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Beyond ranchers and pastoralists
In the week of 14-18 November 2022, Nikolaus Schareika and I led a workshop on transformations in livestock systems at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, NM, which was supported…
The Art of the Range - podcast
Paul Scholte and I met with Tipton D. Hudson, Professor, Rangeland & Livestock Management at Washington State University Extension to talk about pastoralist refugees in the Far…
NSF Innovation in Graduate Education (IGE) grant
An interdisciplinary team of staff and faculty, with Mark Moritz, Nicholas Kawa, Alison Bennett, Rachel Kajfez, Elizabeth Newton, Charlene Brenner, David Sovic, and Yolanda Zepeda has received an…
Of Platforms and Pastoralists
I wrote a review of Profits vs. Preservation: How can shepherds balance the social and ecological costs of livestock grazing on Naxos? for World Development Perspectives.
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Paper in American Scientist
Our piece The World needs Wicked Scientists was published in American Scientist. Here is the abstract: Many problems facing humanity are so daunting they seem impossible to solve. Among these…
Pastoralists seek refuge in Waza Park
We published a short news article for Oryx about how insecurity in the Logone Floodplain in Cameroon has driven thousands of pastoralists to seek refuge in Waza National Park in Cameroon.
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Danger of a single story
Our paper The danger of a single story about Fulani pastoralists is out in the journal Pastoralism. Our critical analysis focuses on a factsheet published by the United States…
Nature Climate Change
New paper in Nature Climate Change on Climate Change Adaptation and Community Autonomy from an interdisciplinary team led by Anne Pisor. Here is short summary of the argument: Communities…
Chelsea Hunter awarded an NSF DDRIG grant
Doctoral candidate Chelsea Hunter has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation to support her dissertation research. Chelsea's…