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REAL at the ASAUK conference 2016

REAL had a stream of three panels on the temporal, spatial and social dynamics of human-landscape interactions in East Africa at the African Studies Association of the UK 2016 conference at University of Cambridge in September 2016. The panels were themed ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’, providing different temporal frames for the REAL ESRs to present […]

Environment, Expertise and Development in Copenhagen

PhD Course in ‘Environment, Expertise and Development’ at University of Copenhagen Between August 11th and 14th the scholars Arun Agrawal, Jesse Ribot and Andrea Nightingale visited Department of Food and Resource Economics for a PhD course arranged by Professor Christian Lund and Associate Professor Jens Friis Lund. Marie and Annemiek participated. Taking a point of […]

REAL participates at YorNight outreach event in York, UK

YorNight at the University of York Date: 26 September 2014 Time: 4 pm – 9 pm Location: St Martin’s Church, York, United Kingdom REAL members alongside University of York archaeologists Louise Iles and Daryl Stump and members of the The Archaeology of Agricultural Resilience in Eastern Africa (AAREA) project, researchers from the Environment Department; Phil Platts and […]

Olkaria Field Survey Report: 26 March-1 April 2014

By: Christine Adongo Photography: Benoit Hazard Edited by: Colin Courtney Mustaphi 30 June 2014 1.0 Introduction Within the framework of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network’s (ITN) Resilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) project, a field-training course was proposed and implemented by Dr Benoit Hazard of EHESS. The goal of this training was to introduce […]

Survey of Kenya visit

The Survey of Kenya, with headquarters in Nairobi, was involved in field mapping alongside the Directorate of Overseas Surveys and Directorate of Colonial Surveys during British colonial rule and remains the main centre of geospatial information in Kenya. The Survey maintains the air photography, maps, cadastrals and geospatial data of Kenya and is an important […]

ER 1: (Wild?)fire

Marie Curie ITN Experienced Researcher:  Dr. Colin Courtney Mustaphi Host Institution:  University of York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems (KITE), Environment Department Duration:  November 2013 to November 2015 Summary: Fire is an important disturbance in East African ecosystems , influencing community structure and function, species distributions, nutrient processes, and plays a role in global carbon cycle. Humans have […]

Photos from the Baringo conference at the University of Köln

Over January 8-10, 2014, the Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne hosted a conference and brought together many members of the REAL team and other researchers working in East Africa. The focus was social-ecological transitions, exchange and emergence: resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin and adjoining highlands.           […]

Resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin

Over January 8-10, 2014, the Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne hosted a conference and brought together many members of the REAL team and other researchers working in East Africa. The focus was social-ecological transitions, exchange and emergence: resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin and adjoining highlands. The program is […]

Photos from the Baringo conference at the University of Köln

Over January 8-10, 2014, the Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne hosted a conference and brought together many members of the REAL team and other researchers working in East Africa. The focus was social-ecological transitions, exchange and emergence: resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin and adjoining highlands.           […]

Maxmillian Chuhila contact info

Position: Marie Curie ITN-Early-Stage Researcher and PhD Candidate Address: University of Warwick History Department H029, Humanities Building CV4 7AL Coventry, Uk Email: chuhilamj@yahoo.com or M.J.Chuhila@warwick.ac.uk Website: Supervisor: Bio:

Resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin

Over January 8-10, 2014, the Global South Studies Center at the University of Cologne hosted a conference and brought together many members of the REAL team and other researchers working in East Africa. The focus was social-ecological transitions, exchange and emergence: resilience and vulnerability in the wider Baringo basin and adjoining highlands.     The […]

David Anderson contact info

Position: Professor Address: Department of History University of Warwick Humanities Building, University Road Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom Email: D.M.Anderson@warwick.ac.uk Website: Departmental website

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