SDC staff do many things that are worth sharing. Below an overview of all the times SDC staff were in the news.
Event | Wageningen Disaster Network Meeting | April 25 2023, 10am-2pm | Wageningen Campus
We are launching the Wageningen Disaster Network with a lecture & lunchtime networking event on Tuesday 25 April Wageningen has a venerable history in crisis and disaster sociology since 1997, but in a world of pandemics, catastrophic flooding and droughts, unprecedented wildfires, and restless tectonic plates, it’s high time to reach out to other disciplines…
Vacancy: PhD researcher / Junior lecturer in crisis and disaster studies
We are looking for The Sociology of Development and Change Group (SDC) is looking for an outstanding candidate for a position as Junior Lecturer (40% of time) cum PhD candidate (60% of time) working on (climate) crisis, mobility and humanitarian governance. (Forced) migration and human mobility as a result of conflict, climate change and disaster are…
Vacancy: PhD researcher / Junior lecturer in tourism and conflict studies
Do you hold a Master degree in development studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, politics or a related field? Do you have didactic qualities? And do you want to do innovative research on the intersection of tourism and conflict studies? Then you might be the junior lecturer/ PhD student we are looking for!We are looking forThe Sociology…
Vacancy: Assistant Professor Development studies (Tenure Track)
We are looking for Do you hold a PhD in development studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, politics or a related field? Do you have passion for translating academic work into societal impact? Do you have didactic qualities? And do you want to do interdisciplinary and international research? Then you might be the assistant professor we are…
SPS Thesis market 2022
Have you started thinking about your thesis, but are you not sure what topic to choose? Or do you have a lot of ideas, but are you not sure what chair group to join? Come meet the chair groups at our Thesis Market 2022! Learn more about our research domains, meet thesis supervisors, and get…
Capita Selecta Course: Resistance, Power & Movements
Do you want to join a course that seeks to create a space to explore and reflect on agency and power with a focus on combining theory and practice? If all of these questions intrigue you to learn more, then please fill out this form by January 8, 2022, including a motivation for joining this…
Water Politics Week
The Water Politics Week offers public lectures by renowned scholars on water politics, and a PhD/Master course, all in the week of 17-21 May 2021! The Water Politics week will take place in an on-line format. Organized by: Sociology of Development and Change (SDC), Public Administration and Policy (PAP), Water Resources Management (WRM). Date: 17-21…
Webinar: New Tools for ‘Distanced’ Anthropological Research: Webscraping and Ethnography of Digital Cultures in/of Africa
On February 15th, 16th and 25th the Wenner-Gren Foundation is sponsoring a series of webinars entitled, New Tools for ‘Distanced’ Anthropological Research: Webscraping and Ethnography of Digital Cultures in/of Africa, organized by Serena Stein, Wageningen University & Research, and Louisa Lombard, Yale University. This event is a Webinar Tutorial on Webscraping for researchers and students…
Online Thesis Market 2021
Sociology of Development & Change, Health & Society, Rural Sociology February 8 & 9 (16:00-17:00) Live online presentations about research projects and thesis topics & Online bar to meet and talk to potential supervisors Join us! You can add yourself @ Teams by using this link. Make sure to use your WUR email account. Your…
New minor Disaster Risk and Resilience
The education board has approved an SDC-led proposal for a bachelor minor on Disaster Risk Resilience. This bachelor minor is coordinated by Dr Rob Coates. Disasters frequently capture the global headlines, while an even greater number have serious impacts at local or regional scales. Media coverage often emphasizes ‘spectacular nature’ – geophysical or hydro-hazards such…
SDC thesis student Roman Meier wins the UFW-KLV Thesis Award Social Sciences 2018-2019
In June 2020, Roman Meier won the KLV Thesis Award with his thesis ‘Identity Negotiation of Indigenous People in the Process of Rural Urban Migration’. Roman was supervised by Bram Jansen. We are very proud of Roman and congratulate him and his supervisor Bram Jansen with this excellent achievement. The Jury Report Nine high quality…
Bob Witman en Bram Büscher over tentoonstelling ‘Countryside: Future of the World’
Onze Spraakmakers is vandaag architectuurkenner Bob Witman. Met hem en Bram Büscher, van de Universiteit Wageningen, praten we over het platteland en de grote tentoonstelling van de Nederlandse architect Rem Koolhaas in het Guggenheim Museum in New York. Aanstaande donderdag opent die tentoonstelling van de Nederlandse architect Rem Koolhaas in het Guggenheim Museum. De tentoonstelling…
Convivial conservation explained
Convivial conservation is one of the research project of SDC. Convivial (literally: ‘living with’) conservation offers a new and integrated approach to understanding and practicing environmental conservation. It is a Whole Earth vision that responds to the major ecological, social and political-economic challenges facing people and biodiversity in the 21st century. But what does this…
