Environment
(Still) Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment
In the 80s and 90s an emerging set of research began to highlight that much of what we thought we knew about the environment in Africa, was, at best, only partially accurate. This had implications for policy and programs – and in some instances these narratives are still present. “The Lie of the Land: Challenging […]
Tags: #Africa #Environment #False Narratives #Myths #Soil Erosion
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
Post-doc: Policy perspectives on ecological chemical risk management
Posting: Two Postdoctoral Fellow Positions at McGill University Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Start Date: January 2017 or as soon as possible Salary: $45,000 per annum Duration: 2 years, with possibility of 1 year extension We are seeking candidates for two fully-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate positions. One position will be primarily supervised by Steve Maguire, Professor of […]
Tags: #Ecology #Environment #Institutions #Policy #Risk Management
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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