It’s the time of the year when we eagerly await the results from the year’s (many) research proposals.
Category: Event
Workshop in Tromsø February 18
In connection with the project “The Erosion of Cooperative Networks and the Evolution of Social Hierarchies: A Comparative Approach” and NIKU‘s 20th anniversary, a workshop will be arranged on Wednesday 18th of February in Tromsø, Norway.
Time: Wednesday February 18 12:30-16:00 Continue reading “Workshop in Tromsø February 18”
London trip: Book Launch
We also had an interesting meeting with Carol Kerven and Roy Behnke from the Odessa Centre, a research institute focusing on pastoralism, rangeland ecology and livestock development in semi-arid areas. After the meeting they were kind enough to invite us to a book launch for the book Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins, edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones. I have never been to a book launch before so it was a really interesting experience with presentations of the book by some of the contributors as well as questions from the audience.
While I haven’t as of yet read the book, the premise seems to be interesting: Continue reading “London trip: Book Launch”
London trip: Oxford
We also went for a short visit to Oxford University, but then only as tourists.
London trip: the 2012 LERN debate
On the last day we attended the LERN debate at UCL. The topic of the debate was Ernst Mayr’s distinction between proximate and ultimate explanations of behaviour and the notion discussed was: Continue reading “London trip: the 2012 LERN debate”
London trip: Silwood Park
At the end of November and beginning of December I spent a 10 days on a work related trip to London. While I spent most of my time at the Department of Anthropology at the University College of London, I was also at other places. My colleague, Dr. Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen from NINA, gave a talk at Imperial College London, Silwood Park presenting a project that unfortunatley did not receice funding from the Research Council of Noway.
Pastoralism, Climate Change and Policy 