Fellow: Marie Ladekjær Gravesen Supervision: Professor Dr. Michael Bollig Host Institution: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 October 2013 Project: ‘Negotiating Access to Land in a Contested Environment: Actors, Policies, Visions and the Fragmentation of Land-Use in Western Laikipia‘ This project focuses on past and present negotiations […]
ESR 11: Paths of Access
Fellow: Annemiek Pas Schrijver Host Institution: Stockholm University, Department of Human Geography Duration: November 2013 – November 2017 Project: The project ‘Paths of Access’ will focus on the negotiations and arrangements that are made between Laikipiak and Samburu pastoralists and various landowners and land users for pasture along the seasonal migration routes within Laikipia towards the forest areas. […]
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 […]