The GDR Rift
The African Great Rift is a continent-scale region where unique interactions occur between the Earth and living systems, including human societies.
Objectives of the GDR RIFT
The primary objective of the GDR is to provide the French scientific community with an inter-institutional structure to bring together researchers from CNRS institutes in Ecology & Environment, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Earth & Universe Sciences around the African Great Rift. The goal is to characterize the interrelationships within this complex system, encompassing living organisms (including humans), geodynamic processes, and climate dynamics.
Latest news from the GDR RIFT
July 21–26, 2025: 27th SAfA Meeting at the University of Algarve, Faro Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) 2 sessions are planned for the 2025 meeting of SAfA (Society of Africanist Archaeologists) in Faro, Portugal (July 22–25, 2025), including sessions on archaeological research
