Rural and Environmental History Group
The mission of the Rural and Environmental History Group (RHI) is to offer temporal depth to societal debates and social theories on sustainable and equitable welfare development.
Agenda
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Joachim de Weerdt: Paying More For Less. Why don't households in Tanzania take advantage of bulk discounts - Despite average daily per-capita consumption of roughly $1, many Tanzanian households do not take advantage of bulk discounts for staple goods. -
Moritz Drupp: Relative prices and climate policy. How the scarcity of non-market goods drives policy evaluation - We study how the scarcity of non-market goods, such as environmental amenities, affects the economic appraisal of climate policy. To this end, we... -
International Students Summit (ISS) - Every BSc-student at Wageningen University is invited to apply for the position of student representative of Wageningen University to the 18th ISS...
Highlights
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Thirsk-Feinstein Prize won by Corinne Boter Last Saturday it was announced that our former colleague Corinne Boter (now a postdoc at the Economic and Social History Group of Utrecht University)... -
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk receives ERC Consolidator Grant The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant of 2 million euros to former WUR-employee prof. dr. Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk... -
“Van Winterprijs 2017” for Janny Bloembergen-Lukkes Janny Bloembergen-Lukkes will receive the Professor van Winterprijs 2017 on November 9, 2017 for her book Paradoxale modernisering: Ede 1946-1996.... -
Cum Laude for thesis on colonial Uganda On Wednesday September 20, Michiel de Haas of the Rural and Environmental History group defended his thesis Rural livelihoods and agricultural... -
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk appointed as special professor at RU Nijmegen As of 15 June 2017, Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (RHI) has been appointed as special chair ‘Comparative History of Households, Gender and... -
Radio interview on Radio New Zealand National On 29 September Colin Khoury was interviewed by Radio New Zealand National. He talked about seed banks and crop diversity. -
KI (Jason) Papaioannou MSc
'Force of Nature' Climate Shocks, Food Crises and Conflict in Colonial Africa and Asia,1880-1960 PhD Defence Kostadis Papaioannou, 2 June 2017, 16:00 hrs
Recent Publications
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Hoe krenterigheid en conservatisme voor trage VOC-schepen zorgden
Volkskrant, Volkskrant, 2017-12-04, Cor Speksnijder, https://s.vk.nl/s-a4543040/?_sp=99c33606-89e0-4f37-b215-cfe202b8aa40.1525163469809
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The Age of Trade. The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy, written by Arturo Giraldez
Journal of Early Modern History 21 (2017)1-2. - ISSN 1385-3783 - p. 140 - 142.
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A global comparison of pre-modern institutions for water management
Winwick : White Horse Press
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Ewout Frankema over de ongelijkheid in de wereld
Ewout Frankema over de ongelijkheid in de wereld , NOS Radio 1, Met het Oog Op Morgen, 2017-01-16, https://www.nporadio1.nl/nos-met-het-oog-op-morgen/onderwerpen/391369-ewout-frankema-over-de-ongelijkheid-in-de-wereld
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Ontdekking van Hispaniola
Ontdekking van Hispaniola, NPO Radio 1, Dit is de nacht, 2017-12-05, https://www.nporadio1.nl/dit-is-de-nacht/uitzendingen/518398-2017-12-05