Some weeks ago, I was the guest editor of Stockholm Resilience Centre’s Instagram account under the hashtag #SRCFieldwork. Every week, a master’s or PhD student or researcher at the center posts photos and tells stories from their fieldwork experiences. The idea is to give some insight into the work behind the research and also shareContinue reading “Sahelian stories: A young researcher trying out social media”
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living large in Liberia (March 30)
Like most cities in Africa, Monrovia is a place of enormous contrasts. The extravagance of its upper class isn’t as evident in the architecture as in many other places, but it is hidden right under the surface of the densely city. After our days in the rain forest and in small fishing villages, mom wantedContinue reading “living large in Liberia (March 30)”
the use of the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the statistician
A bit more than a week ago, I attended Utvecklingsforum 2015 [Development forum 2015], a yearly event arranged by the Swedish international development and cooperation agency Sida. Quite naturally, the subject of this years event was the Sustainable Development Goals. My boss, Johan Rockström, was one of the keynote speakers, and he was all fire, explainingContinue reading “the use of the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the statistician”
meeting the future development professionals
Also written on that train, on Wednesday ten days ago: Doing fieldwork is tough, especially under the circumstances when Elli and I did ours, but having gotten through it somewhat successfully can open certain very attractive doors. This is what the rest of the sessions were about: What can we do now? Do traineeships at NGOs,Continue reading “meeting the future development professionals”
remembering fieldwork
Written in a train on Wednesday, 10 days ago: I have spent the last couple of days in Härnösand at an MFS reunion. MFS (Minor Field Study) is the grant that Elli and I received from Sida (the Swedish international development cooperation agency) to do our fieldwork in Burkina Faso. It is a grant givenContinue reading “remembering fieldwork”
readings on the beach
Our last afternoon in Lisbon, dad and I took the train out to the beach, to spend some time by the Atlantic with sand between our toes. It was really nice, lying there in the still summer-hot sun, reading, and taking short swims in the chilly Atlantic waves. A last pinch of summer, before weContinue reading “readings on the beach”
field visits (June 2015)
After the workshop was done, most of the team went back to Ouagadougou or Accra. We were a couple, however, who wanted to see more. Get a feel for the northern Ghanaian and southern Burkinabe landscape. So we took the car, a driver and went on a road trip. This project is centered on dams,Continue reading “field visits (June 2015)”
the workshop (June 2015)
The main reason for this visit to Burkina Faso and Ghana was not to plan the project with the different teams, but for one of the teams to hold a workshop in Zebilla, a village close to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana. The rest of us tagged along, out of curiosity about the workshop and toContinue reading “the workshop (June 2015)”
diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)
I graduated on June 4th. I did not get any time to enjoy the feeling of having a master’s of sustainability science, though. My contract as a research assistant started the same day I graduated, and three days later, I left Sweden for project meeting/workshop/study site scoping trip to Burkina Faso and Ghana. Charles deContinue reading “diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)”
the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)
I’ve been writing a lot about certain aspects of my project here, but I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever written anything about the project as a whole. What it is all about. What are all these transect walks good for? Why has Elli dug up all this soil? What are we even here for?Continue reading “the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)”
Katja Malmborg 