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Research Stories
Here you can find blog posts and first hand accounts from our researchers.
Wawili Toolbox Entry 6: Contested Roles and Expectations
The arrival at Mt. Paka and life among the pastoral community is something that will be explored below. Of course, in retrospect, many experiences appear in a new light when you know the story has ...
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Short Film: The Southern Buffalo Fence
By Wisse van Engelen (Project A04 Future Conservation). Disease transmission is an often overlooked form of human-wildlife conflict, yet animal diseases and veterinary interventions often mediate human-wildlife relations. As part of my PhD project, I ...
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 5: The Start of Fieldwork
When does research actually start? As a doctoral candidate, you don’t just hop on a plane, arrive in Kenya, travel to the research region, and get started. Usually, the Ph.D. begins with thorough preparations at ...
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 4: Introduction to our research area – The Amboseli ecosystem
The Amboseli ecosystem is the land that surrounds the Amboseli National Park found in south-western Kenya along the Kenya-Tanzania border, and lies on the northern steppes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The name Amboseli, comes from a ...
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 3: East Pokot
What’s East Pokot? East Pokot is a region named after a group of people called Pokot who live in Kenya. It’s a pastoral community with a nomadic lifestyle in the north-western parts of Kenya. The region ...
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