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Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis
Before the onset of the 2015 Yemeni war, the situation in the country was dire: it was home to one of the world’s highest rates of child malnutrition, was chronically food insecure, depleting oil and water resources, corruption and long-term instability. Sarah Phillips explores these dynamics in her work “Yemen and the Politics of Permanent […]
IDRC Doctoral Research Awards
Approximately 20 grants of a maximum of CA$20,000 each Eligibility: This call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university. Other eligibility requirements include: Your research proposal must be approved by your thesis supervisor. Please provide proof. Your proposed field research must take place in one or […]
MSF: Publicity Stunt or Organizational Values?
On May 5th MSF / Doctors Without Borders announced it was pulling out of the much anticipated World Humanitarian Summit. In an official statement, it stated: “We no longer have any hope that the WHS will address the weaknesses in humanitarian action and emergency response, particularly in conflict areas or epidemic situations. Instead, the WHS’s […]
Descent into Chaos – Afghanistan
Reflections on international development from Ahmed Rashid’s award-winning 2008 book “Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.” For those interested in the region, or of military intervention in the era of the ‘war on terror’ this is essential reading. Proposals before 9/11: “We proposed using economic aid related […]
4 PhD Studentships: Climate Change
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) offers 4 scholarships to candidates who would like to pursue their PhD degree at ICTA within the Strategic Research Programme ICTA-UAB María de Maeztu, Programme for Units of Excellence in R&D (MDM-2015-0552). The positions are related to the call “Ayudas para […]
PhD Studentship: Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer two 3-year PhD studentships to start in September 2016. The studentships will include home/overseas fees and a full stipend of £14,296 per annum. We welcome applicants from anthropology, cultural and literary studies, history, legal theory […]
On “supportive outsiders”
Platzky and Walker offer some suggestions on the role of ‘supportive outsiders’ in the context of the struggle against apartheid in their book “The Surplus People: Forced Removals in South Africa” (1985), covered here. It may be interesting for students of international development to reflect on the progression of ideas over the last three decades, […]
Research Grant for Environmental, Economic and/or Social Agri-food Sustainability
Offered by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation. The YES! Research Grant Competition is open to PhD and postdoctoral researchers under 35, from any country and background. The first prize is a 20 000 € research grant, in favour of a one-year project to promote the environmental, economic and/or social sustainability of the […]
2016 Commonwealth Scholarship
Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships offer the opportunity to study for a UK Master’s degree while living and working in your home country. The courses are delivered either in partnership with universities in developing countries, or directly by UK universities. To apply for these scholarships, you must: Be a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, refugee, […]
Post-Doc Fellow: Agriculture & Climate Change (Ethiopia)
Climate change is affecting food and nutrition security of Ethiopian farmers, particularly under marginal conditions (low and irregular rainfall, rising temperatures acid soils). Available genetic diversity of barley and durum wheat is an important resource to provide farmers with Climate-Smart, nutrient-dense landraces or improved materials, to sustainably increase yields under unfavourable conditions of Tigray, Oromiya […]
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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