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Rural women and coping with extreme heat in South Western Zimbabwe: livelihoods, water and energy
Patience Chadambuka (CASAS’ member) has published this article with colleagues Talent Moyo & Sandra Bhatasara in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: This article focuses on rural women’s agency and innovation in the context of the global acceleration of climate change-induced extreme heat. Specifically, it considers the intersecting challenges encountered in relation to livelihoods, water, and energy,…
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Who is who in CASAS? Tamara Wattnem
CASAS’ member Tamara A. Wattnem is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Trinity University. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she specialized in the sociology of development, environmental sociology, and critical agrarian studies. Her research explores the politics and implications of the deepening of extractivism in Latin America.
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Financing critical-mineral infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developmental de-risking or green financial extractivism in the DRC and Zimbabwe?
Kennedy Manduna (CASAS’ member) and Paul Mukoki have published this paper in Resources Policy. Abstract: The global shift towards low-carbon energy systems has heightened demand for copper, cobalt, and lithium, driving investment in African mineral projects. However, developmental outcomes are shaped not only by extraction and processing but also by the financial structures underpinning these…
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WEBINAR: pESTICIDES AND INEQUALITES
CASAS’ member Yunan Xu and Soledad Castro are presenting in the webinar “Pesticides and inequalities: health, knowledge and political economy” organized by The Latin-American Network on Pesticides, Health and Environmental Justice. The webinar will be moderated by another CASAS’ member Grettel Navas, and they will be joined by Jean-Noël Jouzel (Sciences Po, Paris), and Rafael…