The Dreamers vs The Wall
In the Stranger Things reality of Trump’s America, the image of the Statue of Liberty holding up her beacon to welcome ships of migrants to American shores has been turned […]
Climate Change, Jihadism and Policy Failures in the Sahel
Written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen. Originally published in the PRIO Climate & Conflict blog. On the 22 November 2017, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence in the European Parliament held […]
What does it take to be a productive researcher?
A review of Mark S. Reed’s ‘The Productive Researcher’. Written by Siri Eriksen. I picked up the book ‘The Productive Researcher’ with great interest. In the introduction, the author, Professor Mark Reed, […]
Climate change uncertainty: Mind the gap
Written by Synne Movik, Catherine Wilson & Shibaji Bose Climate change uncertainty is often considered a ‘super wicked problem’ by scientists and policymakers, and climate scientists have long strived to understand […]
A tale of two cities: flooding in Houston and Mumbai – time to learn?
Written by Hans Nicolai Adam, Lyla Mehta & D. Parthasarathy Dramatic images of the impacts from flooding from Houston in the US and Mumbai, India have called to attention the […]
World Humanitarian Day: Are we really ready for climate change?
Written by Siri Eriksen, Professor at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies, NMBU Humanitarian crises rarely come without some kind of warning. As Saturday 19 August is World […]
Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
A call for the humanitarian aid- and climate change sectors to work together to support long-term adaptation to climate change. Written by Jayne Lambrou, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU. In […]
Stay Skeptisk
Vitenskapelige sannheter er både virkelige og sosialt konstruerte Written by Morten Jerven, Professor at Noragric Min forrige spalte i Kron og Mynt (Klassekampen) gav meg mange leserbrev (Falsk Forskning, Klassekampen, 12. […]
Herder warfare in East Africa: A social and spatial history
On the eve of the publication of his major new monograph, Gufu Oba considers the genesis and wider impact of his work. Herder Warfare in East Africa will be published […]
The crisis around Lake Chad
Written by Victor Adetula, Camilla Houeland and Tone Sommerfelt, first published in `Africa is a Country`. The world’s most extensive humanitarian crises is currently playing out in northeastern Nigeria and […]