Project leader; Nadir Hashim, hashim.nadir@ku.ac.ke Project location: Nairobi, Kenya Project description: There is a rapidly growing interest in astronomy and astrophysics in Kenya and the East African region. One of the SKA nodes will be located in Kenya and an observatory for optical astronomy has already been commissioned at Entoto in Ethiopia. These developments provide […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Project leader: Katrien Kolenberg, kkolenberg@cfa.harvard.edu Project location: Boston, U.S.A Project Description: The importance of mobility of scientists for their careers is unquestionable. However, for researchers from economically developing countries, visiting a world-renowned institution is something they can only dream of, not because of lack of talent or ambition, but because of lack of opportunities and […]
Project leader: Anja Schroeder, anja@hartrao.ac.za Project location: South Africa and Africa in general through distance learning Project description: This is a pilot project to support students all over Africa who want to study Astronomy but where the university in their home country does not offer astronomy courses. Most universities offer a standard BSc degree in physics, […]
Project leader: Eduardo Rubio-Herrera, erubio@astro.unam.mx Project location: Guatemala Project Description: The GUAtemalan School of Astrophysics (GUASA) aims to bring together local Central American/Caribbean undergraduate students of physics/mathematics/engineering, with experts from prestigious astronomical institutions from around the world. During each edition, we expect to cover a wide range of modern topics of astrophysics in order to […]
Project leader: Jaime Forero-Romero, je.forero@uniandes.edu.co Project location: Colombia Project description: We will host a one month school on the theoretical, numerical and observational aspects of cosmology. The school will bring together 4 researchers of international expertise and 25 students from Latin-America. The school will present current methods and research problems in cosmology. With this goal […]