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.

Peter Little (Emory College, Atlanta), ”Identity and Inequality in the Baringo-Bogoria Basin, 1980-2010”

Lowe Börjeson speaking with Johanna Kramm (RCR, University of Bonn), “The changing face of irrigation governance in Kenya”

Anja Becker (RCR, University of Cologne) “The vicious circle of brewing: Transitioning livelihoods and the emergence of new gender relations in East Pokot.”

Bilinda Straight (Western Michigan University) remotely presented “Violence, Dignity, and Identity: The Nutritional Consequences of High Stakes Strategies among Pokot, Samburu, and Turkana Pastoralists.”
Photos by Hauke-Peters Vehrs and Nik Petek.