With hundreds of contributions and some prominent figures of international, development-oriented and interdisciplinary research in the line-up (to be announced soon...), the organisers of
Tropentag 2011 are aiming to increase the outreach of the conference with a team of 12 Student Reporters.
Drawing experience from the success of
Tropentag 2010 in Zurich, the
ATSAF e.V. with the support of the
Robert-Bosch Foundation, the
fiat panis Foundation and the
Böll Foundation invites students to join the team.
Application is open to students affiliated to a European university, with great interest in the Tropentag topics. The applicants should be fluent in English and have basic experience in interviewing, concise writing and knowledge in the use of
Web 2.0 social networks.
Applicants should send a short CV, outlining their experience in the relevant fields and a motivation letter (maximum ½ page). Please also state which topic of the conference you would be most interested to report:
(1) Marginal land and marginal people
(2) Development on the margin and nature protection
(3) Resource use and ecosystem services
(4) Perspective for development on the margin, or
(5) keynote presentations.