The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) is pleased to announce its ninth cohort of Iso Lomso Fellows for applications submitted during its February 2025 Call for Applications. For this Call, STIAS received over 140 applications.
The following candidates have been awarded the prestigious three-year fellowship at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study and will be attached to the Institute from 2026 to 2028.
The Fellows are listed, with their project titles, in the order that they appear above from left to right and top to bottom. Project abstracts may be found via the links on the right.
Iveren Abiem, based at the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, University of Jos, Nigeria.
– Assessing the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in African montane ecosystems
Cyril Boateng, based at the Department of Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
– Geophysical Fingerprinting of African Archaeological Sites: Developing a Multi-Method Framework for Characterizing Historical Clay and Mud Structures
Martha Bradley, based at the Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
– Classification conundrums: Classifying, re-classifying and de-classifying conflicts involving alliances, coalitions, umbrella groups and proxy’s
Thierry Christian Fotso-Nguemo, based at the Climate Change Research Laboratory, National Institute of Cartography, Cameroon
– African population exposure to extreme weather events under solar radiation modification (SRM) geoengineering
Emmanuel Matambo, based at the Centre for Africa-China Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
– Zambia’s Shifting perceptions of China, the Chinese and Zambia-China Relations: From the state to the subnational
Thando Njovane, based at the English Department, Rhodes University, South Africa
– Trauma Theory and Childhoods in African Fiction
Mbuso Nkosi, based at the Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
– This House Is Not for Sale
Fernanda Pinto De Almeida, based at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University
– The Discipline of the Screen
Robert Adamu Shey, based at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Cameroon
– Immunogenicity of multi-epitope transmission-blocking vaccine candidates based on Aedes mosquito saliva proteins
Elizabeth Von-Kiti, based at the Materials and Manufacturing Division, CSIR – Institute of Industrial Research, Ghana
– Establishing Criteria and Organizing guidelines for Advancing Standards in Biochar production and consumption using Renewable and Innovative Clean Alternatives