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Zoonoses and emergence of new infectious diseases: biology meets anthropology

By Lucy Rodina on May 24, 2013

Sansonetti_Colloque2013 Collège de France (Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Paris), PWIAS (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and CNRS (Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale, Paris) are organizing a workshop, titled “Zoonoses and emergence of new infectious diseases: biology meets anthropology”, which will take place on June 10 and 11th. The goal of this workshop is to identify key factors in the […]

New Book: Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

By Lucy Rodina on May 11, 2013

Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South: Scarcity, Marketization and Participation (May 20th, 2013) Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery […]

New Project: Assessing Drinking Water Governance in First Nations, BC

By Lucy Rodina on May 11, 2013

As part of the newly established SSHRC funded WEPGN: Water Economics Policy and Governance Network, the Program on Water Governance will be launching a new project (2013): Assessing Drinking Water Governance in British Columbia, with focus on Water Quality in First Nations. This project will be guided by an environmental justice framework, and involves a commitment by the […]