Let’s not pin down the delta – NRC Guest Blog by Dr Jeroen Warner
Dutch flood management policy benefits from a varied package of measures consisting of both ‘closed’ and ‘open’ hydrological interventions in the environment. This argument is voiced by Martijn van Staveren and Jeroen Warner, water policy researchers at Wageningen University. In a heavily populated and densely constructed delta such as the Netherlands, flooding can cause enormous…
Bram Büscher in ZEMBLA Documentary “Victim in the World Willife Fund
Professor Bram Büscher has a prominent role in a ZEMBLA documentary about WWF. The documentary was broadcasted on Thursday, May 16, 2019 on Dutch television. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is active in birth control in nature reserves in the third World. According to the WWF, overcrowding is a great danger to nature and fewer…
Afrika’s problem is niet per se Africa zelf
Door: Paul Hebinck Volkskrant, Voedselzaken (Maart 2018) Afrika’s probleem is niet per se Afrika zelf, maar diegenen die met alle goede bedoelingen van dien denken het probleem van Afrika te kunnen oplossen: landbouwexperts, adviseurs, beleidsmakers en wetenschappers, waaronder mijn collega’s van de Wageningen Universiteit. Hun duur betaalde adviezen zijn bijna in alle gevallen afkomstig uit…
Visit to New Zealand
Prof. Bram Büscher, Dr. Robert Fletcher, Dr. Pieter de Vries, and Dr. Jessica de Koning visited Massey University in New Zealand last February. In the previous years, Massey University has regularly visited Wageningen so the time had come to return the favour and organize a SDC-visit to New Zealand. For 2 days, the Massey School of…
Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
In the Kruger to Canyon (K2C) region, South Africa, there are two big phenomena of which the interactions have so far hardly been researched: tourism and the rhino poaching crisis. Based on four field trips to South Africa in 2016/17, totalling about 3 months, I have investigated these links, and here I wish to present…
The camp beyond the city. Blog by Bram Jansen
Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya is emblematic for the debate about the ambiguous phenomenon of the protracted refugee camp. This can be depicted as both an emergency measure with its perils and plight on the one hand, and its longevity, development and normalisation on the other. With its origin in 1992, located in the…
Dr. Elisabet Rasch is fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin
Elisabet Rasch is currently a fellow at Freie Universität Berlin where she will collaborate with colleagues from of the GLOCON research group.
Criminalization and violence in natural resource conflicts in Guatemala
By Elisabet Dueholm Rasch, SDC, on resourceworlds.org July 4, 2012 (Santa Cruz el Quiché). The CPK (K’iche Peoples Council) is attacked by armed individuals during a peaceful manifestation, saying they are looking for Lolita Chávez, environmental human rights activist. September 18, 2015 (Sayaché, Petén). Rigoberto Lima Choc, environmental activist, is shot dead in front of…
Open access Article “Green violence: Rhino poaching and the war to save Southern Africa’s peace parks”
The article by Prof Bram Büscher and Maano Ramutsindela is one of the highly cited articles of the journal African Affairs and has therefore become an open access article. You can read the article here.
Cum Laude for Annet Pauwelussen
On April 5, 2017, Annet Pauwelussen, PhD student of Sociology of Development and Change, graduated with distinction cum laude, after successfully defending her thesis entitled ”Amphibious Anthropology: Engaging with Maritime Worlds in Indonesia”. Annet Pauwelussen’s research was supervised by Prof. dr Leontine Visser (promotor) and Dr ir Gerard Verschoor (co-promotor). This thesis explores how people…
Dr. Jeroen Warner on role culture in disasters risk reduction
The international project EDUCEN is one of the SDC projects on natural disasters and the role of culture in disaster risk reduction. Central to the EDUCEN project is the idea that cultures, the ’soft infrastructure’, hold important assets to disaster-affected communities; disaster managers and disaster-affected people alike. On 29 March 2017 it held its final…
SDC staff visiting Copenhagen University
In February 2017, Prof Bram Büscher, Dr. Monique Nuijten, and Dr. Robert Fletcher from SDC visited the Copenhagen University, Section Global Development to meet Prof Christian Lund, Dr. Ida Theilade, and Dr. Jens Lund to set up a program for furhter collaboration.
Bram Büscher appointed to Van Zyl Slabbert Visiting Chair, University of Cape Town
During the period 20 April – 17 June 2017, Bram Büscher is appointed as Van Zyl Slabbert Visiting Chair at Professorial level at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The visiting professorship holds the Van Zyl Slabbert Chair in Politics and Sociology, which honours Dr. Slabbert’s commitment to an open and democratic society. In…
Half-Earth or Whole Earth? Radical ideas for conservation, and their implications
This new multi–authored piece (including Bram Buscher and Robert Fletcher of SDC) critiques the idea of ‘Half Earth’: half the globe needs to become a protected area, which is supported by famous biologists like E.O Wilson. See article here.
