Sustainability Transformations in Africa
Future Africa is actively involved in a number of activities to advance African research leadership in the domain of Sustainability Transformations, with a new Future Africa Research Chair to be appointed in 2024. In addition to developing new transformative research initiatives, the Chair will oversee Future Africa’s role in major international initiatives such as Future Earth, and the World Climate Research Programme, and secure synergies with the work of the University’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship on the UNESCO BRIDGES environmental humanities Coalition, as well as the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute on the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. In addition, the Chair will contribute to a Sustainability PhD Global Collaborative Platform co-led by Future Africa (on behalf of the University of Pretoria) and the University of Montpellier in France.
Research Chair: Sustainability Transformations
Prof Maano Ramutsindela
Future Africa
Environmental thought in Africa cannot be separated from power and lived realities, Future Africa webinar hears
Future Africa recently hosted a webinar that explored how environmental thought in Africa is shaped by power, colonial legacies and lived realities.
Indigenous trees might be the secret to climate resilient dairy farming in Benin
Dr Alassan Assani Seidou shows how integrating indigenous trees into dairy farming systems in Benin improves cattle health, boosts milk production and strengthens climate resilience in dryland regions.
Climate change literacy in early education
Dr Sarah Otanga explores climate change literacy in early education as part of her research fellowship hosted by Future Africa at the University of Pretoria.
Future Africa introduces new cohort of research fellows from 10 African countries
Future Africa at the University of Pretoria introduces 22 outstanding early-career researchers as the second cohort of the FAR-LeaF Fellowship. Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the programme builds research leadership, collaboration and transdisciplinary skills to address Africa’s most complex sustainability challenges.
New Future Africa learning lab reimagines people–nature relations in Africa
Future Africa has launched the African Political Ecologies Learning Lab, creating a space for African scholars to explore people–nature relations and strengthen locally grounded sustainability research. Interested researchers can contact