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A study of the harvesting of a type of palm leaf used for floral arrangements in a returnee community cooperative has demonstrated the importance of strong local-level governance to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
The conference will take place at the University of Oslo on November 22-23. The goal of the 2012 conference is articulated in the title: to advance research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment. In addition we expect the conference to provide a forum for the presentation of cutting edge research; to stimulate interdisciplinary cooperation; and to solidify and expand MILENs international network.
The University of Oslo's India-Blog is maintained by UiO researchers with particular knowledge of India and the surrounding region.
What does it mean to live a good life in a time when the human population keeps on growing, the oil age is coming to an end, the climate is changing, the oceans are turning more acidic, and fertile soils the world over are eroding? This is a question that will be thoroughly discussed during SUM and MILEN's upcoming PhD course Sustainability and the Good Life
This year’s contemporary India seminar seeks to explore how various environmental challenges are politicised in India. The organisers wish to examine how environmental issues have entered the realm of political discussions as a result of intentional actions by indindividuals or groups, who have sought to mobilise people around environmental agendas.
Research on poverty reduction in middle-income countries and the impact of development assistance on poverty in low-income countries are of particular interest, as SUM asks for innovative proposals that correspond closely with the core themes of the research area Poverty and Development in the 21st Century.
- The poorer a person is the more materialistic his or her thinking becomes, says SUM Postdoctoral Fellow Monica Guillen-Royo. Guillen has recently returned from three months of field work in Peru, where she conducted research into the differences in values and human needs satisfaction across socio-economic groups.
Schirmer was interviewed by Melissa Block of National Public Radio in Washington on January 30th. The interview topic was the impending trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The number and variety of items kept in the fridge are steadily increasing due to changing practices and routines. And if you happen to have the space for it, a refrigerated room may be a convenient place to store a fur coat in summer.
The commission, for which the foundations were laid by LEVE's former research activities, held its initial meeting at UiO on December 12 and 13, 2011. The meeting was led by Ole Petter Ottersen and gathered 11 commissioners from various parts of the world.
SUM has initiated new and fruitful research collaboration with several Chinese research institutions this autumn. These include China Agricultural University (CAU), Xiamen University and Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd).
LEVE’s Academic Director, Sidsel Roalkvam, heads a reference group to the recently established ”The Lancet – University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health”, an initiative of The Lancet, Harvard University and the University of Oslo (UiO).
Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) has started a joint research project with China Agricultural University (CAU) on "governance, inequality and participatory development planning in China".
So far neither the law nor the courts have been of much use to the victims of forced expropriation of land in India.
Tanja Winther has co-authored a chapter in "Handbook of Sustainable Energy."
Dan Banik has published a piece on growth and hunger in India in the July issue of the Journal of Democracy.
Dan Banik has published a piece on growth and hunger in India in the July issue of the Journal of Democracy.
On Monday 13 June, the Academic Network on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (ANLEP, which is hosted by SUM) and the University of Zambia invited a selected group of academics to brainstorm on the contemporary challenges of development in Africa.
Four excellent researchers from Malawi, Peru and China will visit SUM this May.
It the latest edition of Apollon, Dan Banik (SUM, UiO) and Kalle Moene (ESOP, UiO) discuss the increasing inequalities between the elites and the poor in India and China.
In connection with the launch of his new book, Poverty and Elusive Development (Universitetsforlaget 2010), Dan Banik was interviewed by 'Bistandsaktuelt' about buzzwords and poverty production.
The book 'Rights and Legal Empowerment in Eradicating Poverty' (2008), edited by Dan Banik, was reviewed in International Affairs 86-2, March 2010.
Two Poverty and Development (PAD) initiatives are cited in the new UNDP Regional Assessment
Anna-Karin Bergman, PhD in Sociology of Law and Coordinator of Lund University Initiative on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (LEP), visited ANLEP and SUM in November 2009.
Cousins, Ben (2009) "Capitalism obscured: the limits of law and rights-based approaches to poverty reduction and development" in Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 36, issue 4, pp 893 - 908.