Lotje de Vries talks on the radio about the refugee issue in South Sudan and Uganda
On the 30th of November, a US diplomat declared that the South Sudanese government troops moved to the south of the country. In this region, called Equatoria, thousands of refugees cross the border daily to Uganda. The UN has warned for a while for genocide. Lotje de Vries, South Sudan Expert at the University of…
MID Student Silvia Peirolo internship experience in New York with UN OCHA
Silvia Peirolo is a second year MID Student, currently doing her Internship in New York with UN OCHA. I was selected for an internship at UN OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) in New York for six months and I believe that choosing the specialization ‘Disaster Studies’ at Wageningen University helped me in…
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[NL] Legale ivoorhandel niet haalbaar
Bram Buscher, Chair Sociology of Development and Change, en onderzoeker naar natuurparken in Zuid-Afrika is geïnterviewd over olifantenstroperij en ivoorhandel. Is legale ivoorhandel haalbaar en wat is de oplossing om olifantenstroperij tegen te gaan? Lees het hier. Momenteel is hij in Johannesburg bij CoP17, wat de 17de zitting van CITES is, waarbij 183 landen om de…
SDC receives funding for Seed Money project
We would like to congratulate Gemma van der Haar and Gerard Verschoor on receiving a funding for their INREF Seed Money project, “Building a research partnership for a comprehensive rural reform in post-conflict Colombia”. The peace treaty between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP presents enormous opportunities to restructure rural areas and to revitalise the…
Scott Prudham first guest professor for Centre of Space, Place, Society
Prof. Scott Prudham, University of Toronto, will be joining the Sociology of Development and Change group as the first CSPS guest professor. Scott Prudham is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, cross- appointed to the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. He is a former Editor of the journal…
NL: Laat natuurbescherming niet over aan ‘de markt’
Nederlands artikel geschreven door Bram Buscher, hoogleraar ‘sociology of development and change’ Wageningen Universiteit en Danielle Hirsch, directeur Both ENDS.
‘Where ecological problems are concerned, there is almost always a power struggle involved’
The battle against rhinoceros poachers is becoming more and more violent. However, the solution does not lie in the use of more drones, sniffer dogs, guns, and helicopters, according to Libby Lunstrum, Associate Professor at the Centre for Refugee Studies at the University of York and one of the speakers at the PE-3C conference (Political…
Students at IOM in Athena
Students at the International Organisation for Migration in Athena where they were involved in a cutting edge project commissioned by Bram Jansen
Political Ecologist gather to talk about the relationships between power, violence and nature
An international network of political ecologist will gather early July in Wageningen to talk about the relationships between violence, natural resource, and nature. Organizer Stasja Koot: ‘Our capitalistic economy has implications for local communities and nature. Original and complete article here
Bram Jansen talks about Famine in Ethiopia on ‘Een Vandaag’
Last Friday, Bram Jansen appeared in the Dutch news and current affairs program ‘Een Vandaag’, talking about famine in Ethiopia. The full episode can be found via this link: http://buitenland.eenvandaag.nl/tv-items/66947/hongersnood_in_ethiopi_?autoplay=1
Robert Fletcher on decoupling natural resource extraction and pollution from economic growth.
Robert Fletcher has recently written a blog on the dangerous fantasy of decoupling natural resource extraction and pollution from economic growth. A very interesting read! Available at: https://entitleblog.org/2016/05/10/decoupling-a-dangerous-fantasy/
Monique Nuijten and Bram Jansen receive Excellent Education Prize 2016
Today we would like to congratulate Monique Nuijten and Bram Jansen who received an Excellent Education Prize 2016 for courses they are coordinating and teaching. Sociology in Development: Towards a Critical Perspective (SDC-32806) coordinated by Dr. ir. M.C.M. (Monique) Nuijten and Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction (SDC-34806) coordinated by Dr. B.J. (Bram). Also congratulations to all…
Excellent Education Prize 2016
The Executive Board of Wageningen UR has awarded two SDC courses a prize for Excellent education. Sociology in Development: Towards a Critical Perspective (SDC-32806) coordinated by Dr. ir. M.C.M. (Monique) Nuijten + Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction (SDC-34806) coordinated by Dr. B.J. (Bram) Jansen.
New Director Jack van der Vorst Visits SDC Group
April 14th, Wageningen Last week the New General Director SGG, Jack van der Vorst, visited the SDC Group. During the meeting, staff members each introduced the activities the SDC chair group undertakes and the numerous achievements the group has obtained. Equally important, the challenges the group faces, such as the popularity of the chair group…
Community Based Fish Culture in the Public and Private Floodplains of Bangladesh
Seasonal floodplains under private and public ownership in the Indo-Ganges river basin provide food and income for millions of people in Bangladesh. This research aimed to understand the complex institutional relations that govern ownership, access, and control of the floodplains under Community Based Fish Culture (CBFC) to increase fish production and overall livelihoods of the…
Among the Refugees
Text: Linda van der Nat The refugee crisis is a big issue in the Netherlands at the moment. Marit de Looijer and Renee Middendorp took their concern one step further. For their Master’s theses they went to Lebanon and to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, where they saw the lives of refugees from close quarters.…
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