New publication alert! Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Fautstina Adomaa, CASAS members, and colleagues have just published an article in the South African Review of Sociology. Abstract: Climate-Smart Cocoa (CSC), a strategic offshoot of the wider Climate-Smart Agriculture, is gaining ground in Ghana, a cocoa export-dependent country. CSC is imperative, given the rapidly declining forests, prolonged periods…

New publication alert! In a new article in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Camilo Eduardo Espinosa Díaz (CASAS member) discusses the processes of state-building in the Colombian Caribbean. Abstract: This article focuses on the case of the community of Villa Gloria, located in the northern part of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)…

Suravee Nayak, a member of CASAS, and colleagues have recently published their latest article on the Sustainable Futures Collaborative website. Abstract: This policy perspective paper makes a case for rethinking the configuration of technology,politics and institutions in Indian energy as a necessary complement to techno-economicsolutions for enabling the transition. To explain the configuration and suggest…

New publication alert! Bosman Batubara, a CASAS member, and colleagues have just published an article in Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. Abstract: This article highlights the tension between direct actions and electoral politics to explain the formation of an urban poor settlement, often referred to as a kampungkota, an emerging term for settlements beyond…

In a new book review in The Journal of Modern African Studies, Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong (CASAS member) discusses the new book by Joeva Sean Rock, about food sovereignty issues in Ghana. You can access the full review by clicking here.