DAAD NELGA 2022 Research Fellowship for African Postdoctoral Researchers

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to organize support measures for the “Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA)”. NELGA is a partnership of over 50 leading African universities and research institutions with proven leadership in education, training and research on land governance. The objectives of NELGA are: ? Enhancing training opportunities and curricula on land governance in Africa; ? Promoting demand driven research on land policy; ? Connecting scholars and researchers across Africa; ? Creating data and information for monitoring and evaluation on land policy reforms; ? Strengthening policy-research linkages DAAD is offering research fellowships for research stays or field studies. Applicants must have a background in land governance/ land management or a related field (e.g. land administration, land economics, urban and regional planning, geomatics). Proposals covering the following cross-cutting issues will be given special consideration: ? Women’s land rights ? Land and Transparency ? Urban-rural linkages