New Publication: Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia

Zerihun N., Tsunekawa, A., Nigussie H., Enyew A., Cochrane, L. and Floquet, A. and Abele, S. (2018). Applying Ostom’s Institutional Analysis and Development to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.039 Abstract: Sustainable land management is of utmost importance in Ethiopia and relies on Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures collectively implemented by […]

Tags: #Conservation #Ethiopia #Institutional Analysis #Ostrom #Policy

Civil Wars in Africa: Roots and Resolutions

For some period in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a trend in conflict studies that suggested civil war in Africa was externally caused and driven. To counter that narrative, a group of scholars came together to explore the internal, domestic aspects of civil war in Africa (without neglecting the external factors). The result was […]

Tags: #Africa #Civil war #Conflict #Managing conflict #Preventing conflict

New Publication: Designing the Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Research for Development

Jones, L., Harvey, C., Cochrane, L., Cantin, B., Conway, D., Cornforth, R. J., De Souza, K. and Kirbyshire, A. (2018) Designing the Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Research for Development. Regional Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1254-x Abstract: Adaptation research has changed significantly in recent years as funders and researchers seek to encourage greater impact, ensure value for money […]

The Battle for Afghanistan

The way war is waged has significantly changed since the 1800s. One might assume the lessons for contemporary times from such a period would be limited as a result. William Dalrymple’s telling of the British attempt to conquer Afghanistan in 1839-1842 convincingly show the opposite. In “Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan” (2013), […]

Tags: #Afghanistan #Colonialism #Conflict #Dalrymple #History

Ethiopian Migration to the Middle East and South Africa

There are reports of hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian women working in the Middle East, and stories of dangerous travel across the continent of those trying to reach South Africa. However, little is known about the actual trends, policies, and pushes/pulls. A 2015 publication by the Ethiopian Forum for Social Studies addressed this topic in […]

Tags: #East Africa #Ethiopia #Forum for Social Studies #International migration #Migration

Social Hierarchy of Dawuro, Southern Ethiopia

A search on Amazon for books about the southern peoples of Ethiopia suggests a dearth of ethnographic publications. However, one key source of well-informed research that is rarely available to scholars outside of Ethiopia are publications produced by Ethiopian scholars and printed by national publishers. The Forum for Social Studies is one key place to […]

Tags: #Anthropology #Dawuro #Ethiopia #Ethnography #Social Hierarchy