in education and research aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change in West Africa in an integrated, cross-disciplinary and multi-sectoral manner, with focus on developing Sustainable Cities, specifically on Settlement Dynamics and Modeling; Green Infrastructure and Urban Development; Transport Planning and Sustainable Mobility; and Rural and Urban migration issues. This is a call for qualified candidates from the participating countries to apply for the WASCAL DRP (PhD) in Climate Change and Human Habitat for the 2025 Academic Session.