Is resilience simply a fad, or is it a new way of thinking about human–environment relations, and the governance of these relations, that has real staying power? Is resilience a dangerous, depoliticizing concept that neuters incipient political activity, or the key to more empowering, emancipatory, and participatory forms of environmental management? Resilience offers an advanced introduction to these debates. It provides students with a detailed review of how the concept emerged from a[...]
The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs celebrated its best and brightest undergraduate and graduate students from each department on April 12, 2018. Green School faculty nominated students who exemplified the highest standards of academic and service excellence. Graduate students were selected for Best Thesis and Best Dissertation. An additional award was given for excellence in the Model UN Program.
Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (PhD 2014) who is an assistant professor of social sciences and humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur (one of a few elite national universities devoted to STEM there), has been asked by the Indian national broadcast company (Doordarshan) to teach “Gender & Society” to a national audience using the Direct to Home (DTH) project. She will broadcast the course on Doordarshan's Channel 16 for Humanities and Social Sciences and Management. This is a project of
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