CST seeks to appoint a researcher with expertise in issues pertinent to Africa, with specific emphasis on renewable energy policies and technology, economic development and governance issues.
We seek motivated individuals interested to pursue either a Masters or a PhD linked to the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative, who have a keen interest in sustainability and sustainability transitions, an interest and ability to integrate across the social and natural sciences, and who enjoy collaboration and working in 2 teams.
Oonsie Biggs has been listed in the 2019 Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers List.
This research project examines how South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme interacts with local industrial development and local institutional change.
Prof Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, co-chair of the CST, delivered her inaugural lecture with the title Resilience: An approach to navigating towards more sustainable futures in the Anthropocene, on 5 August 2019.
