News of the Sociology of Development and Change Group

Robert Fletcher: ‘Ecotourism can be a powerful tool for conservation and development’

- Robert Fletcher studies how tourism and conservation can strengthen each other, particularly through ecotourism. ‘I explore ways to protect...

Robert Fletcher promoted to personal professor

- The Sociology of Development and Change Group is proud to announce the promotion of our esteemed colleague, Robert Fletcher, to the role of Personal...

Europeans fed up with mass tourism

- A growing number of Europeans are fed up with mass tourism. Last summer, Spain hosted a record of nearly 22 million holidaymakers. This may be good...

Rethinking the City from the Margins: Doing Research in Latin America’s Urban Peripheries

Exploring critical issues in international development and sustainability: the Sociology of Development and Change Group

Want to change the world?

- We know we need to drastically cut fossil fuels to tackle climate change. We know we need to find long-term sustainable ways to live with the...

POPULAR Project shows relationship between residents and the state

- Recently, Associate Professor and researcher Martijn Koster received a prestigious €2 million Consolidator Grant from the European Research...

Grant award Lodestar for early warning of water disasters

- NWO's Merian Fund India has awarded €1.75 million for the research initiative Lodestar (Low-cost Disaster & Emergency Services for...

Capita Selecta: Rewilding of human-dominated landscapes

- The Wildlife Ecology & Conservation group of Wageningen University and ARK Nature are organising a lecture series in the form of a capita selecta.