Chairs
Oliver Tambo Chair on Adaptation to Climate Change in Arid Zones
Contact
- https://www.olivertambo.uem.mz
- catedra@olivertambo.uem.mz
- (+258) 87 81 08 546
- Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering - UEM Av. Julius Nyerere n°. 3453, Maputo - Mozambique
The Oliver Tambo Chair on Adaptation to Climate Change in Arid Zones (ESORCCAS) is one of the 10 Chairs in Africa – funded by the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation. The main focus of the Chair is inspired by the ideals of Oliver Tambo, an Africanist who believed that African problems should be addressed by Africans, hence the need to give young Africans the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills to solve their own problems.
The chair is based in Mozambique and managed by the National Research Fund (FNI) and aims at training postgraduate students (master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral). It is implemented by UEM, jointly with the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering as well as the Faculty of Science, in partnerships with national and international universities (Instituto Superior Politécnico de Gaza, University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria and University of Namibia) including national and international institutions working in the field of climate change.
Scope of Actions
- • WP1: Vulnerability of ecosystems and social systems to climate change in semi-arid zones
- • WP2: Adoption of Technological options appropriate to address climate change issues and disaster risk reduction
- • WP3: Modelling socio-ecological dynamics systems in the context of climate change.
Chair of Portuguese as a Second Language as well as a Foreign Language
Contact:
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Main University Campus Maputo Av. Julius Nyerere, nr. 3453
Maputo, Mozambique - catedraportugues.uem.mz
- +258 21 430239
Chair of “Portuguese as a Second Language and as a Foreign Language” was designed as part of the cooperation agreement signed in 2008 between the Camões Institute and Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM). This initiative represents the initial major initiative which underpins the integration and recognition of a significant team of UEM lecturers who are engaged in Portuguese Language research.
The overarching objective of the chair is to provide a supportive framework for scientific research endeavours concerning the acquisition and learning of Portuguese as a non-native language, with a particular focus on its teaching within a multilingual African context. In pursuing this broad objective, the following goals are expected:
- • Promote the emergence of Mozambican researchers;
- • Encourage research in the field of Portuguese as a non-native language;
- • Disseminate research results concerning Mozambican Portuguese studies across the international community, with particular emphasis on the African community.