Research news | 2021-03-29

Time for a radical rethink of resilience and development

A focus on short term economic goals which ignore social-ecological interdependencies fails to deliver development outcomes. A new perspective offers a radical alternative

Research news | 2020-02-03

Development interventions fail to consider everyday practices and rituals

Why a narrow focus on poverty alleviation or conservation risk missing the mark

Research news | 2018-05-17

Striving for sustainable forestry: history matters

Applying Elinor Ostrom’s principles on common pool resources management demonstrates how forest management in the Pamir Mountains may not be so tragic after all. But Soviet era legacy lingers, new research shows

Research news | 2015-04-21

Recipes for resilience

Telling a story of resilience in practice: new book about food and life in the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan

Research news | 2013-06-25

When in Pamir...

Strategies for food production reveals conflicts between international aid and local tradition