Month: April 2014

We have been able to extend the application deadline for two project-linked ESRC PhD scholarships to conduct anthropological research on  the socioeconomic consequences of the financial … Read more

May 16th Plenary session, 17:15pm to 19pm Is there a role for ontologies in understanding ‘plant knowledge systems’? – Professor Roy Ellen, University of Kent … Read more

SAC and the CBCD had a significant contigent at the recent UNESCO-CBD conference on Biocultural Diversity in Florence, 8-11 April. Postdoc Pablo Dominguez, PhD alumni … Read more

The  School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent is offering  two project-linked ESRC PhD scholarships to conduct anthropological research on  the socioeconomic … Read more

Alberto Groisman from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil is a visiting researcher to SAC this year. During his visit Alberto will be working on … Read more

Come and join us for our series of guest lectures and seminars throughout the Spring term. View the Spring term programme

A new academic year at Kent, and the CBCD is growing and changing! First, founding Director Professor Roy Ellen retired as of October 1st. He … Read more

Dr Gary Martin (Director, Global Diversity Foundation and Rachel Carson Centre Fellow) will give the 13th Annual Kew-Kent Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture at Kew Gardens in … Read more

The CBCD welcomes Kent’s newest research students doing PhDs in Ethnobiology, Environmental Anthropology and Conservation: Kay E. W. Jones: The Millennium Seed Bank and Seeds … Read more

Congratulations to the following School doctoral candidates who successfully completed their doctoral degrees this year! We wish them all a welcome rest and a chance … Read more