Social Justice
Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer’s (2005) “Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor” is a “physician-anthropologist’s effort to reveal the ways in which the most basic right – the right to survive – is trampled in an age of great affluence” (p. 6). However, Farmer covers much more than the right to […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Human Rights #Paul Farmer #Power #Social Justice
The Politics of Evidence
Evidence is important. We want to know what we are doing works (or doesn’t work). But, what happens when particular types of evidence are required to get funding, and what impact does this have on the types of work that is supported by donors? These questions are engaged with in the edited volume “The Politics […]
Tags: #Cost effectiveness #Evidence #Politics #Social Justice #Value for Money
The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice
The World Bank is a favorite target of criticism. Yet, few actually know how the massive organization operates, externally or internally. Michael Goldman set out to do present this information, and specifically in the context of the ‘greening’ of the World Bank (or its development and promotion of “green neoliberalism”) and its funding whereby it […]
Tags: #Development Studies #Ethnography #International development #Social Justice #World Bank
MA & PhD Studentships: Critical Urban Food Studies
Start date will be January 2017 (preferably) or possibly September 2017. Please apply internally to Prof. Dr. Marit Rosol on or before 25 August 2016. Qualifications: Research project idea that fits within the team’s focus on critical urban food geographies and food justice Outstanding previous degree performance Enthusiasm for research, including interest (M.A.) or experience […]
Tags: #Food justice #Food Security #Food Studies #Geography #Social Justice
New Publication: Searching for Social Justice in GIScience
Article is available here, from Cartography and Geographic Information Science. Abstract: Maps are explicitly positioned within the realms of power, representation, and epistemology; this article sets out to explore how these ideas are manifest in the academic Geographic Information Science (GIScience) literature. We analyze 10 years of literature (2005–2014) from top tier GIScience journals specific […]
Tags: #Empowerment #GIScience #Marginalization #Power #Social Justice
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
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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