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.
Impact stories
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Unfair Trade? Globalisation, Institutions and Inequality in Southeast Asia, 1830-1940
How did trade and the operations of colonial powers affect economic development and social relations in a region? Pim de Zwart, researcher at the... -
Shifting patterns of African migration between 1800 and today
Seeking fortune or fleeing existential threat? Few topics are as politically charged and give rise to discussions as intense as migration. Together...
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2 fully funded PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions (4 year terms), Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- While economic historians have made great efforts to investigate the origins and drivers of the Great Divergence between the global North and South,... -
Universiteit van Nederland; Bestaat een wereld zonder armoede?
- Kun jij je voorstellen dat je moet rondkomen van minder dan 2 euro per dag? Voor meer dan 700 miljoen mensen is dit werkelijkheid. In dit college... -
In memoriam Dr.Ir. Jan Bieleman (1949-2021)
- Wednesday June 9th 2021 Jan Bieleman died – 72 years old. He was an eminent member of the chair group Rural and Environmental History (RHI) for... -
New research and education assistant
- We would like to introduce our new research and education assistant, Helmi Moret.
Application self-funded PhD
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Latest publications
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Correction to: Inequality in late colonial Indonesia: new evidence on regional differences
Cliometrica (2021). - ISSN 1863-2505 -
Erratum: Moving beyond colonial control? economic forces and shifting migration from ruanda-urundi to buganda, 1920-60
Journal of African History 62 (2021)1. - ISSN 0021-8537 - p. 179 - 180. -
The Failure of Cotton Imperialism in Africa : Seasonal Constraints and Contrasting Outcomes in French West Africa and British Uganda
Journal of Economic History 81 (2021)4. - ISSN 0022-0507 - p. 1098 - 1136. -
Gender, religion, and ethnicity : A sociocultural perspective on child nutritional status in Indonesia
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): H. Bras, co-promotor(en): S. Wahlen; J. Mandemakers. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463959377 - p. -
Georeferenced data of Christian mission stations, Ghana (1752–1932)
Data in Brief 38 (2021). - ISSN 2352-3409