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New Publication: Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia
Cochrane, L., Cundill, G., Ludi, E., New, M., Nicholls, R. J., Wester, P., Cantin, B., Murali, K. S., Leone, M., Kituyi, E. and Landry, M.-E. (2017) A Reflection on Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia. Regional Environmental Change 17(5): 1553-1561. Abstract: The reality of global climate change demands novel approaches to science that are reflective […]
Tags: #Adaptation #Climate change #Collaboration #Policy #Transdisciplinarity
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Open doors or build walls? Immigration is one of the most politicized issues. Thus, the value of the book by Goldin, Cameron and Balarajan (2011): “Exceptional People – How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future”. Before delving into the detail, this book was likely written for an undergraduate audience – those moderately […]
Tags: #Citizenship #Development #Exceptional People #Immigration #Migration #Policy
How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
Open doors or build walls? Immigration is one of the most politicized issues. Thus, the value of the book by Goldin, Cameron and Balarajan (2011): “Exceptional People – How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future”. Before delving into the detail, this book was likely written for an undergraduate audience – those moderately […]
Tags: #Citizenship #Development #Exceptional People #Immigration #Migration #Policy
Global Inequality
Inequality is headline news. Recently Oxfam reported that only 8 individuals own as much as the poorest half of the world’s population. In 2014, Piketty published a widely read book on the subject, taking a historical economics approach. But, this question is not new. Amin addressed it in his 1976 book “Unequal Development“, the greater […]
Tags: #Globalization #Historical economics #Inequality #International development #Policy
Post-doc: Population Data
Population Data BC is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate for a two-year term, with possibility for extension, to take significant leadership in a timely applied research project that will engage with the public to reform governance of access to research resources. Developments in data, technology, researcher desires, and public expectations have outpaced the […]
Post-doc: International Studies
University of Denver Post-Doctoral Fellow – Korbel School of International Studies: The Sié Center is a center of excellence within the Josef Korbel School that leads research, education and policy programs focused on global peace and security. Eight faculty, visiting and post-doctoral scholars, and over 40 Korbel MA and PhD students contribute to the Center’s […]
Tags: #Governance #International Studies #Peace Building #Policy #Security
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
Post-doc: Rural Health
Summary of Research: The Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) team is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in the area of rural health service delivery for individuals with dementia and their caregivers, with a focus on primary health care. The interdisciplinary RaDAR team is based at the U of Sask, with members in four […]
Postdoc (Multiple): Patent-oriented Health Research
Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) puts patients and caregivers first, to foster “evidence-informed health care by evaluating innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and bringing them to the point of care.” Since its inception, SPOR has supported the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of provincial Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials (SUPPORT) Units. […]
Enemies of Innovation
Dr. Calestous Juma’s new book, “Innovation and its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies” (2016), explains that this is a book Dr. Juma has wanted to write since his early engagement with innovation. That includes his founding of the African Centre for Technology Studies in 1988, being a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological […]
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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