The School of Anthropology and Conservation congratulates former DICE PhD student Amy Hinsley on the publication of her research paper on orchid smuggling. The research identified … Read more
Category: Research
DICE PhD student to speak at Royal Geographical Society
The evening public lecture in London, titled the Oman Field Science Lecture, is aimed at those interested in current and future field research in Oman … Read more
50 Farmers’ Tales – Launch of Online Archive
We would like to invite you to attend our ESRC Festival of Social Science event in Canterbury on November 10th, from 6-8 pm at the … Read more
Dr Simon Black publishes article on the reclassification of lion subspecies and its practical implications for lion conservation
In his paper, published in the International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Dr Simon Black discusses the recommended reclassification of lion subspecies and its practical implications … Read more
Enhancing environmental resilience in oil palm landscapes via improved design and monitoring of riparian reserves
Principal Investigators: Dr Matthew Struebig Project dates: 2016 – 2018 Funding: The Newton-Ungku-Omar Fund (British Council, and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)) UK … Read more
Marrying community land rights with stakeholder aspirations in Indonesian Borneo
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Struebig and Dr Freya St. John Project dates: 2016 – 2019 Funding: The Darwin Initiative (DFID) Collaborators: Fauna and Flora International Indonesia programme, … Read more
Sensory Explorations of the Social
Colleagues from the School of Anthropology and Conservation and SSPSSR’s Visual and Sensory Research Cluster showed some of our film-based work and engaged in a … Read more
Translocating conservation success and skills-exchange across four Indian Ocean countries
Many global conservation success-stories originate from Seychelles and Mauritius. Remarkably, however, propagating these much-needed skill-sets elsewhere doesn’t happen naturally, particularly across low-income and island nations. … Read more
The ability of offensive jokes to undermine intolerance is the subject of a study by Dr Andrew Sanchez
In a paper published in the journal History and Anthropology, Dr Andrew Sanchez explains how exchanges of offensive humour enable people to distance themselves from the … Read more
Rethinking Skill: New Ethnographic Perspectives on Expertise
The School of Anthropology and Conservation will be holding a cross-University, cross-disciplinary workshop on 6-7 May, 2016, entitled Rethinking Skill: New Ethnographic Perspectives on Expertise. … Read more