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Funded PhDs (3): Anthropology; Islam in Asia
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is one of the leading centres for research in social anthropology. Common to all research projects at the Max Planck Institute is the comparative analysis of social change; it is primarily in this domain that its researchers contribute to anthropological theory, though many programmes also have applied significance […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Ethnography #Islam #Muslim #Southeast Asia
David Suzuki Fellowships (3)
The David Suzuki Fellowship program will empower emerging scholars to tackle complex environmental problems. It will reduce financial barriers, provide mentorship and foster leadership and creativity so fellows can conduct research and engage and inform the public and policy-makers. AWARD A total of three fellowships are available, one in Montreal, one in Toronto and one […]
Tags: #Climate change #Energy #Fellowship #Indigenous knowledge #Renewable Energy
Putting the Last First
In 1983 Robert Chambers published “Rural Development: Putting the Last First.” If you have not come across this book, it is well worth finding a copy. As a book written more than three decades ago, it offers some perspective on what lessons have been learned. However, this book is particularly challenging to read as you […]
Tags: #Academia #Bias #Development Studies #International development #Rural Development
Funded MA: Youth & Farming
Funding is available for one student to undertake a two-year MA in Sociology or Public Issues in Anthropology (with the option of the collaborative International Development Studies program) and to undertake research on a topic related to young farmers in one or more of the four countries (Canada, China, India and Indonesia) under the aegis […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Farming #International development #Sociology #Youth
Funded MA: Decarbonization
Two MA funding opportunity at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Anthropocene and Decarbonization: Mapping the Controversies) We invite applications for two MA positions on “Anthropocene and Decarbonization: Mapping the Controversies.” Decarbonization (through the shift to ‘green energies’ and the enhancement of ‘carbon sinks’ in the form of forest conservation) are among the most important strategies being […]
Tags: #Climate change #Decarbonization #Green Energy #Mapping
Funded MA: Environmental Anthropology
Funding is available for an MA student in environmental anthropology at the University of Saskatchewan, beginning in September, 2017. Prof. Clint Westman is leading a community-engaged research project focusing on the resource extraction sector’s impacts and processes with respect to Aboriginal people in northern Alberta. The project provides an opportunity for MA students to undertake […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Environment #Ethnography #Resource extraction
About me
Logan Cochrane
Logan is a Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last twenty years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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