News of the SDC Group

Capita Selecta: Rewilding of human-dominated landscapes

- The Wildlife Ecology & Conservation group of Wageningen University and ARK Nature are organising a lecture series in the form of a capita selecta.

Private wildlife economies in South Africa are unstainable and lead to ‘green apartheid’

- In South Africa, wildlife economies based around tourism, real estate developments, game meat and more, have been hailed as great catalysts for...

Boek 'The Conservation Revolution' genoemd in De Correspondent (Dutch only)

Veni grant for Stephanie Hobbis

- Assistant Professor Stephanie Hobbis of the Sociology of Development and Change Group has been awarded a Veni grant for her research project:...

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Interview Stephanie Hobbis with BBC4 Radio

- Stephanie Hobbis, Assistant Professor with Sociology of Development and Change, was interviewed by BBC4 Radio about her collaborative work with...

Excellent education prize!

- We are pleased to announce that teachers of the Rural Sociology and the Sociology of Development and Change Groups won one of WUR's Excellent...

Interview Mindi Schneider food podcast China Eats

- Mindi Schneider was interviewed for the podcast, China Eats, about her work on the practices and politics of Chinese banquets, which are an integral...

Political implications of the African Swine Fever outbreak in China; interview with Mindi Schneider in The Straits Times

- Mindi Schneider, Assistant Professor of Sociology of Development and Change was interviewed by The Straits Times about the pork prices in China that...

Interview with Dr Ulbe Bosma about his new book, by Mindi Schneider

- Mindi Schneider interviewed Dr. Ulbe Bosma about his new book, "The Making of a Periphery: How Island Southeast Asia Became a Mass Exporter of...