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In-residence Fellowship (Bulgaria)
CAS Sofia is an independent Institute with international and multidisciplinary profile. Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, it promotes high-level scholarship in the social sciences and the humanities. In addition to supporting focus-group research, CAS Sofia invites outstanding scholars to pursue their individual research projects during in-residence periods of up to five months. The invited Fellows participate […]
Tags: #Fellowship #Humanities #Mutlidisciplinary #Social science
7 PhD Studentships: Climate Change
Within the current call, successful applicants will be hosted at ICTA in its sustainable building (Leed-Gold) on the UAB campus, Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain) and will develop their Ph.D. training in one of the seven projects detailed below: Climate change and the Spanish agricultural sector. Water requirements and water availability, Are they compatible?. Supervisors: Gonzalo Gamboa […]
Tags: #Agriculture #Climate change #Deforestation #Effectiveness #Health
6 Post-docs at Royal Roads (Canada)
Topics: Working with Dr. Brian Belcher, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainability Research Effectiveness, the post-doc will focus on research to assess the effectiveness and the impact of transdisciplinary research (TDR) for improved livelihoods, community resilience, and environmental sustainability. Working with Dr. Ann Dale, Professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability, the post-doc will […]
Tags: #Climate change #Education #Leadership #Public Health #Sustainability
Post-doc: Justice and Global Food Systems
The Department is pleased to offer a two-year Research Fellowship in the area of the Justice and Global Food Systems: Injustices and Resistance in Global Food Governance. This exciting post-doctoral position offers exceptional applicants the opportunity to develop and deliver an original research project addressing this theme, working within one of the UK’s strongest Departments […]
Tags: #Food Security #Food system #Governance #Justice #Social Justice
Rules for Radicals
Saul Alinsky was one of the most influential community organizers, activists and rabble-rousers of his time (1909-1972). His most well known work is “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals” (1971). The book provides a wealth of interesting examples of community organizing, these stories and experiences make the book well worth the read, […]
Tags: #collective action #Democracy #Participation #Participatory #Social change
PhD Studentship: Global Studies
PSL Research University Paris and the Program Global Studies offer two doctoral fellowships, to start in 2016-7. Candidates can be from every field in the humanities and social sciences. Their projects must express a clear global topic and analysis related to the main axes of the program (hereafter). Global studies includes both research and teaching […]
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate 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 fifteen 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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