Resilience in East African Landscapes

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Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Current Position Website Linkedin Google Scholar Biography Marie’s current research interests are climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and development assistance based at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Marie has a PhD from the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany. I have a background in English and Anthropology from University of […]

Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

Position: Early-stage researcher (ESR 10) Address: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Cologne Email: marie.gravesen@uni-koeln.de   Website: Department webpage Linkedin   Biography: I am Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, the ESR 10 of the REAL project. I am affiliated to the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at University of Cologne. I […]

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.           […]

Michael Bollig contact info

Position: Professor for Anthropology Address: Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology (Institute für Ethnologie) University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz D-50923 Cologne Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne, Main Building Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology University of Cologne, Main Building Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany Email: michael.bollig@uni-koeln.de Website: Ethnology website […]

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.           […]

Marie Gravesen contact info

Position: Early-stage researcher Address: Email: Website:

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Prof. Paul Lane
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, and
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