An international PhD workshop is being c0-hosted on campus from 17-21 April 2023. The workshop is organised by colleagues from the Departments of Logistics (EMS) and Industrial Engineering. The world-renown presenters are Prof Alan McKinnon (Scopus) and Prof Kai Hoberg (Scopus), both from Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany. They will be supported by local staff [...]
Stellenbosch University’s Solar Thermal Energy Research Group (STERG), hosted within the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, is seeking applicants for Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions. STERG’s primary mission is to train students and deliver research outputs in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and related technologies. Three key focus areas have been identified in STERG’s research strategy, [...]
The following scholarships are available at Sapienza University of Rome: Students 6 month duration for each student Students of all cycles and of all disciplines (except Medicine for 1st and 2nd cycle students) 1500 euros for travel expenses 850 euros per month Minimum duration 3 months Staff 14 days duration for each staff All [...]
The 13th International Sustainability Transitions Conference is co-hosted by Stellenbosch University and is taking place for the first time in Stellenbosch at STIAS on 25 November 2022. The invitation is for a limited number of students and is fully funded for the day’s attendance. The theme of the day is Africa’s energy transition, and the [...]
The current round of applications for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellowship is open until 1 February 2023. We are seeking young leaders and postdocs from non-European emerging economies and developing countries who want to come to Germany for up to 24 months to work together with a German host on a project they have [...]
This week is the Global Youth Summit on Net-zero Future 2022. "Join the Global Launch of the Week, and together we will help the youth assume their role as the backbone of the net-zero future shared by all." 🗓 31st October 2022 ⌛️ 3:00 PM - 4:30PM (UTC+8)️ 🌍 Watch live: https://www.facebook.com/GAUCNews
From the 11th to 15th of September 2022, STERG staff, guests and postgraduate students embarked on the first technical tour since 2019. The tour had the goals of firstly giving the students access to concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the Northern Cape and to host the STERG Symposium to present our research to the [...]
The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) published their latest SANEDI Insights publication. Please find it here.
The DSI and NRF are pleased to announce a call for new applications for DSI-NRF Postgraduate Student Funding for the academic year 2023. For more information click here.
The months of April and May mark the first time in two years that Stellenbosch University welcomes the public for in-person Open Day events. Saturday 23 April was the turn of the departments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to host, and STERG was back at our usual spot outside the Structures Lab. [...]