The Niger Field Station was established in August 2012 in Niamey, the capital city of Niger, as a field station of Kyoto University. It serves as a research base for Kyoto University, hosting research projects, NGOs, and aid activities, as well as providing graduate student supervision, organizing field schools, and facilitating exchanges with local researchers, officials from Niger’s Ministry of the Environment, local staff, and community members. Since the coup d’état in July 2023, research activities by Kyoto University researchers have been suspended at present.
➡The website of Niger Field Station
➡The webpage of Grassroot Project in Niger
➡NHK world Direct Talk：Halting Desertification with Waste
The role of the Niger Field Station
Education/ Support for fieldwork/ Support for joint research projects in collaboration with counterpart institutions/ Support for studying in Niger for Japanese students/ Research Personnel Recruitment/ Support for international students/ Support for the Aluminum network/Collecting information on study abroad & researches in Niger/ International public relation/ Strengthen collaborations with counterparts institutions
Counterpart institutions
The Ministry of Environment and Combating Desertification, National Meteorological Service of Niger, Abdou Moumouni University, University of Tillaberi, Niamey City Council, Dongondoutchi City Council
Activities based at the Niger Field Station
International Collaborative Research Activities
・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Land rehabilitation based approach for livelihood support and peace building in Sahel region, West Africa”（AY2021-AY2025）
・Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering) “Plastic regulation and emergence of waste material business in sub-Sahara Africa” （AY2021-AY2024）
・Kyoto University 125th Anniversary Fund KUSUNOKI・125 ”Practical peace building studies: Tackling the humanitarian crisis”（AY2021-AY2023）
https://note.com/kyotou_research/n/n6fd2e7a92f26
・The Project at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) : “Building up organic material circulation system among urban and rural area: Toward the integration of local scientific knowledge” (AY2022-AY2028)
https://organic-rihn.chikyu.ac.jp/english/
Educational Activities（2012- present)
・Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs（AY2020-AY2024）
https://iafp.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
・Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies（AY2011-AY2022）
http://www.gss.kyoto-u.ac.jp/